Cardiovascular System Flashcards
What is the journey of blood through the heart (starting with the left side)
- Left pulmonary vein
- Left atrium
- Bicuspid valve
- Left ventricle
- Aorta
- The rest of the body
- Vena Cava
- Right atrium
- Tricuspid valve
- Right ventricle
- Right pulmonary artery
What is the pulmonary circuit ?
The circuit that carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs and oxygenated blood back to the heart.
The right side of the heart
What is the systemic circuit ?
Carries oxygenated blood to the rest of the body and deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
The left side of the heart.
What is the conduction system ?
A set of 5 structures which pass electrical impulses through cardiac muscles.
What is the first step of the conduction system ?
The sino-atrial node is located in the right Atrium walls.
This generates an electrical impulse which is passed through the muscular walls causing them to contract.
The sino-atrial node is referred to as the ‘pace-maker’ of the heart.
What is step 2 of the conduction system ?
Atrio ventricular node collects the impulse and delays it by 0.01s
This allows the atria to finish contracting.
Then the impulse is released to the HIS bundle.
What is step 3 of the conduction system ?
The HIS bundle is located in the septum.
It splits the impulse into two ready to be distributed into each ventricle.
What is step 4 in the conduction system ?
The bundle branches carry the impulse to the bottom of each ventricle.
What is step 5 on the conduction system ?
The Purkinje fibres distribute the impulse to the ventricle walls which makes them contract.
What is oxygenated blood ?
A blood cell that has a high proportion of oxygen and a low proportion of carbon dioxide.
What is deoxygenated blood ?
A blood cell that has a low proportion of oxygen and a high amount of carbon dioxide.
What does it mean if the cardiac cycle is myogenic ?
The heart initiates its own muscle contractions automatically.
What is cardiac output ?
The quantity of blood pumped by the heart in one minute.
What is a heart rate ?
The number of times a heart beats per minute.
What is the stroke volume ?
The volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle in one beat.
What does systole mean ?
The contraction of the cardiac muscle.
What is diastole ?
The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes.
What is the septum ?
It is the partition between the right side and the left side of the heart to ensure that the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood doesn’t mix.
What is the aorta ?
Takes blood away from the left side of the heart and pumps the blood towards the rest of the body hence why it is the biggest artery in the body.
What is the vena cava ?
Allows deoxygenated blood into the heart from the body
Where are the atriums in the heart ?
They are the top two chambers, one on the left and one on the right
What are the ventricles ?
Ventricles are the bottom two chambers of the heart with a left and right ventricle.
Where is the tricuspid valve ?
it is on the right hand side of the heart.
In between the right atrium and the right ventricle
What is the bicuspid valve ?
It is on the left side of the hard.
It is in between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
What is the right pulmonary artery used for ?
It takes the blood out of the right side of the heart and takes the blood to the lungs.
What is the left pulmonary vein used for ?
It brings the oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart.
What happens during atrial diastole ?
As the atria and ventricles relax, they expand which draws blood into the atria.
The pressure in the atria increases opening the AV (bicuspid and tricuspid)
Blood then enter the atria.
Semi-lunar valves are closed to prevent blood from leaving the heart.
What happens during atrial systole ?
The atria contacts forcing the blood into the ventricles
What is ventricular systole ?
The ventricles contract which increases the pressure.
This closes the AV valves to prevent any backflow into the atria.
Semi-lunar valves are forced open as blood is * from the ventricles into the aorta and into the pulmonary circuit.
What is the average resting heart rate ?
72bpm
What are the factors that can affect resting heart rate ?
- Genetics
- Gender
- Fitness
What is the term if someones resting heart rate is below 60bpm ?
Bradycardia
What is the equation for cardiac output ?
Cardiac output = stroke volume x heart rate
What is a maximal effort in sport ?
- high intensity
- anaerobic exercise
- pushes a performer to their maximum
What is a sub-maximal effort in sport ?
- low/moderate intensity
- aerobic exercise
What is the anaerobic hr zone ?
85% - 100%
What is the aerobic Hr zone ?
60% - 85%
What is the HR response to exercise at sub-maximal effort ?
- rapid increase in HR once exercise has begun
- HR plateaus before an initial rapid decrease once exercise has stopped