Chapter 19 Flashcards
Transports blood throughout the body to allow exchange of substances, respiratory gates, nutrients and waste products between the blood of capillaries and the body’s cells
Cardiovascular system
Carries blood away from the heart, higher blood pressure
Arteries
Carries blood to the heart
Veins
Site of substance exchange, smallest, found in tissues
Capillaries
Ventricles eject blood
Systole
ventricles relax and fill with blood
Diastole
What chambers of the heart are systemic
Right atrium, left ventricle
What chambers of the heart are pulmonary
Right ventricle, left atrium
Blood goes from right side of the heart to the lungs back to the left side of the heart; deoxygenated
Pulmonary circulation
Blood goes from the left side of the heart to the body to the right side of the heart; oxygenated
Systemic circulation
Form nodal tissue, 1% of the heart, specialized for generating and conducting electrical impulses in the heart
Autorrhythmic cells
What is the resting membrane potential for auto rhythmic cells?
-60mV
Located in the ceiling of the right atrium, generates action potential
SA node
What is the threshold for auto rhythmic cells?
-40mV
Comprises 99% of the heart, forms myocardium, pumps blood upon contraction
Contractile cells
What is the resting membrane potential for contractile cells
-90mV
Atrial depolarization
P Wave
Action potential travels down ventricular septum
Q wave
Ventricles contract
ST segment
Spread depolarization through ventricles
S wave
Action potential spreads through the purkinje fibers
R wave