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Disease Defences 6.2 Flashcards

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1
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From where to where do arteries convey the blood at high pressure?

A

from the ventricles to the tissues of the body

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2
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What do arteries have in their walls?

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  • muscle cells
  • elastic fibers
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3
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What do muscle cells and elastic fibers assist?

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maintaining blood pressure btw pump cycles

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4
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Where do blood flow in the finest stage?

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trough tissues of the capillary

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5
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What do capillaries do?

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allow exchange of materials btw cells in the tissue and the blood

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6
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What do veins do?

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  • collect blood at low pressure from the tissues of the body
  • returns it to the atria of the heart
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7
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What prevents backflow in veins?

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Valves

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8
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What type is the lung’s circulation?

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separate

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9
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Where is the heartbeat initiated?

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in the sinoatrial node

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10
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What does the sinoatrial node act as?

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pacemaker

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11
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How does the sinoatrial node send its signal?

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through the walls of the atria -> walls of the ventricles

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12
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How can the heart rate be reduced of increased?

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through two nerves in the medulla of the brain

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13
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What chemical increases heart rate?

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Epinephrine

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14
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Who discovered circulation?

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William Harvey

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15
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During the cardiac cycle…

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pressure changes occur from the left atrium, left ventricle and aorta

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16
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What is transported through the blood?

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  • oxygen
  • nutrients
  • antibodies
  • hormons
  • heat
  • carbon dioxide
  • urea
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Plasma

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Dissolves or carries all other components of blood, nutrients, wastes

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Erythrocytes

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Transport oxygen in haemoglobin molecules

19
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Leucocytes

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Phagocytes - “eat up” pathogen and dead cells
Lymphocytes - B-cells and T-cells for the immune response

20
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Platelets

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clotting of blood following damage to cells or erythrocytes

21
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arteries

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  • carry high pressure blood
  • away from the heart -> tissue that need it
22
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capillaries

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  • very small
  • blood moves slowly under low pressure for the exchange of substances.
23
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veins

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  • low pressure blood
  • back to the heart
  • valves that allow the blood to flow in the correct direction
24
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structure of arteries

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  • small lumen
  • high blood pressure
25
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adaptations of arteries

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  • muscle contraction-> high blood pressure
  • elastic fiber stretch
  • thick muscular wall and fibrous outer layer
26
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structure of capillaries

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  • smallest blood vessels
  • adapted to the exchange of substances to and from the blood
27
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adaptations of capillaries

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  • basement membrane permeable
  • wall is one cell thick
  • contains pores
28
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structure of veins

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  • large lumen
  • low pressure
29
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adaptations of veins

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  • less muscle
  • walls are thinner
  • less elastic
  • valves required to prevent back-flow of blood
30
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double circulation

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-deoxygenated blood -> right atrium ->right ventricle to the lungs - where CO2 is offloaded and O2 is picked up
- it is now oxygenated blood, -> left atrium ->left ventricle of the body - O2 is used and CO2 is collected as a waste product
- now its deoxygenated blood -> right atrium

31
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what is the beating of the heart due to?

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myogenic muscle contraction

32
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what is the characteristic of muscle contraction in the heart?

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it’s not controlled externally

33
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what is the region of myocytes called?

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sinoatrial node

34
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what is the OTHER region of myocytes called?

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atrioventricular node

35
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myogenic initiation

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the heart does not stop beating

36
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cardiac muscle is

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indefatigable

37
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when exercising

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  • more co2 is present in the blood
  • it is detected by the chemoreceptors in the brain’s medulla oblongada
  • speeding the heart rate
38
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when CO2 levels fall

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the nerve (vagus) reduces heart rate

39
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adrenaline

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epinephrine

40
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the cardiac cycle

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DIASTOLE
- atria and ventricles relaxed
- blood flows into heart from veins
- AV valves open
- SL valves closed

ATRIAL SYSTOLE
- atria contract and ventricles relaxed
- blood pushed into ventricles
- AV valves open
- SL valves closed

VENTRICULAR SYSTOLE
- atria relaxed and ventricles contract
- blood pushed into arteries
- AV valves closed
- SL valves open

41
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Atherosclerosis

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degenerative disease - areas of the artery wall become damaged

42
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What happens in atherosclerosis?

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  • macrophages release growth factors, encouraging growth of fibrous tissue
  • cholesterol builds up in damaged areas -> plaques and arteries lose their elasticity
  • as the build up grows the lumen narrows restricting blood flow
  • if blood clotting is triggered the blood cloths are known as CORONARY THROMBOSIS
43
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risk factors of coronary heart disease

A

Genetic
Age
Sex
Smoking
Diet
Exercise
Obesity
Stress

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