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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Major Functions of Cardio System

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Transport
- Take in materials
- Move materials within the body
-Remove materials

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Pulmonary Circuit

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Arteries carry O2 poor blood to the lungs
Veins carry O2 rich blood to heart

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Systemic Circuit

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Arteries carry O2 rich blood to the body
Veins carry O2 poor blood to heart

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Superficial to Deep Layers of the Heart

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Fibrous Layer
Parietal Layer of Serous Pericardium
Pericardial Activity
Visceral Layer of Serous Pericardium (Epicardium)

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Chordae Tendinae (explain what they are)

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collagenous tendons that attach valves to walls of ventricles
Prevents valves from opening into the atria –> no backflow

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6
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Papillary Muscles

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Anchoring Point for chordae tendinae which regulate tension of cords

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Right Coronary Artery (what does it supply and branches of it)

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Supplies the SA and AV node, parts of the right atrium, interventricular septum, and both ventricles
Marginal Branch: anterior right ventricle
Posterior IV Branch: posterior portions of both ventricles

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Left Coronary Artery

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Supplies SA node, left atrium, interventricular septum, and both ventricles
Circumflex Branch- left atrium and posterior left ventricle
Anterior Interventricular Branch- anterior portions of both ventricles

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Important Cardiac Muscle Features

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Intercalcated Disc Structure
- Interdigitating Folds: increase contact surface area between cells
- Mechanical Junctions: fascia adherenes act like Velcro to stick cells together–> Mechanical connection & desmosomes anchor cells together

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10
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Pacemaker Cells

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1% of myocardial cells are specialized to generate action potentials (aka autorhytmic cells –> and not started by the nervous system)

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11
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Electrical Events Leading to a Heartbeat

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-Initiated by pacemaker cells in SA node
- Spread via gap junctions and conducting network

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12
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Mechanical Events Leading to a Heartbeat

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-Caused by electrical events
-Includes contraction (systole) and relaxation (diastole)

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13
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Pacemaker Potential Steps

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  1. Slow influx of Na +
  2. # 1 + voltage gated Ca2+ channels open –> rapid depolarization
  3. Efflux of K+ –> repolarization
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14
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Electrical Signal Conduction

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1) SA node fires
2) Excitation spreads through atrial myocardium
3) AV node fires
4) Excitation spreads down AV bundle
5) Subendocardial conducting network distributes excitation through ventricular myocardium

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15
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Key Difference between Cell Excitation in Cardio

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Ca2+ signaling

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16
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Contractile Cell Excitation

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  1. Voltage gated Na+ channels open
  2. Fast depolarization of membrane
  3. Closing of Na+ channels
  4. Opening of slow Ca2+ channels
  5. Ca2+ channels close and K+ channels open –> repolarization
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17
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P-Wave

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AP generated in SA node –> atrial depolarization

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18
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PQ Segment

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pause at AV node and conduction through septum

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19
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QRS Complex

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ventricular depolarization + atrial repolarization

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ST segment

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corresponds to plateau of ventricular cardiomyocytes APs

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21
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T Wave

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ventricular repolarization

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22
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TP Segment

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period of rest and filling

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23
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Contractile Cell Contraction

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myofilaments slide along each other –> shortened sarcomeres –> tension

24
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Atrial Contraction

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sarcomeres of contractile cells shorten –> tension –> decrease in atrial size (volume) –> increase of BP in atria –> blood moves into ventricles

25
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Wiggers Diagram

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Study!!

26
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Heart Rate Regulation

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Autonomic Regulation
- Cardiac Center in Medullar
- Normal HR = 60-100 bpm
- Parasympathetic
- slows heart rate (inhibitory)
- via vagus nerve
- targets SA and AV node
-Sympathetic
-Speeds up HR (excitatory)
-Targets SA and AV nodes, muscles, coronary arteries

27
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Study HR Regulation Processes

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:)

28
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2 ways to speed up HR

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  1. Block parasympathetic branch
  2. Increase sympathetic input
29
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3 Influencing Factors for Stroke Volume

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  1. Preload - degree of stretch (EDV)
  2. Contractility - contractile strength at a given length (ESV)
  3. Afterload - pressure overcome to eject blood (ESV)
30
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Frank Starling Mechanism

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STUDY!!

