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Biology: Chapter 7: The Cardiovascular System Flashcards

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1
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What are the two systems of the heart

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pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation

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what is each side of the heart made up of

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atria and ventricle

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what separates the right atrium from the right ventricle

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tricuspid valve

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what separates the left atrium from the left ventricle

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bicuspid valve/mitral valve

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what separates the right ventricles from the pulmonary artery

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pulmonary valve

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6
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what separates the left ventricle from the aorta

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aortic valve

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what is the path of blood

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right atrium -tricuspid -> right ventricle -pulmonary–> pulmonary artery –> lungs –> pulmonary veins –> left atrium -mitral–> left ventricle -aortic–> aorta —>arteries –> arterioles –> capillaries –> venules –> veins –> vena cavae –> right atrium

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8
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why does the left side of the heart have more muscle

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the left side pumps blood throughout entire body

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9
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what is the path of electrical conduction in the heart

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Sinoatrial node –> atrioventricular node –> Bundle of HIS –> purkinje fibers

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10
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what is systole

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period during ventricular contraction when the AV valves are closed

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what is diastole

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the heart is relaxed and the semilunar valves are closed

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what are the semilunar valves

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separate ventricles from vascalature

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13
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what is the cardiac output

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heart rate x stroke volume

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14
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what role does the autonomic system play in heart rate

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sympathetic –> increases heart rate
parasympathetic –> decreases heart rate

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what are arteries

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thick, highly muscular structures with an elastic quality which allows for recoil and helps propel blood forward; small muscular arteries are arterioles which control flow into capillaries

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what are capillaries

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have walls one cell thick; red blood cells travel in single file; site of gas and solute exchange

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what are veins

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inelastic, thin structures that transport blood to the heart; stretch to accommodate large volumes of blood; compressed by skeletal muscle and have valve to maintain one way flow; small veins are venules

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what is the hepatic portal system

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blood travels through the gut capillary beds to the liver capillary bed via hepatic portal vein

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19
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what is the hypophyseal portal system

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blood travels from the capillary bed in the hypothalamus to the capillary bed in the anterior pituitary

20
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what is the renal portal system

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blood travels from the glomerculus to the vasa recta through efferent ateriole

21
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what is blood composed of

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cells and plasma

22
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what is plasma

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an aqueous mixture of nutrients, salts, respiratory gases, hormones, and blood proteins

23
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what are erythrocytes

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red blood cells; lack a mitochondira, nucleus, and organelles for hemoglobin

24
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what is hematocrit

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percentage of blood composed of erythrocytes

25
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what are leukocytes

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white blood cells formed from bone marrow; part of the immune system

26
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what are granular leukocytes

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esinophils, basophils, neutrophils; role in nonspecific immunity

27
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what are agranular leukocytes

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lymphocytes and monocytes

28
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what are thrombocytes (platelets)

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cell fragments from megakaryocytes that are required for coagulation

29
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what are the blood antigens

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A,B,O, Rh factor

30
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what is blood pressure

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force per unit area that is exerted on the walls of blood vessels by blood; systolic/diastolic

31
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why is maintains blood pressure important

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must be high enough to overcome resistance of arteries and capillaries but low enough to avoid damaging the vasculature

32
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how is blood pressure measured

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sphygmomanometer

33
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how does the body maintain blood pressure

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baroreceptors and chemoreceptors

34
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what happens when blood pressure is low

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promotes release of aldosterone and Anti diuretic hormone

35
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what happens when blood pressure is high

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promotes release of atrial natriuretic peptide

36
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where/how does gas and solute exchange occur

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capillaries + concentration gradients; hydrostatic pressure forces fluids out at the arteriolar end while oncotic pressure draws in back in at venule end

37
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what are starling forces

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hydrostatic pressure and osmotic pressure

38
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what is hydrostatic pressure

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pressure of fluid within the blood vessel

39
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what is osmotic pressure/oncotic pressure

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“sucking” pressure drawing water toward solutes/ osmotic pressure due to proteins

40
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what is cooperative binding

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Lungs –> high parial pressure of O2 resulting in high affinity of hemoglobin for O2
tissues –> low partial pressure of O2 resulting in low affinity of hemoglobin for O2
* Each oxygen bound to hemoglobin increases the affinity/each released decreases affinity

41
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how is CO2 carried in the blood

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form of carbonic acid/bicarbonate and H ions because CO2 is nonpolar/not soluble and carbonic acid/bicarbonate is polar and highly soluble

42
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What causes a decreased affinity for oxygen (rightwar shift)

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high PaCO2 (partial CO2 pressure), High [H], low pH, High Temperature, High [2,3-BPG]

43
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How is coagulation caused

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When the endothelial lining of a blood vessel is damaged, collagen and tissue factor underlying the endothelial cells is exposed; this results coagulation cascade forming a clot over the damaged area

44
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How do platelets form a clot

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platelets bind to collagen and are stabilized by fibrin which is activated by thrombin

45
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how are clots broken down

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plasmin

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