Blake_Physio_09_overview of circulation Flashcards
systolic pressure
ventricular contraction ~120mmHg
diastolic pressure
ventricular filling ~80mmHg
What is the arterial pressure when it reaches the vena cava?
0mmHg
Systemic cappilary pressure varies from __ to__mmHg
35-10
Systolic pulmonary artery pressure = ___mmHg
25
diastolic pulmonary artery pressure = __mmHg
8
True or False: Blood pressure cuffs measure the true phasic pressure?
False, Phasic pressure occurs in the aorta
Mean arterial pressure must be time weighted because__________________
more time is spent in a diastole
What are the functional parts of circulation?
Arteries - transport under high pressure
Arterioles - control conduits
Capilaries - Exchange between blood and extracellular fluid
Venules- drain capilaries
Veins - return deoxy blood to heart
What percentage of blood is in systematic circulation? What is the distribution between: veins, arteries, systemic arterioles and capillaries, and heart and lungs
84%
64% veins, 13% arteries, 7% systemic arterioles and capillaries, 16% heart and lungs
Velocity of blood flow is measured by what formula? what are its antecedents?
V=F/A
V= Velocity, F= Volume, A=cross-sectional area
Rank the following in order from smallest to largest cross-sectional area:
Aorta, small arteries, arterioles, capilaries, venules, small veins, vena cavae
(Sum of body vessels)
(smallest) Aorta, Vena Cavae, Small Arteries, Arterioles, Small Veins, Venules, Capillaries (largest)
3 functional principles of the circulatory system
- rate of blood flow to each tissue of the body is almost always precisely controlled in relation to the tissue need.
- the cardiac output is controlled mainly by the sum of all the local tissue flows.
- Arterial pressure regulation is generally independent of either local blood flow control or cardiac output control.
In each tissue, _____________ monitor tissue needs. what parameters determine tissue needs?
microvessels
O2, nutrients, CO2 accumulation, tissue waste accumulation
How does the heart respond to the demands of tissues?
in addition to the decrease in pressure from expanding vessels, nerve signals may signal the heart to pump the required amount of blood.
If arterial pressure falls below 100mmHg, nervous reflexes do the following 4 things:
- increase force of heart pumping
- constrict large venous reservoirs
- Generally constrict most of the arterioles
- kidneys may later play an important role in pressure control.
Pressure gradient
pressure difference between two ends of a vessel
resistance
impediment of blood flow through vessel
Blood flow formula and antecedents:
F=deltaP/R
deltaP = P1-P2
F= flow in mL/min
P1 = upstream pressure
P2=pressure at end of segment
R=resistance between P1 and P2
Flow is ____ proportional to pressure difference, but _____ proportional to resistance
directly
inversely