Exam 2 Flashcards
What is the relationship between vasculature cross sectional area and blood flow velocity?
As cross sectional area increases, the velocity of blood flow decreases
Small arteries, veins, and capillaries contain what percentage of total blood volume?
75%
Blood flow velocity in venues is ______ than in capillaries due to what?
higher
a decrease in cross sectional area
Describe how the systemic and pulmonary circulations are linked physically.
Systemic venous blood is deoxygenated and comes from the body. It returns the heart via the IVC SVC. Once in the RA the deoxygenated blood is pumped to the RV where the blood then goes to to the pulmonary trunk and arteries to the lungs. Here gas exchange occurs and blood picks up oxygen
Blood is ejected from the heart when ventricular pressure is ______ than atrial pressure.
Greater
What side of the body is concerned with oxygenated blood?
Left side
The resistance of a vessel ______ as the diameter decreases.
Increases
What are the levels of organization of muscle tissue
Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium
The structure of a muscle fiber that contains the plasma membrane and basement membrane of muscle cell. It conducts electrochemical wave of depolarization over the muscle fiber
Sarcolemma
List 2 functions of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
provides integrity to muscle cell
allows depolarization to spread from outside of cell to the inside
The length of a sarcomere determines
muscle functional properties
What makes up a myofilament
actin and myosin
Alignment and length of muscle fiber affects _______ capacity?
Power and force
Describe characteristics of fusiform muscle fibers
fibers run parallel to the muscles long axis
Good for rapid muscle shortening, speed
Describe the characteristics of pennate muscle fibers
Fibers are short and run oblique to muscle long axis
Good for power movements
What is a benefit of degree of pennation?
It allows for more fibers in a short area
Describe the orientation of complex fusiform muscle fibers.
Muscle fibers run parallel to muscle lines of pull
Short fibers are packed into long muscle without compromising strength
Briefly describe the sequence of muscle action.
Action potential is generated and reaches NMJ
ACh is released from vesicles in terminal axis
ACh binds to post synaptic receptors on sarcolemma
T tubules are depolarized causing a release of Ca from the sarcoplasmic reticulum
Calcium binds troponin in the myofibril, pulling on tropomyosin to make the actin binding site available
The myosin head binds to actin binding site which causes activation of myosin ATPase
Myosin ATPase splits the ATP releasing energy causing the cross bridge to move causing muscle shortening
When ATP binds cross bridge, myosin and actin dissociate
Describe characteristics of fast twitch muscle fibers
High myosin-ATPase activity rapid Ca release and uptake predominant in anaerobic activities Rely on glycolytic system for energy transfer Rapid energy generation
In which type of activity would you expect to see predominantly fast twitch fibers?
Anaerobic activity requiring quick powerful actions
Which type of muscle fiber, fast or slow twitch, relies on glycolytic system ?
Fast twitch
Type 1 muscle fibers is also known as _____ twitch
slow
Which type of twitch fiber depends on oxidative metabolism?
Slow twitch
Define fatigue
the decline in muscle tension or force capacity with repeated stimulation
The force of muscle action varies by which two mechanisms?
an increased number of motor units
increased frequency of motor unit discharge
What are proprioceptors?
Sensors that are sensitive to stretch, tension and pressure and send instant relay to CNS
What is IPSP
Inhibitory post synaptic potential.
Hyperpolarization of a neuron making It difficult to fire again
List 3 things that cause trigger points
Poor posture
Injuries from lifting
Strain or tear of muscle
stress
What are some treatments for trigger points?
ectrostimulation
Therapeutic Stretching Techniques Physical Therapy
Therapeutic Massage
Pulsed Ultrasound Low-Level Laser Therapy Corticosteroid injections
What causes myofascial pain syndrome?
Trigger points or knots that cause a restricted blood flow, pinched nerves, spasms and scar tissues
What causes tendonitis?
