CVS: The Cardiac Cycle Flashcards

1
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Define systole.

A

Contraction and rejection of blood from the ventricles.

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2
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Define diastole.

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Relaxation and fill of the ventricles.

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3
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Where is the tricuspid valve?

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Right side, between the atria and the ventricles

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4
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Where is the mitral value found?

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The left side, between the atria and the ventricles.

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5
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Where is the pulmonary valve found?

A

The entrance of the pulmonary artery

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6
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Where is the aortic valve found?

A

The entrance if the aorta

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7
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Which is under higher pressure, the systemic circulation or pulmonary circulation?

A

Systemic

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8
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What is stroke volume?

A

The amount of blood each ventricle ejects each beat.

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9
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What is the average stroke volume?

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70ml blood per beat

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10
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What is relatively different about a cardiac action potential?

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It’s relatively long, approx 280ms

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11
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What anatomical structure prevents inversion of valves on systole?

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Attachments called chordae tendinease, which attach the valves to papillary muscles.

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12
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Name the 7 stages of the cardiac cycle.

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  1. Atrial Contraction
  2. Isovolumetric Contraction
  3. Rapid Ejection
  4. Reduced Ejection
  5. Isovolumetric Relaxation
  6. Rapid Filling
  7. Reduced Filling
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13
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Describe the relative timings of systole and diastole.

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Diastole approx 0.55s
Systole approx 0.35s

(At 67 BPM)

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14
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How do the relative timings of systole and diastole change during exercise?

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Systole remains the same, diastole increases in speed

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15
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What is the origin of S1?

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The closing of tricuspid valve and the mitral valve.

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16
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What is the origin of S2?

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The closing of the aortic and pulmonary valves

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17
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What is the Wiggers diagram?

A

Compares changes in pressure with changes in volume, changes in electrochemical properties and with the sounds of the heart

18
Q

Which side if the heart do wiggers diagrams usually plot? What would be the different if the other side of the heart was to be plotted?

A
  • Left

- Right would be the same but at a lower pressure

19
Q

In a wiggers diagram, what is one heart beat equivalent to?

A

One systole and one diastole

20
Q

What position are the valves in during atrial contraction?

A

Mitral/ Tricuspid: Open

Aortic/ Pulmonary: Closed

21
Q

What position are the valves in during Isovolumetric contraction?

A

Mitral/ Tricuspid: Closed

Aortic/ Pulmonary: Closed

22
Q

What position are the valves in during Rapid Ejection?

A

Mitral/ Tricuspid: Closed

Aortic/ Pulmonary: Open

23
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What position are the valves in during Reduced Ejection?

A

Mitral/ Tricuspid: Closed

Aortic/ Pulmonary: Open

24
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What position are the valves in during Isometric Relaxation?

A

Mitral/ Tricuspid: Closed

Aortic/ Pulmonary: Closed

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What position are the valves in during Rapid Filling?
Mitral/ Tricuspid: Open | Aortic/ Pulmonary: Closed
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What position are the valves in during Reduced Ejection?
Mitral/ Tricuspid: Open | Aortic/ Pulmonary: Closed
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What are the 2 types of left valve abnormalities?
1. Stenosis | 2. Regurgitation
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What is a stenosis?
When the valve doesn't open enough
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What is regurgitation?
Valve doesn't close all the way
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How does Aortic valve regurgitation affect the function of the heart?
- Blood flows back into LV during diastole. This increases the stroke volume hence systolic pressure increases and diastolic pressure decreases. This results in a bounding pulse leading to head bobbing or Quinke's sign. - LV hypertrophy
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How does Aortic valve stenosis affect the function of the heart?
- Increased LV pressure -> LV hypertrophy | - Left sided heart failure -> syncope (fainting) and angina
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How does mitral valve regurgitation affect the function of the heart?
Increases preload causing LV hypertrophy
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How does mitral valve stenosis affect the function of the heart?
- Increase in LA pressure - Pulmonary oedema ->RV hypertrophy - LA dilation -> atrial fibrillation or oesophagus compression
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How will aortic stenosis affect the heart sounds?
Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
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How will aortic valve regurgitation affect the heart sounds?
Early decrescendo diastolic murmur
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How will mitral valve stenosis affect the heart sounds?
Snap as valve opens: diastolic rumble
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How will mitral valve regurgitation affect the heart sounds?
Holosystolic mumber
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Define afterload.
The load the heart must eject blood against (roughly equivalent to aortic pressure)
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Define preload.
Amount the ventricles stretched in diastole
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Define total peripheral resistance.
Resistance to blood flow offered by all systemic vasculature
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Which vessels offer the greatest resistance?
Arterioles
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State the frank-Starling law.
The more the heart fills the harder it contracts (up to a limit)