BP Regulation Flashcards

1
Q

The nervous system can’t really adjust blood flow to tissue, but it can do redistribute it by doing what?

A

Increasing HR

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2
Q

Which vessels are not innervated?

A

Capillaries and precapillary sphincters

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3
Q

In sympathetic nerves, there are more (vasoconstrictor or vasodilator) fibers

A

Vasoconstrictor = decreases volume and increases pumping (CO)

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4
Q

Which center transmit parasympathetic impulses through the vagal nerve to the heart?

A

Vasomotor center

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5
Q

Describe sympathetic vasoconstrictor tone

A

impulses transmitted continuosly to maintain partial contraction in bv (vasomotor tone)

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6
Q

List the 3 areas of the vasomotor center

A
  • Vasoconstrictor
  • Vasodilator
  • Sensory
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7
Q

Which portion of the vasomotor center transmits excitatory impulses to increase HR?

A

Lateral portion

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8
Q

Why does Arterial pressure drop with spinal anesthesia?

A

Because of loss of vasoconstrictor tone

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9
Q

What type of feedback system does the Baroreceptor reflex work as?

A

Negative

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10
Q

Carotid receptors go via which CN to the VMC?

A

Glossopharyngeal (9)

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11
Q

Aortic arch receptors go via which CN to the VMC?

A

Vagus (10)

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12
Q

At what pressure are baroreceptors most sensitive?

A

100mmHg

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13
Q

If baroreceptors are activated, what happens to arterial pressure?

A

Decreases

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14
Q

How much time do baroreceptors take to reset, thus making them unuseful for long-term control of arterial pressure?

A

1-2 days

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15
Q

What are AP chemoreceptors sensitive to?

A

O2, CO2 and H ions

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16
Q

At what pressure do chemoreceptors get activated?

A

80 mm Hg or less

17
Q

The last ditch stand is the name given to what response?

A

CNS ischemia response

18
Q

When BP falls below 60 mmHg, what is activated?

A

CNS ischemia response

19
Q

When the AP is increased above CSF Pressure, what reaction occurs to relieve the ischemia?

A

Cushing reaction

20
Q

When the blood volume and AP rise with an excess in extracellular fluid which body system can help bring back the pressure?

A

Renal system

21
Q

What is the term for an increase in sodium output?

A

Pressure Natriuresis

22
Q

List the 2 long-term determinants of AP level

A
  • level of salt + water intake
  • Degrees of pressure shift of the renal function curve
23
Q

T/F CO increase means AP is directly and indirectly increased

24
Q

What ion can increase AP more than water?

25
Q

What is the limit for MAP to be considered hypertension?

A

110 mmHg (90/135)

26
Q

What are the 2 long term ways AP is regulated?

A

Renin-angiotensin system
aldosterone

27
Q

What happens to renal blood flow in the late stages of hypertension?

A

Decreased to half normal

28
Q

What is the primary precursor to Aldosterone?

A

Angiotensinogen

29
Q

Which secondary precursor of aldosterone can increase AP directly?

A

Angiotensin II

30
Q

Excess aldosterone levels (aldosteronism) can lead to?

A

Hypertension

31
Q

Chronic control of BP is regulated by the ______________

32
Q

Acute control of Circulation is regulated by the _____________________

A

Nervous system