Exam 2 Cardiac and Respiratory Flashcards
What is the percentage of blood volume in the heart?
7-10%
What is the percentage of blood volume in the arteries?
13%
What is the percentage of blood volume in the arterioles/capillaries?
7%
What is the percentage of blood volume in veins?
64%
What is the percentage of blood volume in the pulmonary circulation?
9%
If Blood Pressure is increased, what is the physiological response?
- Vasodilation of the arterioles
- Decreased heart rate and contractility
If blood pressure is decreased, what is the physiological response?
- Vasoconstriction of the arterioles
- Increased heart rate and contractility
Hematocrit of blood related to ____
viscosity
There is an inverse relationship between cross sectional area and ___.
velocity
According to Ohm’s Law, with a decrease in BP, what will happen?
There will be a decrease in CO, HR and Resistance
According to Ohm’s Law, with an increase in BP, what will happen?
There will be an increase in CO, HR and Resistance
Blood viscosity is mostly determined by ____.
The Hematocrit
Hematocrit is the ratio of ____
red blood cells volume to the total blood volume
The higher the hematocrit, ____
the greater the viscosity of the blood
Viscosity of plasma is ____
about 1.8
Viscosity of the whole blood may change from ___
3 to 5
_____ is the most important factor affecting blood flow resistance.
Radius of the blood flow
The length of blood vessels changes only during _____.
individual vasculature growth. Under normal physiological conditions length is constant.
Laminar Flow
- smooth tubes
- low rates of flow
- greatest flow in the center of the tube
- close to zero near the vessel wall
- flow directly proportional to pressure (linear relationship)
- angle of flow is less than 25o
Turbulent Flow
- rough tubes
- high velocity of flow
- flow through bends >25o, narrowing, and orifices
- resistance to flow is higher during turbulence
- flow - pressure relationship (nolinear relationship )
Reynolds Number
indicates conditions when flow changes from laminar to turbulent
Reynold’s Number is directly proportional to ____
fluid velocity, fluid density, and tube diameter
Reynold’s Number is inversely proportional to ____
fluid viscosity
Reynolds numbers less than 2000 flow is ___
laminar
Reynolds numbers 2000-3000 flow is _____
unstable (laminar/turbulent)
This is the most common flow in physiological areas of the body.
If Reynolds number is more than 3000, the flow is ___
turbulent
Turbulent flow in the body is a predisposing factor of ____
thrombus formation
(due to increased platelet activation)
LaPlace’s Law and Arterioles
Arterioles develop a smaller wall tension despite relatively high intravascular pressure
Thus, vasoconstriction of the arteriole involves less work, than of larger vessels.
With an aortic aneurysm, as the radius increases, ____
wall tension also increases
Pressure inside the aorta
100 mmHg
Radius inside the aorta
10-2 m
Tension inside the aorta =
1 (abstract unit)
Pressure inside the capillary
25 mmHg
Radius of the capillary
4 X 10-6 m