Cardiovascular Flashcards
Where does blood get directed to from the right ventricle? Why?
Pulmonary artery to get oxygenated
What is the low-pressure pump of the heart?
Right ventricle –> pulmonary artery –> lungs
What is the high-pressure pump of the heart?
Left ventricle –> aortic artery –> systemic circulation
What does the left atrium receive from the lungs and four pulmonary veins?
oxygenated blood
When do the semilunar valves prevent backflow of blood into the ventricles?
during diastole
Pulmonary valve prevents right backflow
Aortic valve prevents left backflow
When do the AV valves prevent backflow of blood into the atria?
During systole
What is systole?
Period of ventricular contraction
End-systolic volume: amount of lood in the ventricles after systole
–> approx. 50mL
What is diastole?
Period of ventricular relaxation and filling
End-diastolic volume: volume of blood remaining in the ventricles after diastole; 120 mL
When does atrial contraction occur? What does it do?
a. During the last 1/3 of diastole
b. completes ventricular filling
Last 20-30% of end diastolic volume
Where does the RCA provide bloodflow?
- right atrium
- right ventricle
- inferior wall of left ventricle
- AV node –> SA node
- bundle of his
What artery provides the sinoatrial node with blood 60% of the time?
RCA
What artery supplies the SA node 40% of the time?
Left circumflex artery (LCx)
What are the two divisions of the LCA?
- Left anterior descending (LAD)
- circumflex artery
What does the left anterior descending artery provide blood to?
- left ventricle
- interventricular septum
- inferior apex
May also branch off to the right ventricle
Where does the left circumflex artery provide blood to?
Lateral and inferior walls of the left ventricle and atrium
Where does the coronary sinus receive blood from?
heart
Where does the coronary sinus empty into?
Right atrium
Where is the SA node located?
Junction of the SVC and right atrium
What does the SA node do?
Initiates pulse at a rate of 60-100 bpm
“pacemaker of the heart”
(true/false) The SA node and AV node have sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation
true
Where is the AV node located?
Junction of the right atrium and the right ventricle
What does the AV node merge with?
Bundle of His
What is the intrinsic firing rate of the AV node?
40-60 bpm
Where does conduction of the heart terminate?
SA node –> AV node –> bundle of his –> purkinje fibers
What is the intrinsic firing rate of purkinje fibers?
20-40 bpm
Describe the pathway of conduction within the heart.
- SA node sends and impulse throughout the atria (contract together)
- AV node is stimulated
- impulse travels down bundle of his to the purkinje fibers
- impulse spreads throughout the ventricles (contract together)
(true/false) Striated muscles fibers have less mitochondria compared to smooth muscle fibers
False
More muscle fibers
What is normal stroke volume?
50-100 mL/beat
What is preload?
Amount of blood left in the left ventricle at the end of diastole
(true/false) the greater the preload, the greater the amount of blood pumped
true
What is afterload?
Force of the left ventricle that generates during systole to overcome aortic pressure and open the aortic valve
Definition
Amount of blood discharged from the left or right ventricle per minute
Cardiac output
Stroke volume: amount of blood discharged from the ventricle during each contraction
What is the normal range of cardiac output?
4-5 L/minute
How is cardiac output calculated?
SV x HR
Regular cardiac index (CO divided y body surface area) : 2.5-3.5 L/min
definition
Percentage of blood emptied from the ventricle during systole
EF
How do you calculate EF?
SV / left ventricular end-diastolic volume
What is normal EF?
> 55%
What percent of EF is indicative of heart failure?
< 40%
The lower the EF, the more impaired the left ventricle is
definition
Difference between the atrial pressure and venous pressure.
Atrial filling pressure
When is right atrial filling pressure decreased?
During ventricular contraction
What affects atrial filling pressure?
Intrathoracic pressure
Venous return increases when blood volume (increases/decreases)
increases/expands
Diastolic filling time (increases/decreases) with elevated HR
decreases
definition
Represents the energy cost to the myocardium
myocardial oxygen demand (MVO2)
clinically measured t the product of HR and systolic BP (Rate pressure produce (RPP))
When does MVO2 increase?
- actvitiy
- increased HR
- increased BP
What arteries DO NOT transport oxygenated blood from areas of high-pressure to low-pressure in tissues?
- umbilical vein (in utero)
- pulmonary veins
Where is the primary site of vascular resistance?
Arterioles
Terminal branches of arterues that attach to capillaries
What creates an anastomosis network?
when arterioles connect to capillaries
Function: exchange of nutrients and fluids between blood and tissues
There are (more/less) arteries than veins
Less arteries
Venous walls are (thinner/thicker) than arteries
thinner
Have one-way valves
Where do the lymphatic vessels and ducts empty?
Left subclavian vein
Body tissue –> veins –> lymphatic capillaries –> vessels –> lymphatic ducts –> left subclavian vein
What are the major lymph nodes?
- sumaxillary
- cervical
- axillary
- mesenteric
- iliac
- inguinal
- popliteal
- cubital
Where is parasympathic stimulation controlled from?
Medulla oblongata – cardioinhibitory center
- Causes coronary arter vascocontriction
- via vagus nerve and caridac plexus (innervates the SA and AV node which releases ACh and slows myocardial contraction)
Where is sympathetic stimulation controlled from?
Medulla oblongata - cardioacceleratory center
- via T1-T4, upper thoracic to superior cervical chain ganglia (innervates SA and AV nodes releasing epinephrine and noepinephrine)
- increases HR
- coronary artery vasodilation
What is the name of drugs that increase sympathetic functioning?
Sympathomimetics
What is the name of drugs that decrease sympathetic functioning?
sympatholytics
What are baroreceptors the main mechanism for?
controlling HR
- located in aortic arch and carotid sinus
- Responds to changes in BP (circulatory reflexes)
Where are chemoreceptors located?
carotid ody
What receptors are sensitive to changes in lood chemicals: O2, CO2, and lactic acid?
chemoreceptors
- Decreased pH results in an increased HR
- Increased pH results in a decreased HR
What is hyperkalemia?
Increased potassium
Hypokalemia: decreased potassium
What does hyperkalemia cause within the cardiovascular system?
decreases the rate and force of contraction
What ECG changes are observed with hyperkalemia?
- Widened PR interval and QRS
- flattened P waves
- Tall/peaked T-waves
What ECG changes are observed with hypokalemia?
- flattened T-waves
- Prolonged PR and QT intervals
- “U wave”
arrythmias may progress to V-fib
Hypercalcemia (increases/decreases) heart action.
increases
What can hypermagnesemia result in?
- arrythmia
- cardiac arrest
Increased magnesium is a calcium channel blocker
What can hypomagnesemia cause?
- ventricular arrythmias
- coronary artery vasospasm
- sudden death