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Cardiovascular system at rest/cardiac cycle Flashcards

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What are the 4 heart chambers?

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Right atrium. Left atrium. Right ventricle. Left ventricle

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What are the 4 heart valves?

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Tricuspid valve. Bicuspid valve. Pulmonary semilunar valve. Aortic semilunar valve.

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What are the two blood vessels that attach to the heart?

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Vena cava. Pulmonary artery. Pulmonary vein. Aorta.

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What are the 4 features of the conduction system?

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SA node. AV node. Bundles of HIS. Purkinje fibres.

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How does the blood flow through the heart on the right hand side?

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Vena cava - right atrium - tricuspid valve - right ventricle - pulmonary semilunar valve - pulmonary artery - lungs

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How does the blood flow through the heart on the left hand side?

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Pulmonary veins - left atrium - bicuspid valves - left ventricle - aortic semilunar valve - aorta - body tissues

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What is the conduction system?

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Specialised bundles of of tissue that transmit the electrical impulse through the heart causing a coordinated contraction

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What are the 4 features of the conduction system?

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SA Node, AV Node, Bundles of His, Purkinje Fibres

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Describe the SA Node

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Found in the wall of right atrium. sends impulse across both atria causing atrial systole.

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Describe the AV Node

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In the middle wall of the heart. Between atria and ventricles. Receives impulse from SA node, delays it for a moment to allow for atrial systole to finish and sends it down the bundles of his.

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Describe bundles of his

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in the middle wall of the heart. Transmits impulse to the bottom of the right and left side of heart

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Describe purkinje fibres

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in the walls of the ventricles. Causes impulse to penetrate into ventricle walls causing ventricular systole.

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What is the cardiac cycle?

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all the events associated with the flow of blood through the heart during one complete heartbeat.
1- atrial diastole
2- atrial systole
3- ventricular diastole
4- ventricular systole
controlled by conduction system to produce highly coordinated contractions of the heart.

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What is systole?

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the heart working. The contraction phase of the heart chamber when it is pumping out blood.
1- atrial systole - blood pumped into ventricles.
2- ventricular systole - blood pumped in to pulmonary artery and aorta.

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What is diastole?

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the heart relaxing. The relaxation phase of the heart chamber when it is receiving blood.
1- atrial diastole - blood entering the atria via vena cava and pulmonary vein.
2- ventricular diastole- blood entering the ventricles from the atria.

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Describe atrial diastole in relation to the cardiac cycle

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No electrical impulse. Atria fills with blood from vena cava and pulmonary vein. AV valves closes. Atrial pressure rises above ventricular pressure. Blood start to pass passively into ventricles.

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Describe atrial systole in relation to the cardiac cycle

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SA node fires electrical impulses across atria. Atria contract. AV valves forced open. Remaining blood is pumped into ventricles. Semilunar valves close.

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Describe ventricular diastole in relation to the cardiac cycle.

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Impulses received by the AV node. Delayed for a moment to allow atria systole to complete. AV valve closes. AV node sends impulses down the right and left bundles of his into the purkinje fibres.

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Describe ventricular systole in relation to the cardiac cycle

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Ventricles contract from the bottom upwards. Semilunar valves forced open. Blood is pumped out of ventricles into pulmonary artery and aorta.

20
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What is heart rate (HR)?

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the number of times the heart beats per minute. BPM

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What is the average value of HR at rest?

22
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What is the value of HR for an endurance athlete?

23
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How do you work out max HR?

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200bpm - age

24
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What is bradycardia?

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Having a resting HR lower than 60bpm

25
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What causes bradycardia?

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Increase size and strength of the heart (hypertrophy)

26
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What is stroke volume (SR)?

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The amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle per beat. ml

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What is the average value of SV at rest?

28
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What is the value of SV for an endurance athlete?

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What does Starling’s law of the heart show?

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That SV depends on venous return VR

30
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What is venous return (VR)?

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The volume of blood returning to the heart. if VR increases, SV increases.

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What is cardiac output (Q)?

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The amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle per minute. l/min

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What is the average value of Q at rest?

33
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What is the average value of Q for an endurance athlete?

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What is the equation using Q, SV, HR?

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Q = SV X HR

cardiac output = stroke volume X heart rate

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