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Cardiac Flashcards

1
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Hyperplasia

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Increase in number of cells

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Hypertrophy

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Increase in cell mass - cell number stays the same

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal organization of cells; change in number, mass or location of cells; often related to cancer

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4
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G-protein messenger system

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Second messenger system; allows for dramatic magnification of signal

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5
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Crenation

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When cells lose water and become shriveled

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Hemolysis

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Death/destruction of RBCs

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7
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Oncotic/Colloid osmotic pressure

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Osmotic pressure across a semi-permeable membrane; capillary dynamics

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8
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Diffusion potential

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Potential difference created by an ion crossing a membrane while moving down its concentration gradient

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9
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Equilibrium potential

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Charge at which ions stop crossing a membrane

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10
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Resting membrane potential

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Equilibrium potential for a cell membrane; ~-70 mV

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11
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Diffusion coefficient

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Part of what determines membrane solubility; based on solute’s shape and size

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12
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Flow

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(pressure)/(resistance)

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13
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Resistance

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(viscosity)(length)/(radius^4)

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14
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Systolic pressure

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Pressure when heart is contracting

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15
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Diastolic pressure

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Pressure when heart is at rest

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16
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Pulse pressure

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(Systolic) - (Diastolic)

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17
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Mean arterial pressure

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Diastolic + 1/3(Pulse pressure)

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18
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Stroke volume

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Blood ejected in one cardiac cycle

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19
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Cardiac output

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(Stroke volume)(Heart rate)

Normal = 5 to 5.5 l/min

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20
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Anomsia

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Inability to smell

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21
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Chorea

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Jerky, arrhythmic movements

Sign of extrapyramidal pathology

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22
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Akinesia

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Inability to easily perform voluntary movements; hesitation and jerkiness
Sign of extrapyramidal pathology

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Athetosis

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Slow, continuous, writhing movements of lips, tongue and extremities
Sign of extrapyramidal pathology

24
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Ptosis

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Droppy eye

25
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Miosis

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Constricted pupils

26
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Mydrosis

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Dilated pupils

27
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Anhydrosis

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Absence of or decreased perspiration

28
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Compliance

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Volume/pressure - venous compliance is higher than arterial

29
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Laminar flow

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Flow through a circular vessel is faster and smoother; non-laminar flow in blocked arteries is more turbulent and can be auscultated as bruits

30
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Dichrotic notch

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Upward tick in aortic pressure after ventricular ejection is complete; caused by rebound of elastic arterial walls

31
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Aortic mean pressure

32
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Large artery mean pressure

33
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Arteriole mean pressure

34
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Capillary mean pressure

35
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Vena cava mean pressure

36
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Right atrium mean pressure

37
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Pulmonary artery mean pressure

38
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Pulmonary capillary mean pressure

39
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Pulmonary vein mean pressure

40
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Left atrium mean pressure

41
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Preload

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Ventricular volume just before systole (end diastolic volume) - maximum volume
Affected primarily by venous side

42
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Phases of cardiac action potential

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Phase 0 - upstroke
Phase 1 - repolarization
Phase 2 - plateau
Phase 3 - repolarization (contains supranormal period)
Phase 4 - decaying membrane potential (determines heart rate)

SA node doesn’t have a plateau (Phase 1 and 2)

43
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Intrinsic firing rates of the heart

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AV - 70-80 bpm
SA - 40-60 bpm
Bundle of His - 40 bpm
Purkinje fibers - 15-20 bpm

44
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Atrial kick

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Atrium contracts - provides 15-20% of heart volume and increases contractility by stretching heart

45
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SA node arrest (ECG rhythm)

A

Missed beat - no P, QRS or T
SA node never fired
May be caused by burst of parasym.

46
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Junctional beat

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Extra beat w/out a P wave

Someplace below SA node depolarizes

47
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Juncitonal rhythm

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No P wave before QRS complex

HR is set at AV or Bundle

48
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Ryanodine

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Most common receptor in calcium-induced calcium release mechanisms

49
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Funny channels

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Slow Na+ leak channels that create an unstable membrane potential

50
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Sym and Parasym innervation of heart

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Sym - atria and heart

Parasym - atria only

51
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Frank-Starling Law

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As EDV increases, contractility increases (to a point)

52
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Ventricular Hypertrophy

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Increased size of heart cells

53
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Afterload

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Pressure that the heart works against to pump blood - pressure in the aorta
Affected more by arterial side

54
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Atropine

A

Anti-cholinerginic/parasympathetolytic

55
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Starling forces

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Capillary dynamics - how the combination of intravenous and extracellular oncotic and hydrostatic forces move water back and forth across capillary beds

56
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Frank-Starling Law

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EDV or pressure/CO or force

More in, more out (until you move past the apex)

57
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Ejection fraction

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Percentage of blood ejected w/ each heart beat

Normal = 55% = 70 mL

Fundamentals (14 decks)

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