Chapter 11 Cardio Flashcards
3 types of blood vessels in the body
arteries
veins
capillaries
arteries
large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to all body parts
endothelium
inner most cells that secrete factors that affect the size of blood vessels, reduce blood clotting, and promote growth of blood vessels
arterioles
carries blood to the capillaries
- smaller than arteries
venules
carries waste filled blood to the heart
veins
thin wall vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart
valves
temporarily closes an opening to prevent the backflow of blood and keep it moving in one direction
what color is blood?
bright red in the arteries
dark red in the veins
- veins on the outside- blue
How much blood is in the body?
5 quarts (4.7 liters)
Total length of all blood vessels?
60,000 miles
venae cavae
where oxygen poor blood enters the heart through 2 largest veins
right side of the heart
oxygen poor blood
pulmonary artery
artery carrying oxygen poor blood form the heart to the lungs
capillaries
smallest type of blood vessel.
- material pass to and from the blood stream through thin capillary walls
pulmonary veins
one of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
pulmonary circulation
circulation of blood through the vessels from heart to the lungs and then back to the heart
left side of the heart
oxygen rich blood enters
aorta
largest artery in the body
carotid arteries
blood vessels that branch from aorta and carry oxygen rich blood to the heart
arterioles
small artery
venules
small vein
oxygen
gas carried by the blood from lungs to the heart to be pumped via arteries to all body cells
systemic circulation
flow of blood from the body tissue to heart and back
pulse
beat of the heart as felt through the walls of arteries
atria
atrium
2 upper chambers of the heart
ventricles
2 lower chambers of the heart
superior venae cava
drains blood from the upper portion of the body
inferior vena cava
carries blood from the lowest part of the body
right atrium
thin walled upper right chamber of the heart
- receives oxygen poor blood
tricuspid valve
located between the right atrium and the right ventricle
- three leaflets
pulmonary vein
carries oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium
pulmonary valve
valve positioned between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
left atrium
mitral valave
valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve
left ventricle
aortic valve
aorta
largest artery in the body
septa
septum
partition or wall dividing a cavity
- ex: right and left atria or right and ledt ventricle
3 layers of the heart
endocardium
myocardium
pericardium
endocardium
inner lining of the heart
myocardium
muscular middle layer of the heart
pericardium
double layered membrane surrounding the heart
diastole
relaxation
systole
contraction
dubb
closure of the aortic and pulmonary valves at the end of systole
lubb
closure of the tricuspid and mitral valves at the beginning of the systole
murmur
abnormal swishing sound
pacemaker
origin of electrical impulse causing walls of the atria to contract and force blood into ventricles
- ending diastole
sinoatrial node (SA node)
pacemaker of the heart
- right atrium
atrioventricular bundle
bundle of HIS
helps conduction myofibers that extend to ventricle walls and stimulate them to contract, beginning systole
electrocardiogram
ECG
EKG
record used to detect these electrical changes in the heart muscle as the heart beats
P wave
spread of excitation wave over atria just before contraction
QRS wave
spread of excitation wave over the ventricles
- as ventricles contract
normal sinus rhythm
heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node with a rate in patients at rest of 60 to 100 beats per minute
blood pressure
force that the blood exerts on the arterial walls
sphygmomanometer
used to measure blood pressure
apex of the heart
lower tip of the heart
coronary arteries
blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen rich blood to the heart muscle
deoxygenated blood
blood that is oxygen poor
arrhythmias
abnormal heart rhythms
heart block
atrioventricular block
condition where there is a delay or interruption in the transmission of electrical impulses between the atria and ventricles
bradycardia
failure of proper conduction of impulses from SA node through the AV node to atrioventricular bundle
flutter
rapid but regular contractions, usually of atria
fibrillation
very rapid, random, inefficient and irregular contractions of the heart
- 350 beats + per min