cardiopulmonary system Flashcards
cardiovascular system components
- heart
- vasculature
- blood vessels -
cardiovascular function
- transport hormones
- delivers o2
- removes metabolic waste
- protects body against disease
- regulates body temp
3 types of vessels and their function
- arteries: transport blood away from heart
- veins: transport blood toward heart
- capillaries: connections between arteries and veins to allow for exchange of o2, nutrients, waste
steps of heart flow into heart
1) deoxygenated blood goes into R atrium
2) blood goes through tricuspid to R ventricle
3) blood goes through pulmonary artery
4) pulmonary artery to lungs
5) oxygenated blood goes through pulmonary vein to L atrium
6) through mitral into L ventricle
7) through aorta out of body
vasculature development begins?
begins at 3-4 weeks after conception
mesodermal cells develop when?
happens during embryonic development. mesodermal cells differentiate into vessels
angiogenesis
formation of vascular branches from existing blood vessels
vasculature anatomy
1) tunica externa
2) tunica media
3) tunica intima
large elastic arteries
- location
- function
- what do they maintain
located in tunica media
contain elastic fibers to allow for expansion and recoil
maintain constant flow of blood
medium muscular arteries
- location
- function and component
located in tunica media
contain SMOOTH MUSCLE to regulate diameter and blood flow
small arteries control the..
filling of capillaries
veins characteristics
- larger and more compliant than arteries
- thin walls
- large lumens - larger blood reservoir
baroreceptors
located in aorta and carotid sinus, detect BP
chemoreceptors
located in aorta and carotid bodies, detect changes in pH
what develops at 3 weeks?
heart and vessels
what happens at 4 weeks?
heart begins to beat and pump blood
what happens at week 7?
heart forms into a 4 chamber
prenatal - shunting systems
- foramen ovale (R atrium –> L atrium)
- ductus arteriosus (R pulmonary –>aorta)
- ductus venosus (inferior vena cava –> umbilical vein)
congenital heart disease
leading non-infectious cause of death in 1st year
1% live births
what ventricular wall gets twice as thick by adulthood?
left!
ribs cage is oriented horizontally –> changes to vertical with…
sitting
- rib become more angled
- ventilatory muscles become stronger
- increased efficiency of breathing
match heart volume to ages
40 mL
80mL
160 mL
- birth
- 6 months
- 2 years
increase in myocytes [infancy]
- cross-sectional area
- number of myofibrils
- force production
***NO INCREASE IN NUMBER MYOCYTES
infancy and childhood: vascularization stats
- increase heart vascularization
- at birth - 1 vessel for every 6 fibers
- adulthood 1:1 ratio