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Cardiovascular System Flashcards

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What are the roles of the cardiovascular system?

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  1. Transports fluids, nutrients, waste products, gases and hormones throughout the body.
  2. Exchange materials between blood, cells and extracellular fluid.
  3. Plays a part in the immune response, blood pressure and regulation of body temperature.
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Describe fibrous pericardium

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Tough, fibrous outer layer. Prevents distention; acts as an anchor.

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Describe serous pericardium.

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Thin, transparent, inner later. Simple squamous epithelium.

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What are the two types of serous pericardium?

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Parietal: lines the fibrous outer layer.
Visceral: covers the heart surface.
Both are continuous and have a pericardial cavity between them filled with pericardial fluid.

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What are the three layers of tissue that make up the wall of the heart?

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  1. Epicardium: serous membrane; smooth outer surface.
  2. Myocardium: middle layer composed of cardiac muscle cells - contractability.
  3. Endocardium: smooth inner surface of heart chambers
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What are the muscles that make up the wall of the heart?

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Pectinate muscles: muscular ridges in auricles & right atrial wall.
Trabeculae carne: muscular ridges & columns on inside walls of ventricles.

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What are the atria in the heart?

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Right atrium: three major openings to receive blood returning from the blood.
Left atrium: four openings that receive blood from pulmonary veins.

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What are the ventricles in the heart?

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Atrioventricular canals: openings between atria and respective ventricles.
Right ventricle: opens to the pulmonary trunk.
Left ventricle: opens to aorta - very muscular wall.
Interventricular septum: between the two ventricles.

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What are the great vessels?

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Superior vena cava (blood into right atrium)
Aortic arch (blood out of left ventricle)
Right pulmonary veins )blood into left atrium)
Pulmonary trunk (blood out of right ventricle)
Left pulmonary veins (blood into left atrium)
Inferior vena cava (blood into right atrium)
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Describe the atrioventricular valves

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Each valve has leaf-like cusps that are attached to cone-shaped papillary muscles by tendons (chordae tendinae).
Right side: tricuspid
Left side: bicuspid
When the valve is open, blood flows from atrium to ventricle.

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Describe the semilunar valves

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Right (pulmonary). Left (aortic).
Each cusp is shaped like a cup.
When cusps are filled, the valve is closed to stop backflow.

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What are the features of arteries?

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Elastic, muscular, arterioles.
Take blood away from the heart.
Contain blood under pressure.

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What are the features of veins?

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Large, medium, small, venules
Take blood towards the heart
Thinner walls than arteries & contain less elastic tissue and smooth muscle.
Valves to prevent backflow.

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Why are capillaries important?

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They are the site of exchange with tissues (interstitial fluid).

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What is the tunica intima?

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The innermost layer of endothelium cells surrounding an artery or vein

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What is the tunica media?

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Layers of smooth muscle cells arranged circularly around the blood.

17
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What is vasoconstriction?

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Smooth muscles contract, decrease in blood flow.

18
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What is vasodilation?

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Smooth muscles relax, increase in blood flow.

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What is the tunica externa (adventitia)?

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The external layer surrounding the blood vessel, connective tissue?

20
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What is the structure of capillaries?

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Capillary beds - networks for exchange.
Wall consisting of endothelial cells (simple, squamous epithelium), basement membrane and a thin layer of connective tissue.

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What are the functions of blood?

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  1. Transport: gases, nutrients, waste products, processed molecules, hormones, enzymes.
  2. Regulation: pH and osmosis
  3. Maintenance of body temp.
  4. Protection against foreign substances.
  5. Blood clotting
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What is the structure of a red blood cell?

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No nucleus and bi-concave shape to increase surface area and oxygen carrying capacity.

  1. 5% of oxygen from the lungs is attached to haemoglobin protein.
  2. 5% is dissolved in plasma.
23
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What is the difference between pulmonary and systemic circulation?

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Pulmonary circulation is the process of gas exchange in the lungs. Systemic circulation is the capillary exchange in the body/cells.

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What is the process of pulmonary circulation?

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Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium and flows into the right ventricle and exits heart through the pulmonary trunk. Blood travels to the right and left lung - gas exchange. Oxygenated blood travels in the left or right pulmonary veins and enters the left atrium.

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What is the process of systemic circulation?

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Oxygenated blood enters left atrium and flows into the left ventricle. Left ventricle contracts and pushes blood out of the heart through the aorta. Blood is delivered to all cells and tissues in the body for gas/nutrient/fluid exchange. Blood travels back to the heart and re-enters right atrium through vena cava.

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What is the order of blood flow through the heart?

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  1. Vena cava, right atrium, tricuspid valve. 2. Right ventricle, pulmonary semilunar valves. 3. Pulmonary trunk. 4. Pulmonary arteries, lung tissue. 5. Pulmonary veins, left atrium. 6. Bicuspid valve. 7. Left ventricle, aortic semilunar valves. 8. Aorta to body tissues or coronary arteries.
27
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What is the difference between systole and diastole?

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Systole is the repetitive contraction of the heart chambers and diastole is the relaxation of them.

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What is the role of the nervous system in the cycle and control of blood flow?

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Maintains blood pressure and thus blood flow. Re-routed blood flow.

29
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What is the role of hormones in the cycle and control of blood flow?

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Epinephrine (adrenaline) from adrenal gland - increase HR & SV, vasoconstriction in response to stress or exercise.

30
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What are the nodes of the heart?

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Sinoatrial node (SA) - pace maker
Atroventricular node (AV)
31
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What is the process of the conducting and pumping system?

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  1. Action potentials originate in the SA node and travel across the wall of the atrium to the AV node.
  2. Action potentials pass through the AV node and along the AV bundle, through the fibrous skeleton and into the interventricular septum.
  3. The AV bundle divides into right and left bundle branches and action potentials descend each branch.
  4. Action potentials are carried by the Purkinje fibres from the bundle branches to the ventricular walls & papillary muscles.
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How does capillary exchange work?

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Cells are bathed in interstitial fluid. Diffusion across these cells requires a pressure gradient. The products come via the capillaries and CVS and move through diffusion. Oxygen, hormones, nutrients diffuse from a high concentration in the capillary to a low concentration in the interstitial fluid.

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What substances are lipid soluble?

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Oxygen, carbon dioxide, steroid hormones, fatty acids.

34
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What substances are water soluble?

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Amino acids, glucose.

35
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What affects the movement of fluid from capillaries?

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Capillary permeability, blood pressure, and osmotic pressure.

36
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What role does capillary exchange play in the lymphatic system?

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Fluid moves out of capillaries into interstitial (intercellular) space and most returns to capillaries. The fluid which remains in tissues is picked up by the lymphatic system then eventually returned to venous circulation.

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What part of the heart controls pulse?

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Left ventricle

38
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What is stroke volume and heart rate measured in?

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Heart rate: beats per minute (BPM)

Stroke volume: mLs

39
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How do we determine cardiac output and what is it measured in?

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Cardiac output = heart rate x stroke volume.

It is measured in Litres.

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