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2.5 Structure And The Function Of The Heart Flashcards

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1
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What do valves prevent?

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The backflow of blood

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2
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What are the two types of valves?

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AV Valves and SL Valves

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What do AV Valves do?

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Prevent blood flow from flowing back into the atria. These valves force blood into the ventricles

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What do SL Valves do?

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SL Valves prevent blood from flowing back into the ventricles. These valves force the blood to leave the heart

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5
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What does the pulmonary vein do?

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Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium

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What does the Aorta do?

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Carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body

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What does the vena cava do?

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Carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium

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What does the pulmonary artery do?

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Carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs

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9
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What is the Cardiac Output formula?

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CO = HR X SV

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10
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Where is the SAN located?

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The wall of the right atrium

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11
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Where do Sympathetic and Parasympathetic come from?

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The Autonomic Nervous System

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12
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What are parasympathetic and sympathetic described as being?

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Antagonistic

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13
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What is sympathetic?

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Increases heart rate and release noradrenaline

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14
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What is parasympathetic?

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Decreases heart rate and release acetylcholine

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15
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What can impulses in the heart be detected by?

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Electrocardiogram (ECG)

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What does the P wave detect?

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The wave of electrical impulses spreading over the atria from the SAN

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What does the Q-R-S complex detect?

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The electrical impulses through the ventricles

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18
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What does the T wave detect?

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The electrical recovery of the ventricles at the end of ventricular systole

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19
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How to work out ECG calculation?

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60 divided by time of wave

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20
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What is blood pressure?

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Blood pressure is the force exerted by blood against the walls of the blood vessels

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21
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How is blood pressure measured?

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It is measured in millimetres of mercury (mm Hg)

22
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How is blood pressure generated?

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By the contraction of the ventricles and it is therefore highest in the large elastic arteries

23
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When does blood pressure increase?

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During ventricular systole

24
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When does blood pressure decrease?

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During diastole

25
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What is a typical blood pressure reading for a young adult?

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120/80 mm Hg

26
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How is the first blood pressure measured?

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After an inflatable cuff stops blood flow and deflates gradually, causing the blood to start to flow at systolic pressure

27
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How is the second blood pressure measured?

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When the blood flows freely though the artery at diastolic pressure

28
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What equipment is used to measure blood pressure?

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Sphygmomanometer

29
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What is hypertension?

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The prolonged elevation of blood pressure

30
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What diseases is hypertension a major risk factor of?

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Coronary heart disease and strokes

31
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What is the cause of hypertension?

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Unhealthy lifestyle

32
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What is used to treat hypertension?

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Statins

33
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What are the 3 main blood vessels?

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  • Arteries
  • Capillaries
  • Veins
34
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What is the circuit that blood goes?

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The heart to the arteries to the capillaries to the veins and then back to the heart

35
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What are the sections in an artery?

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  • Central Lumen
  • Endothelum Lining
  • Smooth Muscle
  • Connective Tissue
36
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What are the locations in a vein?

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  • Central lumen
  • Endothelium lining
  • Smooth muscle
  • Connective tissue
37
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What are the locations in a capillary?

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  • Lumen
  • Endothelium
  • Body Cells
38
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What is vasodilation?

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The widening of blood vessels

39
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What causes vasodilation?

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Smooth muscle cells relaxing

40
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What is vasoconstriction?

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The narrowing of blood vessels

41
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What causes vasoconstriction?

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Smooth muscle cells contracting

42
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What is blood plasma?

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A watery yellow fluid that contains many dissolved substance

43
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What are the dissolved substance in blood plasma?

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  • Glucose
  • Amino Acids
  • Respiratory gases
  • Plasma proteins
  • Ions
44
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What is between the artery and capillary?

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The arteriole

45
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What is between the capillary and the veins?

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The venule

46
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What is the first step in exchange of blood materials?

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Blood is transported from the arteries then through the arteriole and enters the narrow capillaries in the capillary bed

47
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What is the second step in the exchange of blood materials?

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Pressure filtration squeezes the blood plasma through the capillary wall and into the surrounding cells losing its proteins and becomes tissue fluid

48
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What is the third step in the exchange of blood materials?

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Glucose/Oxygen diffuse out of the tissue fluid and into the surrounding cells. Carbon dioxide diffuses out of the surrounding cells into the tissue fluid

49
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What is the fourth step in the exchange of blood materials?

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Most of the tissue fluid is absorbed back into the capillaries and leaves the capillary bed via the venule

50
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What is the fifth step in the exchange of blood materials?

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Some of the tissue fluid does not return to the capillaries. The excess fluid is absorbed by lymph vessels

51
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What is the sixth step in the exchange of blood materials?

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The tissue fluid at this point is called lymph and is taken away by the lymph vessels where it is transported around the body at the lymphatic system

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