Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Flashcards
What do the pulmonary circuit and systemic circuit do?
Pulmonary Circuit - Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs and oxygenated blood back to the heart
Systemic Circuit - Carries oxygenated blood to the body and deoxygenated blood back to the heart
Describe the structure of the heart.
Did you mention?
- Left and right atria
- Left and right ventricles
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary vein
- vena cava
- aorta
- semi lunar valves
- atrio ventricular valves
What are the stages for ‘The Conduction System’?
- SA Node generates the electrical impulse and fires it through the atria wall, causing them to contract.
- AV Node collects the impulse and delays it for approximately 0.1 seconds to allow the atria to finish contracting.
- AV Node releases the impulse to the Bundle of His.
- Bundle of His splits the impulse in two , ready to be distributed through each seperate ventricle.
- The bundle brances carry the impulse to the base of each ventricle.
- The purkynje fibres distribute the impulse through the ventricle walls causing them to contract.
What are the stages for ‘The Cardiac Cycle’?
- Diastole - atria and ventricles relax
- AV valves open
- SL valves are closed - Atrial Systole - Atria contracts (blood forced into ventricles)
- Ventricular Systole - Ventricles contract
- AV valves close
- SL valves are forced open
What is the calculation for Cardiac Output?
Cardiac Output (Q) = Heart Rate (HR) x Stroke Volume (SV)
What is venous return?
The return of the blood to the right atria through the veins
Compare between trained and untrained:
- Heart Rate
- Stroke Volume
- Cardiac Output
UNTRAINED:
HR = 70 -72 bpm
SV = 70 ml
Q = 5 l/min
TRAINED:
HR = 50 bpm
SV = 100 ml
Q = 5 l/min
Describe the heart rate at SUB MAX exercise.
- Resting HR
- Anticipatory Rise
- Rapid increase
- Plateau
- Rapid decrease
- Steady decrease
- Resting HR
Describe the heart rate at MAX exercise.
- Resting HR
- Anticipatory rise
- Rapid increase
- Steady increase
- Rapid decrease
- Steady decrease
- Resting HR
What is Starling’s Law?
increased venous return = increased stroke volume
Describe these for an UNTRAINED athlete at rest, sub-max and max:
- Heart Rate
- Stroke Volume
- Cardiac Output
REST:
HR = 70 - 72 bpm
SV = 70 ml
Q = 5 l/min
SUB MAX:
HR = 100 - 130 bpm
SV = 100 - 120 ml
Q = 10 - 15 l/min
MAX:
HR = 220 - age
SV = 100 - 120 ml
Q = 20 - 30 l/min
Describe these for a TRAINED athlete at rest, sub-max and max:
- Heart Rate
- Stroke Volume
- Cardiac Output
REST:
HR = 50 bpm
SV = 100 ml
Q = 5 l/min
SUB MAX:
HR = 95 - 120 bpm
SV = 160 -200 ml
Q = 15 - 20 l/min
MAX:
HR = 220 - age
SV = 160 - 200 ml
Q = 30 - 40 l/min
What are the 3 types of control mechanism for the heart?
- Neural
- Intrinsic
- Hormonal
Describe the NEURAL controls.
Chemoreceptors - located in muscles
- inform CCC of any chemical changes (lactic acid / carbon
dioxide)
Proprioreceptors - located in muscles
- informs CCC of movement
Baroreceptors - located in blood vessels
- informs CCC of preesure change in blood
Describe the INTRINSIC controls.
- Temperature changes will affect viscosity of the blood, and the speed of nerve impulse transmission
- Venous return changes will affect the stretch in the ventricle wall
Describe HORMONAL controls.
Adrenaline and Noradrenaline are released from the adrenal glands increasing the force of ventricular contraction and increasing the spread of electrical activity