31
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Pre-Load (main points abt it)

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Degree of cardiac muscle sarcomere stretch
-Increased preload –> Increased SV
-Cardiac muscle sarcomeres normally at less-than-optimal length
- Stretching –> Optimal Sarcomere length–> Increased ability to generate force
BIGGEST FACTOR = VENOUS RETURN

32
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Contractility

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Contractile strength for a given preload
If more Ca2+ enters cardiac muscle –> more crossbridge formation –> stronger contraction –> more blood ejected from heart

33
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Afterload

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Pressure need to overcome in order to eject blood
hypertension –> reduces ability of ventricles to eject blood –> increase in ESV

34
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Factors that Affect Cardiac Output

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Hypocalcemia, Hypercalcemia, Hypernatremia, Hyperkalemia

35
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Elastic Arteries (features and examples)

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AKA Conducting
Thick-walled, near heart
Large lumen, lots of elastin
EX: Aorta, Carotid

36
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Muscular Arteries

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AKA Distributing
Most named arteries
Lots of smooth muscle
EX: Brachial, femoral

37
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Resistance Arteries

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Includes arterioles
Mostly smooth muscle
Major site of regulation

38
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Capillaries

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One cell layer thick
Simple endothelium
Site of exchange between blood and ISF

39
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Capillary Beds (Perfusion and Vascular Shunt)

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Perfusion: movement of blood into a capillary bed
-Arteriole –> capillary –> venule
Vascular Shunt:
- Bypass to skip capillary bed
-Metarteriole + thoroughfare channel

40
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How are Capillary Beds Regulated

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Upstream Arterioles - blood never reaches capillary bed
Precapillary Sphincters: single smooth muscle cells + close off individual capillaries from metarteriole –> vascular shunt

41
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Capillary Exchange (what is dropped off and picked up)

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Dropped Off: O2, glucose, nutrients, antibodies, hormones, etc.
Picked Up: CO2 and metabolic wastes, glucose & nutrients (adipose tissue, liver & digestive system) anitbodies, hormones

42
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4 Major Mechanisms of Movements

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Diffusion
Transcytosis
Filtration
Reabsorption

43
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Major Routes of Capillary Exchange

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Through endothelial cell layer
Through spaces between endothelial cells
Through filtration pores

44
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Capillary Exchange - Diffusion General Properties

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Passive transport
Move from high concentration to low concentration
Move until equilibrium
Fast over short distances, slow over long ones
Can happen in open or closed systems

45
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Diffusion

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Specific to capillaries
Through endothelial cell membrane, intercellular clefts, or filtration pores

46
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Transcytosis

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Infrequent mode of transport
Move very large molecules
Enodcytosis + vesicular transport + exocytosis

47
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Filtration and Reabsorption

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Physical pressure forces fluid through the membrane
Re-enters microcirculation on venous side due to pressure changes

48
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Postcapillary Venules

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Convergence of capillaries
Still porous

49
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Muscular Venules

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Add one or two layers of muscle
Up to 1 mm in diameter

50
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Medium Veins

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Most named veins
Distal veins often have valves
1-10 mm in diameter

51
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Venous Sinuses

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Thin walls, large lumens, no muscles
EX: dural sinuses in brain

52
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Large Veins

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3 distinct layers, lots of muscle
Thinner walls and larger lumens than arteries
EX: Venage Cavae, Pulmonary Veins
>10 mm in diameter

53
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Simple Circulation Diagram

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BE ABLE TO DRAW

54
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Blood Flow and Pressure

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Be able to describe basics

55
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What happens when ventricular pressure > aortic pressure

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Ejection of blood from ventricles to aorta
Aortic pressure increases then quickly decreases as blood moves out into systemic circulation

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