CIRCULATION Flashcards
(lack of oxygen).
hypoxia
(double layer of fibro serous
membrane)
pericardium
Layers:
____– outermost
____ – cardiac muscle cells that
form the bulk of the heart and contract
with each beat
____– lines the inside of the
heart’s chambers and great vessels
Epicardium
▪ Myocardium
▪ Endocardium
- Chambers are two upper atria, two lower ventricles
separated by
septum.
separate ventricles from
great vessels.
Semilunar (half-moon) valves
enters right side of heart, exits to
lungs.
Deoxygenated blood
returns via left side of heart, exits to
body
Oxygenated blood
(Bundle of His).
AV bundle
myocardial infarction
(heart attack).
(angina)
chest pain
o Primary pacemaker of the heart
o initiates electrical impulses that are conducted
throughout the heart and result in ventricular
contraction
Sinoatrial (SA or sinus) node
Amount of blood ejected from the heart each minute
CARDIAC OUTPUT
o Amount of blood ejected from the heart with each
beat
- Stroke volume (SV)
o Number of beats per minute
- Heart rate
CO formula
SV × HR = CO
▪ Degree of stretch of ventricles at end of
diastole
o Preload
▪ Increased volume leads to more forceful
contraction of heart
(Frank-Starling law)
▪ natural ability of cardiac muscle fibers to
shorten or contract
▪ Inotropic state of the myocardium,
strength of contraction
Contractility
▪ resistance that the ventricle must
overcome during systole to eject blood
into circulation.
▪ Pressure within arteries that ventricles
must overcome to push blood into
circulation
▪ Left ventricle must work harder than right.
o Afterload
moves blood from the heart to the tissues, maintaining a
constant flow to the capillary beds despite the intermittent
pumping action of the heart.
ARTERIAL CIRCULATION
– the volume of blood flowing though a given
vessel, organ, or the entire circulatory system over a
specific period
Blood flow –
o force exerted on arterial walls by the blood flowing
within the vessel
Blood pressure (BP)
mean arterial pressure (MAP) formula
Peripheral vascular resistance (PVR) × CO =
o Major component of RBC
o Binds easily with oxygen
- Hemoglobin