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Chapter 7 Revised Flashcards

1
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Three major circulatory elements

A

Heart, Blood vessels, blood

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2
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Heart generates ____ to drive blood through vessels

A

Pressure

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3
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T/F: Blood flow must meet metabolic demands.

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True

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4
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Cardiovascular System Major Functions

A

Delivers O2 and Nutrients
Removes CO2 and other waste
Transports hormones and other molecules
Temperature balance and fluid regulation
Acid-base balance
Immune function

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5
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Right side of heart: _____ circulation

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Pulmonary

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6
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Superior and inferior vena cavae ——>

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RA —> tricuspid valve —> RV —> pulmonary valve —> pulmonary arteries —> lungs

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7
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Left side of heart: ____ circulation

A

Systemic

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8
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Lungs —>

A

Pulmonary veins, LA, mitral valve, LV, aortic valve, aorta

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9
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What is myocardium?

A

Cardiac muscle

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10
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4 LV characteristics

A

Must pump blood
Thickest walls
LV hypertrophies with exercise and with disease
But exercise adaptations vs disease adaptations very different

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11
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Right coronary artery supplies ___ side of heart

Left (main) coronary artery supplies ___ side of heart

A

Right
Left

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12
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Coronary artery disease

A

Atherosclerosis

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13
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Which muscle type is being described?

  • large, long, unbranched, multinucleated
  • intermittent, voluntary contractions
  • Ca2+ released from SR
A

Skeletal muscle

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14
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Which muscle type is being described?

  • Small, short, branched, one nucleus
  • Continuous, involuntary rhythmic contractions
  • Calcium-induced calcium release
A

Myocardial cells

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15
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Rank the steps of calcium induced calcium release

  • DHP receptors in T-tubule are stimulated and open
  • AP spreads along sarcolemma down T-tubules
  • Extracellular Ca+2 to enter cell, but insufficient to cause contraction
  • Instead, triggers ryanodine receptors
A

AP, DHP, Extracellular, Instead

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16
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Myocardial cells fiber type is most similar to type ___ of skeletal muscle.

A

I

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17
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Cardiac muscles fibers connected by regions called _______.

A

Intercalated discs

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18
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Holds cells together

A

Desmosomes

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19
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Rapidly conduct action potentials

A

Gap junctions

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20
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Cardiac muscle has the unique ability to generate its own electrical signal called

A

Spontaneous rhythmicity

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21
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Electrical impulse:
Right atrium —> _______.

A

Throughout the entire heart

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22
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Starting point: ________

A

Sinoatrial Node

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23
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Special cardiac cells generate and spread electrical signal

A

Spontaneous rhythmicity

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24
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Initiates contraction signal

A

SA node

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25
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Delays/relays signal to ventricles

A

AV node

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26
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relays signal to RV,LV

A

AV bundle (bundle of his)

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27
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Send signal into RV,LV

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Purkinje fibers

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28
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Divides into right and left bundle branches

A

AV bundle

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29
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-Decreases force of contraction
- Decreases HR below intrinsic HR
- Intrinsic HR: 100 beats/min
- Normal Resting HR (RHR): 60 to 100 beats/min
- Elite endurance athlete: 35 beats/min

A

Parasympathetic

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30
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  • Increases force of contraction
  • Increases HR above intrinsic HR
  • Determines HR during physical, emotional stress
  • Maximum possible HR: 250 beats/min
A

Sympathetic

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31
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All mechanical and electrical events that occur during one heartbeat

A

Cardiac cycle

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32
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T/F: Diastole is twice as long as systole

A

True

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33
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1/3 of cardiac cycle time

A

Ventricular systole

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34
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2/3 of cardiac cycle time

A

ventricular diastole

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35
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Blood leftover in ventricle =

A

End-systolic volume

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36
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At end, blood in ventricle =

A

End diastolic volume

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37
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Volume of blood pumped in one heartbeat

A

Stroke volume

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38
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% of EDV that was SV

A

Ejection fraction

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39
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Normal ejection fraction for healthy, active young adult at rest

A

60%

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40
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Heart Failure: ___%

A

40

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41
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Total volume of blood pumped per minute

A

Cardiac Output

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42
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Carry blood away from heart

43
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Control blood flow, feed capillaries

A

Arterioles

44
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Site of nutrient and waste exchange

A

Capillaries

45
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Collect blood from capillaries

46
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Carry blood from venules back to heart

47
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Pressure exerted by blood on arterial walls

