Component 1 Flashcards
What are Voluntary Muscles
Found on the Skeleton
Have conscious control
Create movement
What are Involuntary Muscles
Unconscious control, contract slowly and rhythmically
What is Cardiac Muscle
Doesn’t tire
Unconscious control
Found in walls of heart
Characteristics of Type 1 Muscle Fibre
Low force
Slow speed of contraction
High resistance to fatigue
Aerobic
High blood flow and capillary network
Characteristics of Type 2a Muscle fibre
High force
medium speed contractions
moderate resistance fatigue
Both Anaerobic and anaerobic
Moderate capillary network
Characteristics of Type 2x Muscle Fibre
High Force
High Speed Contractions
Low resistance to fatigue
Anaerobic
Low capillary network
What are antagonistic muscle pairs
Have an agonist muscle that creates the movement and an antagonist muscle that lengthens to allow it to occur.
Functions of the CV system (5)
Transport nutrients
Transport Oxygen
Transport Carbon dioxide
Clotting of wounds
Regulate body temperature
What is vascular shunting
Movement of blood to the working areas from the inactive areas.
What is vasoconstriction
Lumen gets smaller to lessen flow of blood flow through the vessel
What is Vasodilation
lumen gets wider to allow more blood flow through.
Structure of Artery
Thick muscular walls
small lumen
high pressure
carry blood away
Structure of Vein
Thin walls
Wide lumen
Valves
Structure of Capillary
Very thin walls (1 cell)
Small lumen
Gaseous exchange
What is the function of Valves
Prevent back flow of blood
What is the function of the septum
Separates the right and left sides of the heart
What is the function of Veins
take blood into heart
What is function of artery
take blood away from heart
What does Pulmonary Artery do
blood from heart to the lungs
What does Pulmonary vein do
Bring oxygenated blood from lungs into the heart
What does the Vena Cava do
Bring deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart
What does the Aorta do
Take oxygenated blood from the heart and distributes to the body
What do Red Blood Cells do
Carry O2 and Co2
What do White Blood Cells do
fight infection and disease