Cardiovascular Flashcards
arteries function
low resistance tubes that conduct blood to organs
undergo little pressure
pressure reservoirs for maintaining blood flow to organs during ventricle relaxation
arterioles function
major sites of resistance
pattern blood flow to organs
control blood flow and pressure
capillaries function
site of nutrient, metabolic end product, and fluid exchange between blood and tissue
venules function
site of nutrient, metabolic end product, and fluid exchange between blood and tissue, ensure blood returns to heart
veins function
low resistance, conduct blood back to heart
Blood make up
Plasma (55%), erythrocytes, luekocytes, platelets
What is function of circulatory system
carries nutrients, wastes, chemical signals, and heat
why is diffusion inefficient
too slow to support large bodies
types of circulation circuits
pulmonary and systemic
pulmonary circulation
carries blood between heart and lungs
systemic circulation
carries blood between heart and rest of body
If hematocrit increases
viscosity of blood increases
Which blood vessel contributes the most resistance to flow
arterioles then capillaries
What are types on local control (intrinsic) that allows tissues to control their own blood flow
myogenic, paracrine substances, hyperemia
describe myogenic control
by smooth muscle of arterioles
increases blood pressure - > increase stretch-> Ca2+ channels open -> vessel constricts so flow remains same
paracrine vasoconstrictors
paracrine substances alter smooth muscle activity
serotonin
endothelin
serotonin
vasoconstrictor secreted by platelets
endothelin
vasoconstrictor secreted by vascular endothelieum
paracrine vasodilators
bradykinin
histamine
adenosine
adenosine
vasodilator hormone secreted by cells in low O2 conditions
hyperemia
locally mediated increases in blood flow
active hyperemia
increase in tissue metabolism -> release of vasodilators into extracellular fluid-> decrease resistance-> blood flow increase -> O2 and nutrient supply to tissue increase
reactive hypermia
occlusion -> blood flow decrease -> vasodilators accumulate-> arterioles dilate -> occlusion removed _> resistance decrease-> blood flow increase
systemic control (EXTRINSIC) vasoconstriction
delivered by neurons
serotonin
vasopressin
angiotensin II
systemic control (EXTRINSIC) vasoconstriction
Beta-2 epinephrine
ACT
ANP
VIPs
norepinephrine
systemic control released by sympathetic neuron
moderate amount - intermediate diameter
increase in norepinephrine
vasoconstriction
decrease in norepinephrine
vasodilation
hepatic portal vein
drains blood from gastointestinal tract and speeds into capillary beds in liver
blood is rich in nutrients from food
not a true vein because it does not conduct blood back to heart
\what causes an aneurysm
artherosclerosis- accumulation of calcium and fatty materials on blood vessel wall that weakens it
based on law of Laplace an increase in r increases T, and r thus T continues to increase
steps to artherosclerosis
- fatty streak cholesterol accumulate 2. fibrous plaque accumulates around accumulating cholesterol 3. calcified scar tissue forms
how does a heart stay in place
pericardial attachments and great vessels
ligamentum arteriosum
small ligament attached to outer surface of pulmonary artery with no function (remnant of fetal ductus arteriosus)
blood going to the upper heart arrives from
superior vena cava(head and upper limbs)
inferior vena cava (trunk and lower limbs)
coronary sinus (from myocardium)
coverings of heart outer- in
fibrous pericardium
serous pericardium - visceral pericardium pericardial cavity - parietal pericardium
heart wall outer-in
epicardium
myocardium
endocardium
where does right atrium receive blood
inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, coronary sinus
fossa ovalis
remnant of fetal foramen ovale in right atrium
where does left atrium receive blood
pulmonary veins
interatrial septum
separates left and right
trabeculae carnae
thick-wall with an irregular inner surface that covers ventricles
interventricular septum
separates left and right ventricls
Valves
Tricuspid
mitral
semilunar - pulmonary
Aortic
tricuspid valve
between right atrium and right ventricle
mitral valve (bicuspid)
between left atrium and left ventricle
chordae tendinae
connect cusps of AV valves to papillary muscle of ventricles, preventing cusps from swinging back into atria during systole
papillary muscle
muscular columns located on inner surface of ventricles
pulmonary SL valve
lies within pulmonary trunk
aortic SL valve
within aorta
regurgitation
backflow of blood across closed valve
mitral regurgitation occurs
during systole
aortic regurgitation occurs
during diastol
stenosis
obstruction of forward flow across an opened valve
mitral stenosis occurs
during diastole
aortic stenosis occurs
during systole
S1 heart sound
onset of ventricular contraction
S2 heart sound
closure of semilunar valves
S3 heart sound
ventricular gallop
S4 heart sound
atrial gallop
valvular theory
says sounds caused by vibration of heart valves during closure
cardiohemic theory
vibration of entire cardiohemic system causes heart sounds
sarcomere
functional unit of cardiomyocyte
intercalated discs
connects branched fibers of myocardium
how are cells held together during contraction
desmosomes
L-type Ca channels
how Ca2+ enters cell
ranodine receptors
Ca2+ binds to on sarcoplasmic reticulum to trigger release of Ca2+
terminal cisternae
where Ca2+ is released from sarcoplasmic reticulum
steps of excitation-contraction coupling
- action potential enters
- Ca2+ enters through voltage -gated Ca2+ channels
- bind to ryanodine receptors
- Ca2+ released from terminal cisternae of sarcoplasmic reticulum
- Ca2+ binds to troponin, causing tropomyosin to move and expose myosin binding sites - actin
- myosin head binds to actin and causes cross-bridge movement and a reduction in sarcomere length
- Ca2+ taken in by SR via SERCA Pump
- removal of Ca2+, myosin unbinds from actin (Requires ATP), sarcomere resumes original length
membrane potential
- opening of Na+ channels , rapid depolarization
- opening of K+ channels efflux, repolarize
- opening of Ca2+ channels, influx, plateau
- opening K+ channels and closing of Ca 2+, repolarization
- resting potential
Ca 2+ removed with Ca2+ ATP pump and Na+/Ca2+ exchanger
Na+removed and K+ returned with NaK pump
ERP effective refractory period
time when action potential can’t be initiated
sinoatrial node
in right atrium is the pacemaker group of cardiomyocytes
65 bpm
pace of heart