cardiac physiology Flashcards
Aerobic requirements of the heart (factors)
- Cardiac tissue metabolically active
- Cardiac energy needs met in real time by changes in energy production
- Cardiac energy needs can increase 9x from rest to heavy exercise
- O2 extraction from blood remains fairly constant regardless of workload
- Blood flow increases from 80 to 500 ml/min/100g tissue
Cardiac Myocytes traits
- Cells are Y shaped
- Striated
- Contain single nuclei
- Limited ability to replicate
- Linked together by intercalated disks
- Lack distinct fiber types
- Do not fatigue
- All fibers contract with each beat
- all cardiac muscle cells contract regardless of HR/contractility
- cardiac muscle cells regulate their force production by regulating availability of CA to sarcomeric proteins
GRADED muscle contractions
Cardiac Excitation Contraction Coupling
- Ca enters myocyte through channels in T tubules
- Triggers release of Ca from SR
- Ca induced Ca release
P wave
depolarization of atria in response to SA node
PR interval
delay of AV node to allow filling of ventricles
QRS complex
Depolarization of ventricles, triggers main pumping contractions
T wave
Ventricular repolarization
ST segment
Beginning of ventricle repolarization, should be flat.
AP of cardiac muscles:
Phase 0
Rapid Na+ influx through open fast Na channels
AP of cardiac muscles:
Phase 1
Transient K channels open and K efflux returns TMP to OmV
AP of cardiac muscles:
Phase 2
Influx of Ca2 through L-type Ca2 channels is electrically balanced by K efflux through delayed K channels
AP of cardiac muscles:
Phase 3
Ca2 channels close but delayed rectifier K channels remain open and return TMP to -90mV
AP of cardiac muscles:
Phase 4
Na, Ca2, channels closed, open K rectifier channels keep TMP stable at -90mB
Absolute refractory period
Stage 0-2
Effective refractory period
Stages 0-2 (slightly further than absolute)
Relative refractory period
Stage 3
SV=
LVEDV-LVESV
EF=
SV/EDV x 100
or
[(EDV-ESV)/EDV] x 100
EDV avg
110-120 ml
ESV avg
40-50 ml
SV avg
70 ml