18 Cardiac Pump Flashcards
What is the pressure and volume comparison between the right heart and the left heart?
Pressure is lower in right. Volume is the same.
What is phase 1 of the cardiac cycle?
inflow–stratified as early (MV opens inflow) and late (flow slows tremendously and atrium contract
What is it called when the mitral valve is open, but there is little flow into the ventricle?
Diastasis
What are the three components of phase 1 of the cardiac cycle?
ventricular filling, diastasis and atrial contraction
What is phase 2 of the cardiac cycle?
isovolumetric contraction— beginning of systole, follows start of QRS, mitral valve closes, and aortic valve is still closed.
What is phase 3 of the cardiac cycle?
Outflow phase–LV pressure exceeds aortic pressure and AV opens
What are the two ejection phases of the outflow phase?
rapid and decreased
What is phase 4 of the cardiac cycle?
isovolumetric relaxation– AV closes, begin diastole, MV stays closed
What is the initiating event of excitation contraction coupling in cardiomyocytes?
AP propagating from adjacent cardiomyocyte rather than neuromuscular junction
Are t-tubules more or less developed in cardiac muscle than in skeletal muscle?
More
What regulates contraction and relaxation in cardiac muscle cells?
calcium
What are the three stages of cardiomyocyte relaxation involving Ca 2+?
- dissociation from troponin c
- Extrusion of Ca 2+ out of Myocyte (Na CA exchanger and Ca Pump)
- re-uptake into SR (SERCA)
is the non-contractile elastic components of cardiac muscle more or less distensible than skeletal muscle?
much less
what is the major elastic component protein responsible for the distensibility property of muscle cells?
titin
What two factors determine active length tension in cardiac muscle
- degree of actin myosin overlap and
2. capacity of Ca2+ to bind to contractile proteins at varying sarcomere lengths.
Is cardiac muscle activated in a more narrow or more broad sacomere length than skeletal muscle?
much narrower sarcomere length.
cardiac output is equal to?
HR x stroke volume