Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise Flashcards
What is the reduction of tonic contractile tension called?
Vasodilation
During exercise, what increases in order to allow blood flow to reach the working muscle better?
vessel diameter
Most changes occur at the level of the ____ during exercise for vasodilation
arterioles
The primary mechanisms for vasodilation include
- ____ vasodilators
- ___ stress to release NO from the ___ cells
increases
shear; endothelial
What 4 main vasodilators are mentioned as primary mechanisms for vasodilation?
- Adenosine
- Potassium
- CO2
- Lactic Acid
What vasodilator increases PKA, decreases cytosolic free calcium and decreases MLCK ?
adenosine
What vasodilator(s) increase hyperpolarization and decreases cytosolic free calcium?
Potassium
Co2
Lactic Acid
What type of feedback loop is shear stress and NO?
Negative
Local vasodilation ____ shear stress, which increases the endothelial ___ synthase activity
increases; NO
NO activates ___ cyclase which increases c___ production
guanylyl
cGMP
What does cGMP activate?
PKG, which has similar effects to PKA
Vasoconstriction occurs within ____ and shunts blood to working muscle in order to maintain ____
internal organs; blood pressure
Small changes in the ___ inner diameter makes a large difference in blood flow
arteriole’s
Muscle cells consume ___ and create waste byproducts like ___
Oxygen; CO2
As muscle work longer/harder, they need more oxygen to create more ___. This increases the ___ rate and ___ to exercising muscles
ATP; respiration; blood flow
An increased demand for systemic oxygen consumption (VO2) are met according to which equation?
Fick Equation
VO2 = [HR x SV] x (A-V O2 Difference)
VO2 = CO x (AV O2 Difference)
The A-V O2 difference is the amount of oxygen extracted from the blood and ___ with increasing rates of exercise as tissue oxygen uptake increases
increases
What is your CO at rest?
4-6 L/min
How do you determine Stroke Volume? What is it influenced by (3)?
SV = EDV - ESV
influenced by preload/afterload/contractility
SV increases EARLY during acute exercise and reaches its maximum around __-__% VO2 Max
40-50%
As parasympathetic activity increases, HR ____
decreases
As sympathetic activity increases, HR ____
increases
HR increases with activity continuously until what is achieved?
VO2 Max
During exercise, there is an initial withdrawal of ___ (parasympathetic) activity followed by an addition of ____ sympathetic drive to pacemaker cells
vagal
increase
Pacemaker cells during exercise ___ K+ conductance, ___ depolarizing inward (Na+) currents, which brings the SA node membrane potential to threshold rapidly
decreases
increasing
Exercise increases the rate of spontaneous SA node _____
depolarization
BP = CO x _____
total peripheral resistance (TPR)
What is a health resting BP?
120/<80mmHg