Control of CV System Flashcards
Minute to minute control of CV
Local control
VD substances, by products of tissue metabolism - act on small vessels
NO, PGEs
Neurohormonal Control
ANS: peripheral R that respond to changes in BP, volume, gas tension
Includes BRR, Bainbridge, coronary chemoR
Consequences of Bainbridge Reflex
Atrial B R - respond to changes in atrial volume: decreased HR with increased volume (IVF bolus)
Decrease SNS to renal arterioles = VD, decreased release of ADH from hypothalamus, release of ANP/BNP from atrial myocytes to increase Na excretion
Aldosterone
Decreased Na excretion, more water retained
Angiotensin II
VC, increased aldosterone production - decreased Na excretion, more water retention to raise BP
ANP
released from atrial myocytes in response to dissension
Increase Na excretion with accompanying increase in water loss
Endogenous antagonist to AGT
Ventricular Mechanoreceptors
ventricular endocardium – discharge parallel with changes in ventricular pressure (BEZOLD-JARISCH REFLEX)
decrease HR and peripheral VD, resulting in bradycardia and hypotension
Coronary ChemoR/BJR
Carotid and aortic arch contain specialized chemoreceptors
Set point is pH below 7.40, CO2 above 40mmHg, Oxygen below 80mmHg
Increase minute ventilation, restore arterial pH, CO2 and O2 to normal
Effect of coronary chemoR
bradycardia, increased minute ventilation, coronary artery vasodilation
controlled by NTS in medulla
SNS control of CV System
T1-L2 Spinal Cord Segments
Pre ganglionic sympathetic nerve cell bodies: bulbospinal tract
–Descending inhibitory pathways – serotoninergic
–Descending excitatory pathways - adrenergic
Location of Preganglionic Neurons for SNS CV Control
o Pre-ganglionic nerves to ventral roots of spinal cord (bulbospinal tract) to paravertebral ganglia just outside of vertebral column
Location of Postganglionic Neurons for SNS CV Control
o Post-ganglionic neurons in cranial, middle, and caudal (stellate) cervical ganglion – release NE which binds to adrenoreceptors on cardiac cell membrane
PNS: Fiber Arrangement
Long pre-ganglionic nerve fibers in CNS
Cervical spinal cord: III, IX, X; S2-S3
ACh: neurotransmitter pre, post
Short post-ganglionic fibers in ganglion located in target organ
Nicotinic ACh R
Opens Na, K channels - excitatory
Cholinergic R
Gq or Gi
decrease in phase 4 slope, hyperpolarization of membrane K channel activation
PSNS: Vagus N
- R vagus: slows depolarization of SA node
- L vagus: slows depolarization of AV node
Cardiac response to vagal N discharge transient, both nodes rich in AChE = beat by beat effect on the heart
SNS Role
fibers originate from intermediolateral columns of upper thoracic SC, synapse in middle/stellate ganglia, form complex nerve plexus mixed with PNS fibers
* NT = NE
* Slower onset, longer duration than ACh