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1
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as the atria contract the signal reaches another node called the?

A

atrioventricular node (AV node)

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The AV node transmits the electrical signal through a bundle of specialized fibres called the

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bundle of His

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After reaching the bundle of His the signal is relayed through two bundle branches that dived into fast conducting what?

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purkinje fibres. These initatiate the almost simultaneous contraction of all cells of the ventricles

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4
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what can be used to measure the change in voltage produced by the heart?

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an electocardiogram (ECG)

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5
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How many spikes are there on an electrocardiogram?

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three. A small voltage increase is the electrical activity before atrial contraction, a large spike just before venctricular contraction and then another small spike as the ventricles recover from their contraction

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What is the pressure called that blood exerts>?

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Blood pressure (duh)

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7
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What do changes in blood pressure correspond to?

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phases of the heartbeat

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When the ventricles contract and force blood into the pulmonary arteries and the aorta the pressure increases in these vessels.

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just know it

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9
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The maximum pressure during the ventricular contraction is called the?

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systolic pressure

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The lowest presssure before the ventricles contract again is called the?

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diastolic pressure

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11
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Blood pressure is normally measured in?

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millimeters of mercury. (Fancy unit of measurement the corresponds to vacuums and stuff. seriously look it up sometime it’s kinda interesting) also btw the symbol is mmHg

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What device measures blood pressure?

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sphygmomanometer. Yup it’s a massive word. Yup you need to know it. It’s common name is the blood pressure cuff

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The blood pressure of a normal human is?

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120 mmHg over 80 mmHg or 120/80.

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Does the heart rate increase during exercise?

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yup it do it

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Why does heart rate increase during exercise?

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Cause your muscles are working hard and need more oxygen and need more C02 removed

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16
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Blood pressure in a ventricle can drop as low as?

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0 mmHg but it never gets this low in an artery

17
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Which comes first the lub or the dub sound when measuring heart beats?

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lub the dub

18
Q

Two factors can affect cardiac output. What are they?

A

heart rate and stroke volume

19
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what is heart rate

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the number of beats per minute

20
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what is stroke volume

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The ammount of blood forced out of the heart with each heartbeat

21
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The average person has a stroke volumeof

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70ml

22
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the average person has a resting heart rate of

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70 beats per minute

23
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How much blood does the average person have in their body?

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5 L

24
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What is Maximum heart rate

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The highest heart rate attained during an all out physical effort

25
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The blood vessels are organized to carry blood along three diferent pathways. What are they?

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The pulmonary pathway
The systemic Pathway
The coronary pathway

26
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What does the pulmonary pathway do

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Transports oxygen poor blood to the lungs and then brings it back

27
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What does the systemic pathway do

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moves oxygen rich blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the body tissues

28
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What does the coronary pathway do?

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Provide blood to the heart itself

29
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You need to go in the textbook on page 276 and memorize the drawing in the bottom left

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do it and then also read tracing blood through sections (there are two of them)

30
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What is a general term that is used to describe several conditions in which the walls of the arteries thicken and lose some of their elastic properties

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arteriosclerosis

31
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what is the most common type of arteriosclerosis?

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atherosclerosis in which there is a buildup of plaque (fatty deposits, calcium and fibrous tissue) on the inside of artery walls

32
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What can atherosclerosis lead to?

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angina (chest pain), blood clots, shortness of breath, heart attack and heart failure

33
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Know how atherosclerosis is treated by reading page 279

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do it

34
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What does congenital mean

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they are defects in the heart that have been present since birth

35
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what is a heart murmur

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and congenital condition in which there is a misflow of blood through the heart

36
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Valve defects can be heard with the

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stethoscope

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