FINAL Flashcards
contractile force vs resting length
↑ EDV due to ↑ venous return → ↑ developed force
- resting length = EDV
- mechanisms:
- maybe as we ↑ EDV we ↑ # of cross-bridges
- ↑ EDV (stretching walls of ventricle) ↑ geometric advantage: distance between thick & thin filaments decreases as the sarcomere is stretched ➔ as sarcomeres lengthen, they get smaller in diameter → develops force
- ↑ Ca affinity to troponin-C: stretch of muscle ↑ affinity of troponin-C to Ca → greater amount of time Tn-C is bound to Ca allows greater crossbridge cycling → greater force (depends on [Ca] & affinity)
frank-starling rule of the heart
as EDV ↑, ventricular force ↑
- ↑ venous return → ↑ EDV
- increased Ca sensitivity occurs at longer muscle fiber lengths
- more EDV = more preload = more SV = more forceful contractions
- preload: volume in ventricles (=EDV)
- afterload = back-pressure in the elastic arteries keeping semilunar valves closed (bad)
vessel layers
tunica adventitia/externa: outermost layer
- strong connective tissue, collagen, elastin, & fibroblasts to help create overall structure
- anchors vessels’s w/in tissue
tunica media: smooth muscle cells & connective tissue
- could be continuous in a distinct layer or discontinuous
- changes diameter of vessel
tunica intima/interna: endothelium
- sometimes can find elastin or connective tissue
elastic arteries
fill w/ blood, stretch (storing potential energy), & recoil ➔ squeezes blood ➔ ↑ pressure
- pressure reservoir allows us to drive bf during diastole
- has all 3 tissue layers
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mean arterial pressure (MAP): driving force for bf from arteries ➞ capillaries
- homeostatically regulated but parameters can shift after years of consistency
- MAP = 1/3 SP + 2/3 DP or MAP = DP + 1/3 (SP−DP)
muscular arteries
distribution arteries: directs blood to certain regions
- changes proportion of bf allocated
- downstream of elastic arteries
- smaller than elastic arteries
arterioles
major resistance vessels
- vasoconstrict in response to ↑ SNS input
- vasodilate in response to ↓ SNS input & signal factors (local metabolites)
- varying number of tissue layers
- larger arterioles hav eall 3 layers w/ continuous SM
- smaller arterioles have discontinuous bands of SM
- avg diameter ~30 microns
vasoconstriction of arteriolar vsm:
- SNS-mediated vasoconstriction: ↑SNS activity to arterioles ➞ ↑ arteriolar R due to NE-binding to ⍺-adrenergic receptors
- vasopressin (AVP/ADH) from neurohypophysis
active hyperemia
↑bf to active tissue due to release of local metabolites causing vasodilation
- high blood flow to meet active muscles’ increased need for oxygen
reactive hyperemia
previously occluded tissue had ↓ in bf ∴ ECF has temporary ↑ in metabolites to vasodilate & bring blood back to occluded tissue
vasodilation mechanisms in arteriolar vsm:
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SNS-mediated vasodilation: small portion of SNS neurons release ACh ➞ vasodilation
- ↑ SNS activity for same arterioles ➞ ↓ arteriolar R due to ACh binding β-adrenergic receptors on vsm in some skeletal muscle region
- only small subset of arterioles ∴ not mechanism of action
- EPI ➞ binds to β2-adrenergic receptors → vasodilation
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local metabolites: anty chemical signal factors released in immediate vicinity by tissues that influence adjacent arterioles ➞ override SNS vasoconstriction ∴ induces vasodilation
- [adenosine]
- [K]
- PCO2
- PO2
- ↓ pH: active tissue undergoes glycolytic metabolism resulting in lactic acid build-up & CO2 production
- nitric oxide = gas released by tunica intima endothelium during sheer stress causes vasodilation to other vessels to redirect bf instead of forcing it through single stressed vessel to ↓ rubbing
stroke volume dependent on
- changes w/ activity/metabolic demand usually SNS-mediated: ↑ SNS activity ➞ ↑ SV
- venous return: blood flows passively from peripheral veins to central veins & ventricles down a pressure gradient → venous filling
- EDV determines SV (frank-starling rule): volume stretches ventricular wall
- ↑ optimal overlap btwn existing thick & thin filaments
