Exam 2 Cardiovascular Flashcards
Location of heart
Mediastinum
Mid thorax, between lungs
Pericardium and it’s layers
•a serous membrane
The two layers are as following
•Visceral: lines the organs
•parietal: lines the cavity
Pericarditis
Inflammation in pericardium
Chronic pericarditis
Increases pericarditis over time
(Gets worse and worse)
Treatment is removing excess fluid
Layers of the heart
•Epicardium
•myocardium
(makes up muscle of heart walks)
•endocardium
•Myocarditis (inflammation of myocardium) •Endocarditis (Inflammation of endocardium)
Myocarditis and Endocarditis
Inflammation of myocardium
and inflammation of endocardium
Four major chambers of the heart
Upper •left atrium •Right atrium Lower •left ventricle • right ventricle
Arteries take blood…
Veins take blood….
Away from the heart
Back to the heart
Needed by body’s cells to make atp
Oxygen
Bifurcation
When one vessel splits into two vessels
Right atrium receives blood from…
- superior and inferior vena cava
* the coronary sinus
The right ventricle…
Receives blood from the right atrium
Sends blood to the lungs
Left atrium
Receives blood from the pulmonary veins
Left ventricle
- Receives blood from left atrium
- sends blood all over the body
- thicker than the right ventricle
Right and left Antrioventricular valves
- Tricuspid on right
- Bicuspid (Mitral) on left
* prevents back flow
Heart valves
Valves open and close in response to pressure changes as the heart contracts and relaxes
Right and left semilunar valves
- pulmonary valves
- aortic valves
* prevents back flow from the arteries into the ventricles
Base
Top of heart
Apex
Bottom of heart
Heart Disorders
Mitral valve prolapse
Heart murmurs
Valvular stenosis
Pulmonary capillaries
Blood loses CO2 and gains O2
Systematic capillaries
Blood loses O2 and gains CO2
Coronary arteries
Branches arise from the ascending aorta
Blood flow delivers oxygenated blood and nutrients to the myocardium
Coronary veins
Branches converge at the lm coronary sinus
Removes carbon dioxide and wastes from the myocardium
Left coronary artery
Artery on left and right of heart
- circumflex artery- left atrium, left ventricle
- anterior interventrucular artery- interventricular septum
Right coronary artery
Marginal artery - right lateral heart walls
Posterior interventricular artery-R&L posterior ventricular walls
Cardiac veins
•return deoxygenated blood from myocardium
- great cardiac vein
- middle cardiac vein
- small cardiac vein
•empty kitchen not the Coronary Sinus
(Bag on back of heart)
Angina pectoris
•Chest pain
I
•insufficient blood flow/
Blockage of coronary artery
Infarct
Myocardial infarction- Heart attack
Death of Ischemic Cells
Cardiac Muscle
•Intercalated discs
(Gap junctions- electrically coupled)
(Desmosomes- prevent separation)
- Striated,
- branched cell
- 1-3 nuclei, many mitochondria
Intercalated discs
(Gap junctions- electrically coupled)
Desmosomes- prevent separation
Autorhythmic fibers
- self excitable
* autorhythmic
Cardiac muscle cells
Repeatedly generate action potentials
…..
SA node
Sinoatrial
“Natural pacemaker of the heart”
- impulses in right atrium 75 times per minute
- initiate action potentials the most frequently
AV node
Atrioventricular
- receives impulses
- Contains autorhythmic fibers
- ab node comes pacemaker at slower rate (50 bpm)
Signals from nervous system and hormones
modifies the heart rate and forces contraction
do not set the fundamental rhythm
Arrhythmias
Irregular heart rhythms
Fibrillation
Rapid irregular contractions
Heart block
-av node defect
- beat slower than atria
- implant pacemaker
Membrane potential
Measured by mV
Roughly -90 millivolts
Electrocardiogram (EKG)
measured in mV
Deflection waves (P wave- depolarization of atria) (QRS wave- depolarization of ventricles) (AV node) (Atrial repolarization obscured) (T wave- repolarization of ventricles)
Measuring voltage over time
Depolarization
Sodium flows into cell
Potassium flows out
Facilitated by Sodium
Causes muscle contraction
Repolarization
Opening of potassium channels
Facilitated by Potassium
Plateau
Maintained depolarization
Due to calcium
Facilitated by Calcium
Systole
Contraction
Diastole
Relaxation
Cardiac cycle Events
•electrical events
(Depolarization and repolarization)
- pressure changes
- volume changes
- mechanical events
- heart sounds
Mechanical events
….
Atrial contraction / Atrial systole
Contraction
Forces blood into ventricles
Isovolumetric contraction
.
Ventricular ejection
.
Stethoscope
Device allowing us to listen to heartbeat
Murmurs
Unusual heart sounds good
When blood goes somewhere it isn’t supposed to
Lub (S1)
First sound, longer, ab valves closing
Dup (s2)
Second sound, shorter, semilunar valves closing
Cardiac output (CO)
Volume of blood ejected from the ventricles into the aorta / pulmonary trunk every single minute
(Ml or L)
Stroke volume (SV)
Amount of blood pumped out of the ventricle every beat
(70ml/beat)
- 60% of blood chamber
- preload, contractility, and afterload
End diastolic volume
Relaxed). (EDV
Amount of blood in ventricle during diastole
End systolic volume
ESV
Amount of blood remaining in ventricle after systole
Preload
Amount of stretch put on ventricles
Cardiac muscles stretch just before contraction
Stretching muscle fibers
Increases force of contraction
Venous return
Blood going to heart
Connects two sides of heart
Most important factor in stroke volume
Contractility
Increase in contractility
Results in ejection or more blood from heart
Increases SV
Positive inotropic agents
Increase contractility
Sympathetic nervous system
Ca2+ (calcium)
Epinephrine
Negative inotropic agents
Decrease contractility
Calcium channel blockers
Afterload
Pressure ventricles must
overcome to eject blood
Increases ESV
Increased pressure
Amount of blood pressure found in aorta / pulmonary trunk
Hypertension
High blood pressure
Reduces ability of ventricle to eject blood
Autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nerves
Sympathetic nerves
stimulate increased heart rate during stress