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CH2 Cardiovascular System Flashcards

1
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Circulation

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Transporting blood to and from the body

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2
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What is recorded on the ECG strip?

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Electrical activity of the heart

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Pericardium

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2 layered sac of tissue enclosing the heart

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Endocardium

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Inner layer of the heart that lines the chambers and valves.

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Myocardium

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Middle, thickest muscular layer, responsible for heart contractions

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Epicardium

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Aka visceral epicardium
Outside, thin layer of the heart that contains the coronary arteries

Inner layer of the pericardium

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Interatrial septum

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A wall of tissue that separates the left and right atria of the heart

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Interventricular septum

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A wall that divides the right and left ventricles

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9
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List the Semilunar valves

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Aortic valve
Pulmonary valve

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10
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List the Atrioventricular valves

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Tricuspid valve
Bicuspid valve (mitral)

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11
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Route of deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
Right atrium
Tricuspid Valve (atrioventricular)
Right Ventricle
Pulmonary valve (semilunar)
Pulmonary artery
Lungs

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Route of oxygenated blood from lungs to heart to body

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Returns through Pulmonary veins
Left atrium
Bicuspid/Mitral Valve(AV Vavle)
Left Ventricle
Aortic valve (semilunar)
Aorta
Body

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13
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Pulmonary circulation

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Transportation of blood to and from the lungs

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14
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Systemic circulations

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The pathways for pumping blood to and from the body

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15
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Coronary circulation

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Thr circulation blood to and from heart muscle

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Coronary Circulation pathway

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Oxygenated blood in left Ventricle
Aortic Vavle
Aorta
Coronary Arteries (right and left)
Heart
Deoxygenated blood coronary veins
Coronary sinus
Emptied into right atrium

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17
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Stroke volume

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Volume of blood ejected with each contraction

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18
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Estimated cardiac output is calculated by

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CO = HR x SV
Cardiac Output = Heart Rate x Stroke Volume

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19
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Cardiac Cycle

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The contraction and relaxation of the heart

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20
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Systole

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The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
Blood pumped to lungs and systemic (body) circulation

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21
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Diastole

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The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle where atria expand and refill

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22
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True or false:
Each complete lubb-dubb you hear is one beat of the heart

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True

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23
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What creates the Lubb sound of the heart beat?

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Contraction of ventricles
Closing of the AV Valves
- Tricuspid and Bicuspid Valve

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24
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What created the dubb sound in the heart beat?

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Beginning of the diastolic phase
Closure of the Pulmonary and Aortic valves

25
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Unique qualities that control the beat of the heart and produce the electrical wave?

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Automaticity, conductivity, contractility, and excitability/irritability

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Automaticity

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The ability of the heart to initiate an electrical impulse without being stimulated by an independent source

27
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Conductivity

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The ability of the heart cells to recieve and transmit an electrical impulse

28
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Are myocardial cells supposed to conduct electrical impulses?

29
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Contractility

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The ability of the heart muscle cells to shorten in response to an electrical stimulus

30
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Exitabillity/Irritability

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The ability of the heart muscle cells to respond to an impulse or stimulus

31
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Heartbeat is controlled by which nervous system

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Autonomic Nervous System
ANS

32
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Sympathetic branch of ANS secretes what to increase heart rate and contractility?

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Norepinephrine

33
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Parasympathetic branch of ANS secretes what to exert a depressant effect on the heart?

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Acetylcholine

34
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What happens when there is a low concentration of potassium ions(hypokalemia)?

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Heart rate decreases

35
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What happens if someone has hyperkalemia?

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Abnormal heart rate

36
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What happens if somone has hypocalcemia?

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Decrease in the force of the heart’s contractions

37
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What happens if someone has hypercalcemia?

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Can increase the force of the hearts contractions

38
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Pathway of conduction in the heart

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Siniatrial (SA) node
Atrioventricular (AV) Bundle
Right and Left Bundle Branches
- aka. Bundle of His
Purkinje fibers

39
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Pacemaker of the heart aka __

40
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Atrial kick

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Additional blood that goes into the ventricles before the heart contracts

41
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Inherent rate of SA node

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60-100 times per min

42
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Inherent rate of AV Node

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40-60 times per min

43
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Interent rate of purkinje fibers

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20-40 times per min

44
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Polarization

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State of cellular rest in which the inside is negatively charged and the outside is positively charged

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Depolarization

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The electrical activation if the cells of the heart that initiates contraction of the heart muscle
(Inside becomes positive)

46
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Action potential

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The change in the electrical potential of the heart muscle when it is stimulated

47
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Repolarization

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The return of heart muscle cells to their resting electrical state, causing the heart muscles to relax

48
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Isoelectric line

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The period when the electrical tracing of the ECG is at zero or a straight line, and no positive or negative deflections are seen
Aka. Baseline

49
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P wave

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Small curve
Atrial depolarization with resulting atrial contraction

50
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QRS Complex

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Ventricular depolarization and resulting ventricular contraction

Atrial repolarization occurs(not seen)

51
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T wave

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Ventricular repolarization

52
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U wave

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Repolarization of purkinje fibers
- not always seen
- may be seen in instances of Electrolyte imbalance

53
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PR interval

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Beginning of atrial depolarization to beginning of ventricular depolarization

54
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QT Interval

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Period of time from the start of ventricular depolarization to the end of ventricular depolarization

55
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ST Segment

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Time between ventricular depolarization and the beginning of ventricular repolarization

56
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Normal ventricular depolarization time (QRS)

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0.06 - 0.12 secs

57
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Ischemia

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A sudden loss or reduction in blood supply to a region of the heart tissue
Partial or complete blockage

58
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Normal length of time for PR interval

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0.12 - 0.20 secs

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