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Heart

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pumps to keep blood flowing

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Vessels

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Highway system

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Capillaries

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loading and unloading docks

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Heart Chambers

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2 chambers for receiving blood.

2 chambers for pumping

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Two circuit systems for the heart:

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Pulmonary

Systemic

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Pulmonary Circuit:

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Heart-lungs, gas exchange, lungs- heart

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What do the veins do?

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return blood to the heart

De-oxygenated blood

Blood poor

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What do arteries do?

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Take blood away from the heart

oxygenated blood

Oxygen-rich blood

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Where does the systematic travel?

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To and from the rest of the body.

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Where does the heart sit?

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in the thoracic cavity within the pericardium (around the heart)

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What is the pericardial sac? And what is within it?

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Serous membrane.

Very strong connective tissue

Both visceral and parietal pericardium is within it.

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Parietal

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layer of the heart that is stuck to the wall of the pericardial cavity

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Visceral

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layer of the heart stuck to the surface of the heart

CANNOT SCRAPE AWAY

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Why is there lubricating fluid produced between the layers of the heart?

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To reduce friction around the constantly moving heart.

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What are the three layers of the heart wall?

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Epicardium(AKA visceral pericardium) Outer surface

Endocardium- innermost layer. Think slick surface for blood to flow past.

Myocardium- middle layer. Thick and heavy on left side, thinner on right.

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What are cardiocytes?

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cardiac muscle cells

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What are the characteristics of the cardiac muscle tissue?

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Striations, one nucleus, connected by intercalated discs (specialized cell juncts)

Have a high concentration of myoglobin and many mitochondria

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What are atrias?

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Entry ways

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What are auricles?

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Ears for expansion.

Each atria has one

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What is the purpose of the coronary circulatory system?

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Used to feed the heart because it needs nourishment, too.

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Where do veins and arteries of the circulatory system attach?

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at the base, which is the top of the heart

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Where is the apex of the heart?

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Lies slightly left of the midline at the bottom of the heart.

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What are the three ways that blood enters the right atrium?

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The superior and inferior vena cava, and the coronary sinus

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What are valves?

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Fold of fibrous tissue that help prevent backflow of blood.

Semilunar and cuspid valves

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Where does the right atrium receive blood from?
Systematic circulatory system
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Where does the coronary sinus return the blood to?
The right atrium from the coronary veins
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What forces blood through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary trunk and to lungs?
Contraction of the right ventricle
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Where does gas exchange occur in the pulmonary circuit?
The pulmonary capillaries around the alveoli in lungs
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Where does the pulmonary circuit begin and end?
Begins- R. ventricle | Ends- L atrium
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Where does the systemic circuit begin and end?
Begin- left ventricle | End- right atrium
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What does the systemic circuit do?
Supplies the rest of the capillary bed in the body.
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Why is the wall of the right side of the heart thinner than the left side?
Proximity of lungs Contraction forces and pressure
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What does the coronary circulatory system do?
Nourishes/feeds the heart cells
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Where does the right coronary artery supply blood to? and where is it located?
Right atrium, SA (sinoatrial) and AV (atrioventricular) nodes, and portions of both ventricles Originates at the base of the aorta.
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where does the Left coronary artery supply blood to?
Left ventricle, left atrium, interventricular septum
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Where does the circumflex artery branch off of?
The left coronary artery
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What do arteries of the coronary system show?
Anastomosis
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What is anastomosis?
Interconnectedness that insures constant blood supply to the heart. There are multiple routes to get blood from any part of the body this allows the heart muscle to never go without blood.
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What is autohythmicity?
cells that contract without external stimuli they are well coordinated and efficient
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Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes:
Impulse begins at SA node (located in wall of R. atrium near entrance of superior vena cava) Cells of SA node are connected to AV node AV node found on floor of R. atrium AV node passes impulse to the ventricles Action potential travels along the AV bundle, into the Left and Right bundle that branches in the interventricular septum, then along Purkinje cells to each cell of the ventricles
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What does systole mean?
contraction
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What does diastole mean?
Relaxation/filling
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What causes the "lubb-dupp" heart sound?
lubb- closing of AV valves | Dupp- closing of semilunar valves
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3 layers of arteries and veins
tunica interna tunica media tunica externa
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Tunica interna:
inner layer of the a and v. includes the endothelium and basement membrane In arteries- there is also internal elastic membrane in this layer.
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Tunica media:
middle layer. contains concentric rings of smooth muscles; responsible for vasoconstriction and vasodilation
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Tunica externa:
outer layer Stabilizes and anchors the blood vessels Composed of collagen fibers and some elastic fibers.
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What are some differences between arteries and veins?
wall of Arteries are generally thicker than veins when not opposed by blood pressure, arteries contract, appearing smaller in diameter than associated veins
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3 types of arteries:
elastic arteries muscular arteries arterioles
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Elastic arteries:
large arteries that take blood from the heart walls are not as thick proportionally as other arteries Extremely resilient
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Muscular arteries:
distribute blood to skeletal muscles and internal organs Large amount of smooth muscle
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Arterioles:
small muscular arteries
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Capillaries:
blood vessels that allow exchange of fluids and gases Blood flow is slow; surface of walls modified to allow for a diffusion surface.
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Veins:
collect blood from capillary beds and tissues and returns it to the heart. Categorized by diameter: Venules medium-sized veins large veins
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Venules:
smallest vessels Lack a tunica media
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Medium- sized veins
Few fibers of smooth muscle in them. Have all the tunicas but tunica media is thin
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Large veins:
all three layers of tunica are present.
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Naming of vessels:
names refer to the part of the body where the vessels lie, or the organ that they supply. left and right are important usually veins lie parallel to arteries (exception- neck and extremities) arteries are deep to the veins vessels visible on anterior surface of arm are veins; they help in temperature maintenance.
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Hepatic portal system:
Subdivision of systemic venous circulation Composed entirely of veins and are found in the liver.
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Where do all digestive organs drain their blood? and what happens there?
drain into the liver, except the liver The blood is cleansed and detoxified
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Alcohol consumption in the hepatic portal system:
excessive quantities results in intoxication Intoxicated state lost after liver breaks down alcohol.
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What is cirrhosis?
Destruction of liver tissue
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fetal circulation- life in utero:
Different blood pathways. Umbilical arteries take fetal blood to the placenta to be cleansed and pick up oxygen and nutrients. Umbilical vein brings nutrient-rich oxygenated blood back to the fetus.
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what is a problem with fetal circulation? | what is the solution?
There is no gas exchange in the fetal lungs 2 adaptations to fetal heart prevent large volume of blood flow through pulmonary circuit.
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What are the two adaptations to the fetal heart?
foramen ovale- between the two atria ductus arteriosus- between the aortic arch and the pulmonary trunk.
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What happens to the ductus arteriosus at birth?
Fetus takes a breath an expands lungs and pulmonary vessels, and shuts the DA.
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What is the remnants to the ductus arteriosus?
ligamentum artiosum
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How is the fossa ovalis formed?
the foramen ovale is shut by a valvular flap at birth leaving a slight depression in the adult heart (fossa ovalis)
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What does the inhalation of nicotine result in?
vasoconstriction of arterioles
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What does nicotine stimulate the secretion of and what does it do?
epinephrine a heart stimulant and thus increases cardiac output this leads to a raised BP and increase strain on the heart.

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