00:00 Another important feature of the vasculature are anastomoses. 00:06 Anastomoses are interconnections of blood vessels. 00:10 In the arteries, they are going to provide alternate pathways to ensure continuous flow, even when one of our arteries is blocked. 00:20 These are going to be common in our joints as well as in our abdominal organs, brain, and heart. 00:27 We, however, do not find arterial anastomoses in the retina, the kidneys, and the spleen. 00:35 We also have some anastomoses that are shared between arteries and veins. 00:40 These include the shunts in the capillaries. 00:43 For example, the metarteriole-thoroughfare channel between the arterial and the venule, and a capillary bed. 00:52 Finally, we have our venous anastomoses, which are found in our veins. 00:57 Venous anastomoses are so abundant even if you have an occluded vein, it's going to rarely block blood flow.
The lecture Anastomoses (Nursing) by Jasmine Clark is from the course Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels – Physiology (Nursing).
What type of anastomoses provides an alternative pathway to ensure continuous systemic blood flow even if one artery is blocked?
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