A

Blood Pressure

48
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Highest pressure in artery

A

Systolic pressure

49
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Lowest pressure in artery

A

Diastolic pressure

50
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Average pressure over entire cardiac cycle

A

Mean arterial pressure

51
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MAP = 2/3 DPB + 1/3 SBP

52
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Required by all tissues

A

Blood flow

53
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Blood flow =

A

Change in pressure / resistance

54
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Force that drives flow

55
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Force that opposes flow

A

Resistance

56
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Diverts blood to regions most in need

A

Vasoconstriction (VC) or vasodilation (VD)

57
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Also known as resistance vessels

A

Arterioles

58
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Site of most potent VC and VD

A

Arterioles

59
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Liver, kidneys receive ___ of Q

60
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Exercise muscles receive ___% of Q

61
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Arteriole walls can respond to _____ mechanisms

A

Local control

62
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Ability of local tissues to constrict or dilate arterioles that serve them

A

Intrinsic control

63
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Three types of intrinsic control

A

Metabolic mechanisms (VD)
Endothelial mechanisms (mostly VD)
Myogenic mechanism (VC, VD)

64
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Redistribution of flow by the nervous system

A

Extrinsic neural control

65
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___________ innervates smooth muscle in arteries and arterioles

A

Sympathetic nervous system

66
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Increased sympathetic activity leads to

A

Increase VC of area

67
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Decrease sympathetic activity leads to

A

Decrease VC ; passive VD

68
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At rest, veins contains ___ blood volume

69
Q

______ can be liberated, sent back to heart and into arteries

A

Venous reservoir

70
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T/F: Upright posture makes venous return to heart more difficult

71
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2 mechanisms that assist venous return

A

Muscle pump & one-way venous valve

72
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Blood pressure maintained by

A

Autonomic reflexes

73
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Sensitive to changes in arterial pressure & adjust HR and arterial pressure back to normal

A

Baroreceptors

74
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3 major functions of blood

A
  1. Transportation
  2. temp regulation
  3. Buffers acids from anaerobic metabolism
75
Q

Whole blood =

A

Plasma + formed elements

76
Q

55-60% of blood volume

77
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40-45% of blood volume

A

hematocrit

78
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Erythrocytes

79
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No nucleus, cannot reproduce

80
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RBC’s replaced regularly via

A

Hematopoiesis

81
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Oxygen-transporting protein in RBC

A

Hemoglobin

82
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T/F: 250 million hemoglobin per RBC

83
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Thickness of blood due to red blood cells

A

Blood viscosity

84
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T/F: Water has greater viscosity than blood

85
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T/F: Plasma volume must increase as red blood cells increase

86
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3 Cardiac Responses

A

Heart Rate, Stroke Volume, Cardiac output

87
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2 Vascular Responses

A

Blood Pressure, Blood flow

88
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  • point of plateau
  • Optimal HR for meeting circulatory demands at a given submaximal intensity
  • If intensity increases, so does steady-state HR
  • Adjustment to new intensity takes 2 to 3 min
A

Steady state HR

89
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What controls SV?

A

Preload, Contractility, and Afterload

90
Q

End diastolic volume

91
Q

The more the ventricles are stretched, the more forceful the contraction.

A

Frank-Starling Mechanism

92
Q

SV ___ as the ventricular EDV increases

93
Q
  • Sympathetic nerve activity
  • Circulating catecholamines
  • The amount of free Caclium in the cytosol
A

Cardiac contractility

94
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T/F: SV increases as the cardiac contractility increases

95
Q

The aortic blood pressure that the heart must overcome to eject blood

96
Q

O2 consumption of a tissues depends on blood flow to the tissue and the the amount of O2 extracted by that tissue

A

The Fick Equation

97
Q

Potentially dangerous but accompanies certain types of exercise

A

Valsalva maneuver

98
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T/F: Low presssure collapse great veins —> decrease in venous return —> decrease in cardiac output —> decrease in arterial blood pressure

A

False; High pressure

99
Q

_____ shunts blood away from less-active regions
- kidneys
- splanchinic circulation (liver, pancreas, GI)

A

Sympathetic vasoconstriction

100
Q

Permits additional blood flow in exercising muscle

A

Local vasodilation

101
Q

As temperature rises, skin __ also occurs

102
Q

Associated with increase core temperature and dehydration

A

Cardiovascular drift

103
Q

HR drifts increase to compensate (__ maintained)

104
Q

During heavy exercise what is the cardiac output for the digestive system?

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