Chapter 1.1 (The Cardiovascular System) Flashcards
What divides the heart?
The Septum
What are the chambers in the heart in order of blood entering the heart?
Right Atrium, Right Ventricle (to lungs), Left Atrium, Left Ventricle
What is located between the right atrium and ventricle?
Tricuspid
What is located between the left atrium and ventricle
Bicuspid
Describe the order of the Cardiac Conduction System
SAABPV San Atrial systole AV node Bundle of His Purkinje Fibres Ventricular Systole
Define Myogenic
The capacity of the heart to generate its own impulses
Define SA node
Sinoatrial node - A small mass of cardiac muscle found in the wall of the atrium that generates the heartbeat
Define AV node
Atrioventricular node - Relays the impulses between the upper and lower sections of the heart
Define Systole
When the heart contracts
Define Bundle of His
A collection of heart muscle cells that transmit the electrical impulses from the AV node via bundle branches
Define Purkinje Fibres
Muscle fibres that conduct impulses in the walls of the ventricles
Define Sympathetic System
A part of the autonomic nervous system that increases heart rate
Define Parasympathetic System
A part of the autonomic system that decrease heart rate
Define Medulla Oblongata
The part of the brain that regulates breathing and heart rate
Define Chemoreceptors
Tiny structures in the carotid arteries and aortic arch that detect changes in blood acidity caused by increase of decrease in CO2
Define Baroreceptors
Sensors in the aortic arch, carotid sinus, heart and pulmonary vessels that respond to changes in blood pressure to either increase or decrease heart rate
Define Proprioceptors
Sensory nerve endings in the muscles, tendons and joints that detect muscle movement
Define Adrenaline
A stress hormone that is released by the sympathetic and cardiac nerves, causing an increase in heart rate
Define Stroke Volume
The volume of blood pumped out by the heart ventricles in each contraction
Define Diastole Phase
When the heart relaxes to fill with blood
Define Ejection Fraction
The percentage of blood pumped out by the left ventricle per beat
Stoke volume/ end diastolic volume
Define Cardiac Output
The Volume of blood pumped out by the heart ventricles per minute