Chap 12 Cardiovascular System Flashcards
What coverings does the heart have? What is the heart’s lining called?
The epicardium covers the surface of the heart. The endocardium lines the heart chambers.
What are the functions of the atria and ventricles of the heart?
Atria are often called receiving chambers because blood enters the heart through veins that open into these upper cavities. Eventually blood is pumped from the heart into arteries the exit from the ventricles therefore the ventricles are sometimes referred to as the discharging chambers of the heart.
What are systole and diastole of the heart?
Contraction of the heart is cold systole and relaxation is called diastole.
What structure is the natural “pacemaker” of the heart?
Sinoatrial node or SA node
What information is in an electrocardiogram?
The graphic record the hearts electrical activity.
What are two major circulations of the body?
Pulmonary circulation which involves movement of blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
Systemic circulation which involves movement of blood from the left ventricle throughout the body as a whole
What are the two main types of blood vessels in the body? How are they different?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and toward capillaries.
Veins carry blood towards the heart and away from the capillaries.
Can you describe three major layers of a large blood vessel
Tunica intima which is an inner layer of and endothelial cells.
Tunica media which is a smooth muscle layer and elastic tissue. It is thicker and arteries and thinner in veins.
Tunica externa is made of connective tissue fibers. It is thinner than Tunica media in arteries and thickest layer in the veins.
What are capillaries?
Capillaries are microscopic exchange vessels.
How do systemic and pulmonary circulation’s differ?
In systemic circulation blood flows from the left undergo of the heart through blood muscles told parts of the body and back to the right atrium of the heart.
And pulmonary circulation in his blood moves from the right atrium to the right ventricle and then to the pulmonary artery to lung arterioles and capillaries.
What is hepatic portal circulation?
Blood flow through the liver
How is fetal circulation different from adult circulation?
Circulation in the body before birth differs from circulation and earth because the fetus must secure oxygen and nutrients from maternal blood instead of from its own lungs and digestive organs.
How does the blood pressure gradient explain blood flow
Blood flows down a block or two from arteries were blood pressure is highest, into arterioles, where it is somewhat lower into capillaries where it is still lower and so on.
Blood pressure gradient is the difference between two blood pressures.
Name four factors that influence blood pressure
Blood volume, the strength of each heart contraction, heart rate, and thickness of blood
Does a person’s blood pressure stay the same all the time?
No
Where are the places on your body that can likely feel your pulse?
Superficial temporal artery, facial artery, carotid artery, brachial artery, radial artery, femoral artery, popliteal, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis.
Severe chest pain that occurs when the myocardium is deprived of adequate oxygen
Angina pectoris
Maine and largest artery in the body
Aorta
Pointed end of a conical structure
Apex
Small branch of an artery
Arteriole
Vessel carrying blood away from the heart
Artery
Fiber is in the heart that really a nerve andpulls from the AV node to the ventricles
Atrialventricular (AV) bundle (of his)
Small mass of specialized cardiac muscle tissue
Atrioventricular node
two valves that separate the atrial Chambers from the ventricles
Atrioventricular valve
Chamber or cavity
Atrium
One of the two A.V. valves located between the left atrium and ventricle
Bicuspid valve (mitral valve)
The difference between two blood pressures in the body
Blood pressure gradient
Tiny vessels that connect arterioles and venules
Capillary
Each complete heartbeat including contraction and relaxation of the atria and ventricles
Cardiac cycle
Volume of blood pumped by one ventricle permanent
Cardiac output
Any vein that carries blood from the myocardial capillary beds to the coronary sinus
Cardiac vein
Combined external cardiac massage an artificial respiration
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Supplies our bodies transportation needs
Cardiovascular system
Venice blood pressure within the right atrium that influences the pressure in the large peripheral veins
Central Venous pressure