Fluid Balance: Cardiovascular Flashcards
Reservoir for blood pressure
Large arteries
Resistance vessels to regulate blood flow into capillaries (Microsopic)
Arterioles
Exchange vessels
Capillaries
Reservoir for blood volume. 60 to 70% of blood volume
Venules/veins 
Blood is a ________ tissue 
Connective
(within the systemic circuit) 
Arteries to other arteries are parallel or series?
Parallel
Series: arteries to arterioles to capillaries to veins
Why is parallel flow to other organs important?
1) and shows that story and gets appropriate “nutrition”
2) each organ “sees” The same pressure head (allows blood pressure regulation at the systemic (city) level
3) this allows organs to independently regulate blood flow
Blood pressure is regulated at the ________ level, whereas blood flow is regulated at the ________ level.
Systemic, tissue
The heart is located in the mediastinum in the __________ cavity
Thoracic
What layers does the pericardium include?
- Viseral pericardium (closest to heart)
- Pericardial space (fluid filled)
- parietal pericardium
What is the pressure on the right and left side of the heart?
Right - 20 mmHg
Left - 90 mmHg
What is the thin epithelial layer of the heart?
Endocardium
What is the muscle part of the heart?
Myocardium
What is the connective tissue part of the heart?
Epicardium a.k.a. visceral pericardium? 
Outside part of heart, closet to heart
What are the atrioventricular valves?
- Tricuspid (right)
- bicuspid/mitral (left) 
Also known as heart strings. Connects to AV valves and hold them in place, connected to the papillary muscles on the other end
Chordae tendineae
Muscles in the ventricles, Connect to the cusps of the valves via the chordae tendineae
What are the two semilunar valves between ventricles and the main arteries?
- Aortic
2. Pulmonary
What causes the lub dub sounds of the heart?
“Lub”- sound of turbulent flow when the AV valves closes
“Dub”- sound of turbulent flow when semilunar valves close
How are cardiac myocytes organized?
Connected end-to-end
Channels that form direct coupling of scaroplasm (cytoplasm)
Gap junctions
Connects adjacent cardiac muscle cells
Intercollated discs
Types of cardiac myocytes
- Autorhythmic cells
a. Pacemaker cells*
b. Conduction cells - Contractile cells*