Micro-fractions in a tendon caused by forces from a muscle
What is the relationship between blood flow velocity and cross sectional area of vasculature?
As the cross sectional area increases the flow velocity decreases
Where in the CV system is flow velocity the lowest? Why?
In the capillaries , the largest total cross sectional area
Why does blood flow velocity increase in venues?
The cross sectional area of venues is smaller than that of the capillaries so the flow slightly increases
Describe how the cardio and pulmonary systems are physically linked.
Deoxygenated venous blood returns to the heart via vena cave into the right atrium then goes through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs for gas exchange in alveolar capillaries
How does reduced venous return affect cardiac output?
Decreases cardiac output
What are the effects of reduced venous return?
Decreased cardiac output
Reduced arterial blood pressure
Accelerated heart rate
Diastolic blood pressure indicates ______ resistance.
Peripheral
Define peripheral reisstance
The ease that blood flows from arterioles to capillaries
Define cardiac output
The amount of blood pumped from the heart per min
What happens to the rate of flow during strenuous exercise?
It increases
Describe the effects of changes in intrathoracic pressure on venous return, cardiac output, arterial blood pressure and heart rate.
An increase in intrathoracic pressure due to the Valsava maneuver closes the thoracic veins. That causes the amount of blood going back to the heart (venous return) to decrease. With a decrease in venous return there is a decrease in the amount of blood in the ventricles thus a decrease in the amount of blood ejected from the heart (cardiac output) a decrease in CO reduces the amount of blood in circulation so there is less blood that exerts force on the vessels (blood pressure) so BP decreases and HR will decrease
Define stroke volume
the amount of blood pumped from each ventricle
What is the difference between stroke volume and cardiac output?
SV is the amount of blood pumped from each ventricle, CO is the amount of blood pumped from the heart per min
Define blood pressure
The force of circulating blood on the walls of the blood vessels
Which branch of the nervous system causes vasodilation?
Parasympathetic
How does the sympathetic nervous system affect cardiovascular activity?
Releases NE and EPI which works on muscle tissue causing vasoconstriction in vessels and increase contractility of the myocardium
Chemicals that increase myocardial contractility are
Ionotropic
Chemicals that accelerate SA node depolarizations are
Chronotropic
What effects do byproducts of local metabolism have on blood vessels
Cause vasodilation
What is a precapillary sphincter?
Smooth muscle that controls diameter of capillary
Define mean arterial presure
The average force exerted by blood against arterial walls during cardiac cycle
What are the effects of increased sympathetics on cardiovascular function?
Increased HR
Increased strength of contraction
Vasodilation of Coronary Arteries
What are the effects of increased parasympathetics on cardio function?
Decreased HR
Decreased strength of atrial contraction
Vasoconstriction of coronary arteries
Dilation of skin blood vessels
What is the function of Beta 1 adrenergic receptor?
Cardiac acceleration –receptor for EPI and NE which increase contractiity
What effect does EPI and NE have on myocardium
Increases contractility
Intrinsic factors regulating HR
Sympathetic & parasympathetic NS
Circulating Catecholamines
List two Intrinsic factors affecting Stroke Volume
Stretching of myocardium (preload)
Frank Starling Curve
List 4 factors that contribute to the stretching of the myocardium
Total Blood Volume
Pumping action of skeletal muscle
Body position (supine vs upright)
Venous Tone
What intrinsic factors affect the contractile state of the myocardium
Sympathetics & parasympathetics
Circulating catecholamines
Describe the relationship between the magnitude of HR acceleration and physical activity.
As the intensity and duration of physical activity increases, the magnitude of HR acceleration increases
What are the three factors affecting blood pressure?
Cardiac Output
Peripheral Resistance
Blood Volume
Water _______ hormones require a carrier protein in the blood but does not need a transporter protein to enter a cell
Insoluble
Water ____ hormones do not require a carrier protein in the blood but need a transporter to enter a cell
Soluble