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Blood Vessels 2 Flashcards

1
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Bulk flow of fluid across capillary wall is based on ____ _____.

A

pressure gradients

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2
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What type of plasma moves across capillaries?

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protein-free

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3
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What are the 2 types of plasma movement?

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  • filtration

- absorption

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4
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Filtration =

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movement out of capillary into interstitial space

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5
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Absorption =

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movement into capillary from interstitial space

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6
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What is the purpose of plasma movement?

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distribute ECF

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7
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What are the 3 types of exchange across capillary walls?

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  • diffusion (most common mechanism)
  • transcytosis
  • mediated transport
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8
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What is lipophilic diffusion?

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across membrane

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9
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What is lipophobic diffusion?

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through channels

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10
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What is transcytosis?

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exchangeable proteins

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11
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_____ forces across capillary walls.

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Starling

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12
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What are starling forces?

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  • forces for bulk flow

- hydrostatic and osmotic pressures

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13
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What is the hydrostatic pressure gradient?

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force due to fluid

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14
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What is osmotic pressure?

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osmotic force exerted on water by non permeating solutes

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15
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What is the only non permeating solute?

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proteins

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16
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What type of capillary pressure can be calculated?

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net filtration pressure

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17
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Filtration favoured what side?

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arteriolar side

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18
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Absorption favoured what side?

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venous side

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19
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Name 3 factors that affect filtration and absorption across capillaries.

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  • disease
  • standing on feet
  • injuries
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20
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How does disease affect filtration and absorption across capillaries?

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kidney, heart of liver disease

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21
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How does standing on feet affect filtration and absorption across capillaries?

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increases hydrostatic pressure

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22
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How do injuries affect filtration and absorption across capillaries?

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  • when capillaries are damaged, they leak fluid and proteins
  • histamine increases capillary permeability to proteins
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23
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What is the net volume filtered/day?

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  • 3 L

- lymphatic system picks up and returns to circulation

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24
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Venues are smaller than _____.

A

arterioles

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25
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Venules connect ____ to ____.

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capillaries to veins

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26
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Describe the smooth muscle and exchange in venules.

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  • little smooth muscle in walls

- some exchange of material between blood and interstitial fluid

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27
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Describe the size of veins.

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large diameter, thin walls

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28
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What are the purposes of valves in veins. Where are they found?

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  • allow unidirectional blood flow
  • present in peripheral veins
  • absent from central veins
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29
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What does it mean when we say veins are compliant vessels?

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  • high compliance
  • expand with little change in pressure
  • function as blood reservoir
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30
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How much total blood volume in systemic veins at rest?

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60%

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31
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If there is same pressure in arteries and veins, there is greater volume in ______.

A

veins

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32
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Name 4 factors that influence venous pressure and venous return.

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  • skeletal muscle pump
  • respiratory pump
  • blood volume
  • venomotor tone
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33
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Increased blood volume =

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increased venous pressure

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34
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Decreased blood volume =

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decreased venous pressure

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35
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Long-term regulation of blood pressure occurs through:

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regulation of blood volume

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36
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What is the skeletal muscle pump?

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one-way valves in peripheral veins

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37
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What happens when skeletal muscle contracts?

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  • squeezes on veins, increasing pressure
  • blood moves toward heart
  • blood cannot move backwards due to valves
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38
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What happens when skeletal muscle relaxes?

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blood flows into veins between muscles

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39
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What happens with the respiratory pump during inspiration?

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  • decreases pressure in thoracic cavity

- increases pressure in abdominal cavity

40
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Pressure on veins in abdominal cavity creates:. What does this do?

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  • gradient favouring blood movement to thoracic cavity
  • increases central venous pressure
  • increases venous return
41
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What is venomotor tone?

A
  • contraction of smooth muscle in the wall of a vein
  • innervated by SNS
  • norepinephrine causes venous constricton
  • increases CVP, VR
  • decreases compliance
42
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Name 3 determinants of MAP.

43
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MAP =

A

= CO x TPR

= HR x SV x TPR

44
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CO =

A

= HR x SV

= MAP/TPR

45
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Regulating ___ is critical to normal function.

46
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MAP depends on ___.

47
Q

Why does TPR drop, but BP still rise?

A
  • drop in vascular resistance at the muscle during exercise is not fully compensated for by resistance in other organs
  • increased CO
48
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A constant CO leads to an increase in…

A

increase in the volume of blood contained in the aorta and an increase in mean arterial pressure when TPR increases

49
Q

Name the 2 extrinsic controls of arteriole radius.

A
  • neural

- endocrine

50
Q

Describe short term regulation of MAP.

A
  • seconds to minutes
  • regulates CO and TPR
  • involves the heart and blood vessels
  • primary neural control
51
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Describe long term regulation of MAP.

A
  • minutes to days
  • regulates blood volume
  • involves the kidneys
  • primarily hormonal control
52
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Baroreceptors =

A
  • pressure receptors

- aka “stretch receptors”

53
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Arterial baroreceptors =

A
  • sinoaortic receptors
  • aortic arch
  • carotid sinuses
54
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Respond to stretching due to:

A

pressure changes in arteries

55
Q

What is regulated variable for the negative feedback loop for regulation of MAP?

56
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What is detector for the negative feedback loop for regulation of MAP?

A

baroreceptors (detect changes in MAP and pulse pressure)

57
Q

What is the integration centre for the negative feedback loop for regulation of MAP?

