Cardiovascular system Part 2 Flashcards
Amount of blood pumped by each side (ventricle) of the heart in one minute
Cardiac output (CO)
Volume of blood pumped by each ventricle in one contraction (each heartbeat)
Stroke volume (SV)
Stroke volume (SV) Usually remains relatively
constant
Stroke volume (SV) About ___ mL of blood is pumped out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat
70
Heart rate (HR) Typically ___ beats per minute
75
the more the cardiac muscle is stretched, the stronger the contraction
Starling’s law of the heart
the most common way to change cardiac output
Changing heart rate
The usual Cardiac output is
5250 mL/min
The formula to get Cardiac Output
CO = HR × SV
Increased heart rate could be caused by
Sympathetic nervous system
Hormones
Exercise
Decreased blood volume
Increased heart rate that’s caused by the Sympathetic nervous system could start due to
Crisis
Low blood pressure
Increased heart rate is also caused by Hormones, specifically
Epinephrine
Thyroxine
Decreased heart rate are caused by
Parasympathetic nervous system
High blood pressure or blood volume
Decreased venous return
Transport blood to the tissues and back
Blood Vessels
Blood Vessels is specifically are the organs of this system
Vascular System
his Blood vessels Carry blood away from the heart
Arteries
Arterioles
This Blood vessels Exchanges between tissues and blood
Capillary beds
This blood vessels Return blood toward the heart
Venules
Veins
Blood vessels have three layers of tissues which are called
Tunics
The inner layer surrounds the blood as it flows through your body. It is made with Endothelium
Tunic intima
The middle layer contains elastic fibers that keep your blood flowing in one direction. IT is also the thickest layer
Tunic media
Tunic media is a _____ muscle which is controlled by this type of nervous system
Smooth muscle, Sympathetic NS
the outermost tunica (layer) of a blood vessel
Tunic externa
Tunic externa is also known as
tunica adventitia
Composed entirely of connective fibers and surrounded by an external elastic lamina which functions to anchor vessels with surrounding tissues
Tunic externa
Walls of these Blood vessels are the thickest
arteries
Lumens of these Blood vessels are larger
veins
Larger veins have ________ to prevent backflow
valves
This muscle “milks” blood in veins toward the heart
Skeletal muscle
Walls of these blood vessels are only one cell layer thick to allow for exchanges between blood and tissue
Capillaries
Most arterial blood is pumped by the
heart
use the milking action of muscles to help move blood
Veins
Capillary beds consist of two types of vessels which are
Vascular shunt
True capillaries
vessel directly connecting an arteriole to a venule
Vascular shunt
The exchange vessels. This is where Oxygen and nutrients cross to cells
Carbon dioxide and metabolic waste products cross into blood
True capillaries
Carbon dioxide and metabolic waste products cross into
BLood
Oxygen and nutrients cross to
Cells
When the sphincters open or closed, this capillary bed vessel is always open
Vascular Shunt
Largest artery in the body which Leaves from the left ventricle of the heart
Aorta
The region of the aorta that leaves the left ventricle
Ascending aorta
This region of the aorta arches to the left
Aortic arch
This region of the aorta travels downward through the thorax
Thoracic aorta
This region of the aorta passes through the diaphragm into the abdominopelvic cavity
Abdominal aorta
These are the branches of the ascending aorta
Arterial Branches