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AQA a-level biology 🧬🔬 > Exchange and transport - HEART STRUCTURE/CARDIAC CYCLE > Flashcards

Exchange and transport - HEART STRUCTURE/CARDIAC CYCLE Flashcards

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1
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Describe the route of deoxygenated blood flow through the heart

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  • Vena cava
  • Into the right atrium
  • Tricuspid valve
  • Right ventricle
  • Pulmonary artery to lungs - becomes oxygenated.
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Describe the route of oxygenated blood flow through the heart

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  • Pulmonary veins to heart
  • Left atrium
  • Bicuspid valve
  • Left ventricle
  • Aorta
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Why is the left ventricular wall thicker?

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To maintain a higher pressure as blood leaves the heart via the aorta to the whole body

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What is the function of the coronary arteries and veins?

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To supply the cardiac muscle cells with oxygen for respiration (ATP for muscle contraction) and remove waste products

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What is the function of the papillary muscles and tendinous cords (tendons)?

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(Tendons attach to the valves, papillary muscles attach to the tendons)
- Prevent the inversion and prolapse of the valves
- Keep the valves open correctly, to keep blood flowing in one direction

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What is the function of the pericardium?

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  • Tissue that protects the heart from infection and other sources of disease
  • Holds the heart in the chest wall
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Suggest why it is important to prevent mixing of the blood in the two sides of the heart

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  • Prevent the mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
  • Reduces concentration gradient - inhibits gas exchange at tissues
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Why are valves important?

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They prevent the unwanted backflow of blood

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What are valves made of?

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  • Many flaps
  • Made of tough but flexible, fibrous tissue
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What causes valves to open?

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  • When the pressure is greater on the convex side
  • Valves move apart to let blood through
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What causes valves to close?

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  • When pressure is greater on the concave side
  • Blood collects in the cusp
  • Valves push together to prevent blood flow
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In which direction does blood move? (Hint: pressure)

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From high blood pressure to low blood pressure

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What causes the ‘lub’ sound?

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  • Atrioventricular valves shutting
  • Tricuspid/bicuspid valves
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What causes the ‘dub’ sound?

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  • Semilunar valves shutting
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What is atrial systole?

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Atrial contraction

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What is ventricular systole?

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Ventricular contraction

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What is diastole?

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Filling of the atria with blood

18
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Why is cardiac muscle described as being myogenic?

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Can contract and relax without nervous external stimulation

19
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What is the P wave?

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  • Impulses spreading across the atria
  • Atrial systole
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What is the QRS complex?

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  • Impulses spreading up through ventricles
  • Ventricular systole
21
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What is the T wave?

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Recovery of ventricles during diastole

22
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What is the function of the sinoatrial node?

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  • Pacemaker of the heart
  • Generates electrical activity starting a heartbeat
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What is the function of the atrioventricular node?

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Delays spreading of electrical signal to allow the atria to fully contract and ventricles to fully fill

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What is the function of the Bundle of His?

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Electrical signal passes through to the bottom of the septum

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What is the function of the Purkinje fibres?

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Electrical impulse makes ventricles contract from the base up

26
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What is the purpose of the autonomic nervous system?

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Regulates involuntary physiologic processes such as:
- Heart rate
- Blood pressure
- Respiration

27
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Where are chemoreceptors found?

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In the carotid arteries

28
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Describe the process of increasing heart rate if increased CO2 is detected in blood (5 marks)

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  • Blood pH lowered
  • Chemoreceptors increase frequency of impulses to medulla oblongata
  • Higher frequency of impulses to SA node via sympathetic nervous system
  • SAN increases heart rate//increased blood flow
29
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Describe the process occurring in the heart when blood pressure is higher than normal

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  • Pressure receptors transmit more nerve impulses to medulla oblongata
  • Sends impulses via parasympathetic nervous system to SAN
  • Decrease in heart rate
30
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Describe the process occurring in the heart when blood pressure is lower than normal

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  • Pressure receptors transmit more impulses to medulla oblongata
  • Sends impulses via sympathetic nervous system to SAN
  • Increase in heart rate

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