term	page reference
artery	706
vein	706
portal system	706
arteriovenous anastomosis	706
arterial anastomosis	706
venous anastomosis	706
tunica externa	707
vasa vasorum	707
tunica media	707
vasomotion	707
tunica interna	707
endothelium	707
conducting artery	708
distributing artery	709
resistance artery	709
metarteriole	709
capillary bed	709
thoroughfare channel	709
precapillary sphincter	710
continuous capillary	710
intercellular cleft	710
fenestrated capillary	710
fenestration	710
sinusoid	710
venule	711
venous sinus	711
venous valve	711
blood flow	712
perfusion	712
systolic pressure	712
diastolic pressure	712
pulse pressure	712
mean arterial blood pressure (MABP)	713
hypertension	713
aneurysm	713
hypotension	713
peripheral resistance	715
laminar flow	715
Poiseuille's law	716
autoregulation	717
reactive hyperemia	717
angiogenesis	717
vasomotor center	717
baroreflex	717
baroreceptor	717
chemoreflex	718
aortic body	718
carotid body	718
medullary ischemic reflex	718
angiotensin II	718
renin	718
angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)	718
capillary exchange	720
colloid osmotic pressure (COP)	721
oncotic pressure	721
net filtration pressure (NFP)	721
net reabsorption pressure	722
solvent drag	722
venous return	723
central venous pressure	723
thoracic pump	723
skeletal muscle pump	723
venous pooling	724
circulatory shock	724
cardiogenic shock	724
low venous return (LVR) shock	724
hypovolemic shock	724
obstructed venous return shock	725
venous pooling shock	725
neurogenic shock	725
syncope	725
septic shock	725
anaphylactic shock	725
compensated shock	725
decompensated shock	725
cerebrovascular accident (CVA)	726
transient ischemic attack (TIA)	726
pulmonary trunk	727
pulmonary artery	727
lobar artery	727
pulmonary vein	727
pressure point	739
femoral triangle	739

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