- geometric advantage ↓ distance existing btwn myosin heads & thin filaments
- Ca interaction w/ troponin ➞ ↑ Ca affinity
- EDV in ventricles is dependent on passive filling & atrial contraction (pre-load = 135mL)
intrinsic property of the heart
↑ pre-load/EDV = ↑ contractile strength
- built into heart ➞ happens automatically
- dose not require any hormones, drugs, neurotransmitters
- muscle is stretched ➔ automatic greater response
peripheral vein venous return mechanisms
- smooth muscle contraction in response to ↑ SNS allows us to ↑ peripheral venous P w/ no effect on radius: ↓ compliance (stiffer)
- skeletal muscle pump: muscle contracts ➞ squeezes peripheral veins ➞ ↑ venous P ➞ drives bf out to CVP
- venous valves: 1 way valves ensure 1-way flow
- cardiac suction & respiratory pump: ventricles relax ➞ V ↑ ➞ ventricle P↓ ➞ suction
- inspiration ➞ ↑ thoracic V ➞ ↓ intrapleural P ➞ SVC & IVC V↑ ➞ SVC & IVC P↓
contractility
Δ in contractile strength due to extrinsic forces
- act on muscle independently of intrinsic factors (can even act simulataneously e.g. exercise)
- SNS input to heart will ↑ contractile force
- in the atria: ↑ EDV
- in the ventricles: ↑ force of contraction ➞ ↑P ➞ ↑SV
- independent of EDV
- SNS neurons release NE ➞ binds to β-adrenergic receptors ➞ activates GPCR (Gs ⍺ subunit) ➞ PKA phosphorylates:
- L-type Ca channels ➞ ↑ Ca influx
- SERCa pumps ➞ ↑ rate of Ca removal ➞allows quick relaxation
- troponin ➞ ↑ off rate of tropomyosin ➞ allows thin filament to bind to myosin head
CO during exercise
CO ↑ due to ↑ HR & ↑ SV
- during exercise venoconstriction & skeletal muscle pump cause venous fx curve to shift ↑
- still work at CVP ≈ 1.8-2 mmHg
- ESV is smaller than normal ∴ ESP is smaller which facilitates ventricular filling
HR regulation of CO
- HR depends on:
- rate of depolarization in the SA node (during phase 4)
- duration of nodal delay in AV node
- conduction velocity in all conductive pathways
- an ↑ in HR is caused by ↑ SNS input + ↓ in PNS input
- myocytes only have sympathetic input but pacemaker & conduction pathways have both ANS & PNS
- SNS input from thoracic region
- SNS post-ganglionic neurons release NE
change of contractility & effect on PV loop
- ↑ SNS causes ↑ in contractile strength independent of EDV
- pressure at which semilunar valves open dependent on afterload
- point D determined by pressure in aorta (MAP) not contractile force
- force of contraction (∴ P developed) has ↑ at every point during contraction
- SV ↑
- ESV ↓ (∴ ↓ ESP) w/ ↑ contractility → start diastole w/ smaller pressure → advantageous for ventricular filling
- rate of pressure development ↑ ∴ faster contractions
- rate of relaxation ↑ due to SERCa pump activation
change in EDV & PV loop
- w/ an ↑ in EDV due to ↑ in venous return → larger SV
- change in SV due to change in EDV from vasoconstriction
exercise & PV loop
- during exercise we ↑ SNS output to heart
- contractility ↑
- ↑ SNS to veins → ↑ venous return → ↑ EDV
- contracting skeletal muscles ↑ venous return → ↑ EDV
- ↑ contractility + ↑ venoconstriction & venous return = ↑ EDV (venoconstriction = no change in contractility → making veins stiffer)
- ↑SV
combined cardiac & vascular fx curves
CO is matched by peripheral venous return at point A: @ 5 L/min CVP pressure = 2 mmHg
- CVP pressure must be higher than ESV in order for blood to flow
vascular (venous) fx curve
relates amount of blood coming out of peripheral veins & pressure in venous pool
- IVC, SVC, RA
- CVPP: central venous pool pressure
- CVP acts as back-pressure → prevents venous return
- CVP influences ventricular filling → P that pushes blood into ventricles
- ventricular filling dependent on CVP pressure & ESV
- CVP — ESP
- ESP acts as back-pressure stopping CVP pool from filling
vascular fx curve: blood volume
- ↑ volume = ↑ mean systemic filling pressure
- ↓ volume = ↓ mean systolic filling pressure
- sweat
- dehydration
- hemmorrhage
vascular fx curve: vasoconstriction/vasodilation
- mean systemic venous pressure stays constant: equal amount of blood flowing in/out
- vasoconstriction: less blood coming from cap ➔ veins = slower venous return
- vasodilation: more blood flows faster