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Cardio Physiology Flashcards

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The two lower chambers of the heart which received blood from the atria and put it into the arteries

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Ventricles

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A protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen to tissues

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Hemoglobin

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Is salt of carbonic acid which one hydrogen atom has been replaced

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Bicarbonate

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A tiny thin-walled capillary-rich sac in the lungs ,where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place

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Alveoli

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The primary vein collecting blood from the head chest wall and upper extremities and draining into the right atrium

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Superior vena cava

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A three segmented valve of the heart that keeps blood in the right ventricle from flowing back into the right atrium

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Tricuspid valve

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The contraction of the chambers of the heart especially the ventricles to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

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Systole

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The relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers especially the ventricles during which they fill with blood

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Diastole

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9
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A semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery which prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart

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Pulmonary semilunar valve

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10
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A vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

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Pulmonary vein

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A valve of the heart composed of two triangular flaps that is located between the left atrium and left ventricle the regulates blood flow between these chambers

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Bicuspid valve

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A heart valve comprising three flaps which guards the passage from the left ventricle to the aorta and prevents the back flow of blood

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Aortic valve

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13
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He major artery that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to be delivered throughout the body

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Aorta

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14
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The muscular tissue at the heart

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Myocardium

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15
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A small mass of specialised cardiac muscle fibres that controls the heartbeat

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Sinoatrial (SA) node

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16
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A small mass of specialised cardiac muscle fibers between the atria and the ventricles of the heart which conducts the normal electrical impulses from the atria SA node to the ventricles

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Atrioventricular AV node

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17
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Part of the impulse conducting network of the heart there rapidly transmit impulses from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles

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Bundle branches

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Electrical activation of the myocardium. Occurs in the sinoatrial (SA) atrial node; current travels through the tracts of the atria to the atrioventricular node then through the bundle of His which divides into right and left bundle branches

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Wave of depolarisation

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19
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The volume of blood pumped out of the left ventricle of the heart in a single beat

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Stroke Volume

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20
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The number of heart beats per unit of time usually expressed as beats per minute

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Heart rate

21
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The volume of blood being pumped by the heart it is equal to the heart rate multiplied by the stroke volume

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Cardiac output

22
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The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels especially the arteries

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Blood pressure

23
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Detect the pressure of blood and can send messages to the central nervous system to increase or decrease total peripheral resistance in cardiac output

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Baroreceptors

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Dilation or expansion in flow width of a blood vessel

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Vasodilation

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Construction or reduction in flow width of a blood vessel

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Vasoconstriction

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Resistance of the blood vessels the body

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Peripheral resistance

27
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A fat deposit on the inside wall of a blood vessel

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Plaque

28
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Deliver large quantities of blood to different regions of the body

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Conducting arteries

29
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Tiny blood vessels throughout the body that connect arteries and veins

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Capillaries

30
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One of the small thin walled arteries that end in capillaries

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Arterioles

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A Vanlier a flat epithelial cells that lines blood vessels

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Endothelium

32
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Small veins that join capillaries to larger veins

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Venules

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A measure of ease with which a structure may be deformed r distended

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Compliance

34
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And accumulation of blood in the venous system that can reduce blood returning to the heart

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Blood pooling

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A chronic condition characterised by thickening and hardening of the arteries and the buildup of plaque on the arterial walls

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Atherosclerosis

36
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A form of low blood pressure precipitative by moving from a lying or sitting position to standing up straight

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Orthostatic hypotension

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The clear fluid portion of blood in which cells are suspended

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Plasma

38
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Cells in the blood their transport oxygen and carbon Dioxide to and from the tissues

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Red blood cells

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A group of several cell types that occur in the bloodstream and are essential for a properly functioning immune system

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White blood cells

40
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A type of blood cells responsible for blood coagulation and for the repair of damage blood vessels

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Platelets

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The proportion by volume of the blood that consists of red blood cells

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Hematocrit

42
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Red blood cells

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Erythrocytes

43
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A strain against a closed airway combined with muscle tightening. Holding breath while moving a heavy object

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Valsalva maneuver

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Consists of the blood vessels that supply blood to, and remove blood from, the heart muscle itself

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Coronary circulation

45
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The measure of myocardial oxygen consumption

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Rate pressure product

46
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The two upper chambers in the heart which receives blood from the veins and push it into the ventricles

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Atria

47
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Transport deoxygenated blood back to the heart

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Veins

48
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Deliver large quantities of blood to different regions of the body

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Arteries

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