Circulatory System Flashcards
what is the circulatory system composed of?
heart, blood vessels, and blood
what is the function of the circulatory system?
transport essential materials (02, fueld, molecules, hormones) throughout body to cells where they are needed and to collect waste materials ( co2, urea)
What are the two sections the circ system is divided to?
pulmonary circuit and systemic circuit
what is the pulmonary circuit?
blood vessels going to and from LUNGS
what is the systemic circuit?
blood vessels going to and from rest of TISSUES of the body
define the heart
four chamber, muscular pump which propels blood through blood vessels
What is the atria?
two upper chambers of heart
What are ventricles?
two lower chambers of heart
What divides sides of heart?
septum
Function of right ventricle?
pumps blood through pulmonary circuit
function of left ventricle?
pumps blood through systemic circuit
Why is wall of left ventricle thicker then wall of right?
systemic circulation is much higher pressure system than pulmonary circulation
what is the direction of blood flow in heart controlled by?
undirectional valves
what is a heart murmur?
valve damaged or does not close properly which causes blood regurgitiates causing a noise
what is myocardium?
heart muscle > cardiac muscle
what is the difference in fibres from skeletal muscle?
gibers or cells in cardiac muscle all anatomically interconnected ( functional syncytium )
what is functional syncytium?
when one fiber contracts, all contracts
what is SA node
pacemaker of heart, located bottom wall of right atrium
what is the pathway of conduction of the wave of the cardiac impulse across the heart?
atrial muscles fibers cause contraction of SA node -> A-V node -> A-V bundle -> left and right bundle branches -> purkinjie fibers travel throughout ventricular myocardium -> simultaneous contraction of l and r ventricles
why is cardiac impulse delayed in AV node for approx 0.10 secs?
give atria time to contract and empty contents into ventricles
what is electrocardiography
record of wave of depolarization (cardiac impulse) as it passes across heart using electrodes on surface of body
what are the components of a normal EKG waveform?
P wave - atrial depolarization
QRS wave- ventricular depolarization
T wave - ventricular repolarization
what is arrhythmia
irregularity in the rhythm of heartbeat
how to diagnose arrhythmias
look at heart rate, amplitude and shapes of compnents of EKH waveform and time intervals
examples of arryhthmias?
atrial - tachycardia
nodal - second and third degree heart blocks
ventricular - premature ventricular contraction, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation
what is the heart muscle supplied by?
left coronary artery and right