CVPR Week 3: Reflex Control of Cardiovascular Function Flashcards
Objectives
Blood pressure control system theory
- the controlled variable (arterial pressure/blood volume) is measured by a sensor (blood pressure)
- (receptors) sensor relays information to the controller (brain stem)
- the controller uses (through efferent nerves/hormones) an effector (vessels/heart/kidney) to modify the controlled variable (arterial pressure/blood volume)
Identify
Primary divisions of the nervous system
Autonomic regulation of CV function (efferent pathways)
Identify
MABP equation
TPR x CO = MABP
TPR = Total peripheral resistance
CO = Cardiac output
MABP = Mean arterial blood pressure
How would an increase in blood volume impact MABP?
↑
because of ↑ CO from increasing preload and Starling’s Law through ↑End-diastolic volume
If the volume is increased in a closed system the pressure is also increased so ↑ Pressure
Blood volume and blood pressure an directly proportional
Question
- there are sensors that detect blood pressure and blood volume
- sends info to the central nervous system
- sent to autonomic efferent pathways to constitute the reflex control of CV function
Reflex control of CV function overview
Reflex control of CV function afferents
4 listed
Arterial baroreceptors
Pulmonary receptors
Atrial & vena caval receptors
Ventricular receptors
Cardiopulmonary baroreceptors
4 listed
- Pulmonary receptors
- Atrial & vena caval receptors
- Ventricluar receptors
Cardiopulmonary baroreceptors innervation to the central controller
2 listed
- Vagal afferents
- Sympathetic afferents
Reflex control of CV function Efferents
- Heart
- Blood vessels
Reflex control of CV function efferents innervation
2 listed
- Vagal efferents to the heart
- Sympathetic efferents to the heart and blood vessels
Reflex control of CV function Central controller
Medullary Cardiovascular centers
The arterial baroreflex function
Describe the arterial baroreceptor reflex Stimulus and responses
Stimulus: Acute change in blood pressure
Responses: Changes in heart rate, contractility & vascular resistance
Sensors of the arterial baroreceptors
Identify
Describe the arterial baroreceptor reflex components
- Baroreceptors
- Baroreceptor afferent nerves
- Parasympathetic nerves
- Sympathetic nerves
- Medullary vasomotor center
- Heart
- Vasculature
Arterial baroreceptors location
- Aortic arch
- Carotid sinus
&
- nearby large arteries
Arterial baroreceptor sensitivity is impaired by?
- Aging
- Hypertension
- Atherosclerosis
Carotid sinus baroreceptor innervation
branch of the Glossopharyngeal nerve
or
CN IX
Aortic arch baroreceptor innervation
Aortic nerve which is a branch of the Vagal nerves
or
CN X
Describe baroreceptor sensitivity
Don’t confuse aortic bodies from aortic baroreceptors
or carotid bodies from carotid baroreceptors
- Carotid and aortic bodies are chemoreceptors which sense things like blood oxygen saturation (partial pressure of blood gasses) and function in the regulation of ventilation
- in the same general location and have the same afferent innervation
Where are baroreceptors located histologically
in the adventitial layer of the vascular wall
How do baroreceptors sense changes in blood pressure?
- They are mechanoreceptors which sense stretching of the adventitial layer of the vascular wall
- An increase in BP will stretch the arterial wall and activate the baroreceptors and increases action potential firing back to the central controller