A

cardiovascular centres in the brainstem

58
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What is the controller for the negative feedback loop for regulation of MAP?

A

autonomic nervous system

59
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What are the effectors for the negative feedback loop for regulation of MAP?

A

heart and blood vessels

60
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What activates baroreceptors? What do they cause?

A
  • stretch of vessels

- cause depolarization and sends APs to the CNS to exert its effects via the ANS

61
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When does the baroreceptor reflex reset to a higher pressure?

A

during exercise

62
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What is the cardiovascular control centre? What does it regulate?

A
  • medulla

- BP

63
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What do low pressure baroreceptors do with input into the cardiovascular control centre?

A

right atrium and large systemic veins (aka volume receptors) monitor venous pressure

64
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Where are chemoreceptors found and what did they do with input into the cardiovascular control centre?

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  • brain and carotids

- monitor O2, CO2, H+

65
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What do higher brain centres do with input into cardiovascular control centre?

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  • hypothalamus (fight or flight response coordination, vessel resistance response to changes in core temperature)
  • cerebral cortex
66
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What is involved in the input to the cardiovascular control centre?

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  • arterial baroreceptors
  • low pressure baroreceptors
  • chemoreceptors
  • proprioceptors, other receptors in organs
  • higher brain centres
67
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What is involved in the output to the cardiovascular control centre?

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  • SNS: SA node, contractile fibres, vessels

- PNS: SA node

68
Q

Parasympathetic input to cardiovascular effectors goes where and does what?

A
  • SA node (decreases HR)

- AV node

69
Q

Sympathetic input to cardiovascular effectors goes where and does what?

A
  • SA node (increases HR)
  • AV node
  • Ventricular myocardium (increases contractility)
  • Arterioles (increases resistance)
  • Veins (increases venomotor tone)
70
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What is a “quick fix” for a drop in MAP?

A
  • baroreceptor reflex

- does not correct the problem

71
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Long-term regulation of MAP occurs through:

A

renal regulation of blood volume

72
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What does hypertension do to baroreceptors?

A

“resets” the set point of the baroreceptors, cannot be returned to normal

73
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How can baroreceptor fix create further problems?

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  • if blood volume is not restored

- local controls (metabolites) will override the response and MAP will begin to decrease again

74
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Describe the baroreceptor reflex.

A
  • negative feedback loop to maintain blood pressure at normal level
  • Detectors = baroreceptors
  • Afferents = visceral afferents
  • Integration center = cardiovascular control center
  • Efferents = autonomic nervous system
  • Effectors = heart, arterioles, and veins
75
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What does epinephrine act on and what does it do to MAP?

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  • Acts on smooth muscle of arterioles (increases TPR)
  • Acts on smooth muscle of veins (increases venomotor tone)
  • Acts on heart (increases HR and SV (CO))
  • MAP increases
76
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What does vasopressin (ADH) and angiotensin II do?

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  • Vasoconstrictors
  • Increase TPR
  • Increase MAP
77
Q

Epinephrine is released by ____ ____ in response to ______ activity.

A
  • adrenal medulla

- sympathetic activity

78
Q

Epinephrine vasodilator what muscle?

A

cardiac and skeletal

79
Q

Vasopressin gets stimuli from where?

A

baroreceptors and changes in plasma concentrations of solute

80
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What effect does vasopressin have?

A
  • consticts vessels

- increases water retention

81
Q

Angiotensin II gets stimuli from where?

82
Q

What effect does angiotensin II have?

A
  • constricts vessels
  • increases water reabsorption (through aldosterone)
  • stimulates thirst
83
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Where are low pressure baroreceptors (volume receptors) found?

A
  • walls of large systemic veins

- walls of the right atrium

84
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What activates low pressure baroreceptors?

A

decrease in blood volume

85
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What is the response of low pressure baroreceptors?

A
  • parallel with the baroreceptor reflex
  • increase SNS activity
  • increase vasopressin
86
Q

Chemoreceptors respond to:

A

increases in CO2 levels in blood

87
Q

What is the primary function of chemoreceptors?

A

regulate blood CO2 levels

88
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What are the 2 effects that chemoreceptors have on ventilation?

A
  • increases CO2
  • increases TPR
  • decreases HR
  • increased MAP
89
Q

What happens when CO2 rises?

A
  • chemoreceptors activated
  • CV control centre response (medulla)
  • ventilation increases
  • HR decreases (conserves O2)
  • TPR increases to prevent dangerous drop in BP
90
Q

Thermoregulatory responses are mediated by:

A
  • hypothalamus

- thermoreceptors

91
Q

Thermoreceptors respond to:

A

increased body temperature

92
Q

What is the response from thermoreceptors?

A
  • decrease sympathetic activity to skin
  • vasodilation to skin
  • increase heat loss to environment
93
Q

______ takes precedence over the baroreceptor reflex.

A

thermoregulation

94
Q

What is the possible consequence of thermoregulation?

A
  • decreased TPR

- decreased MAP

95
Q

Name exercise training adaptations.

A
  • LV-EDV increases (enhanced blood volume)
  • LV hypertrophy (0-25%)
  • coronary artery growth and response to stimuli (mechanical and hormonal)
96
Q

Name some performance responses to exercise training adaptations.

A
  • cardiac myocytes: hypertrophy
  • increased VO2 max: 50% due to increased SV and 50% due to greater O2 movement into tissues
  • decreased RHR with training = increased diastolic filling time (= greater EDV, greater SV, and lower HR)

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