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Cardiovascular homeostasis I Flashcards

1
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What is Pulmonary circulation

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Blood is pumped from the heart to the lung, short distance and the pressure requirements are low

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What is systemic circulation?

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Blood pumped from the heart to the rest of the body, long distance with high aortic pressure

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What is the main function of the heart?

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To pump blood at a pressure high enough that it is able to circulate throughout the entire body and reach all the target organs

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4
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What does a P wave show?

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Depolarisation of the atria

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What does the QRS complex show?

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Depolarisation of the ventricles

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What does a T wave show?

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Repolarisation of the ventricles

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What sound does the closure of the AV valves make?

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A ‘lubb’ sound, it is long and deep

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Which valves vibrate as they close?

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the AV valves (tricuspid and mitral)

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What is the ‘second sound’?

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Fast Closure of the pulmonary/ aortic valve as the ventricles relax- it is a higher pitched and shorter sound

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Where is information sent to either increase or decrease rate of firing?

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Information is sent to the SA node

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What system controls the regulation of the heart rate?

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The nervous system (specifically the autonomic)

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12
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What receptors on the heart stimulate the sympathetic system?

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Beta-1-adrenoreceptors

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What receptors on the heart stimulate the parasympathetic system?

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M2 Muscarinic receptors (inhibit/s low down heart rate)

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Why is the resting heart rate low in animals?

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The parasympathetic system is dominating

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What effect does the stretching of cardiovascular muscle have on the ventricles?

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The force exerted due to the stretch further increases pressure inside the ventricle

this is called isovolumetric contraction

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What is isovolumetric contraction?

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When left ventricle pressure rises above the atrial pressure causing the mitral valve to close

this produces the first ‘lub’ heart sound

17
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What occurs to the LV muscles as blood starts to leave the LV

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the LV muscles start to shorten which aids in expelling blood

18
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When do the aortic valves close during the cardiac cycle and what is the significance?

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The aortic valves close once the LV pressure falls below the aortic pressure- this helps to prevent backflow and helps propel the blood

19
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When do the left atrioventricular (bicuspid/mitral) valves re-open?

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Once the LV pressure is below the atrial pressure

20
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Why is atrial contraction actually only neccesary during exercise?

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atrial contraction only adds around 25% of the blood volume

21
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Why would the atrial pressure increase when the ventricle contracts?

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There is a bulging of the AV valve into the atria

22
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What can be used as a surrogate marker to measure left atrial pressure?

A

Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

23
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What is the ST segment?

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Time during which the ventricles are contracting and emptying

24
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What is the TP interval?

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Time during which the ventricles are relaxing and filling

25
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What is the ‘third heart sound’

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heard immediately after the second heart sound shows changing in filling speed

26
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What is the ‘fourth heart sound’

A

It is heard immediately before the 1st heart sound contraction of the atria causes vibration of the ventricles

27
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What would a cardiac cycle be defined as?

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the events occuring from the start of one beat to the start of another

28
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What hormones have an effect on the sympathetic innervation of the heart?

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Adrenaline/ noradrenaline

29
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What hormones have an effect on the parasympathetic innervation of the heart?

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acetylcholine (vagus nerve stimulation)

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