Heart Flashcards
How much of blood is dropped through the AV valves?
70%
Where are valves?
Veins & lymphatic system
Which side of heart must contract against higher pressure?
Venous side
What keeps the AV valves from blowing back open into the atria?
Papillary muscles & chordae tendineae
Why do AV valves open?
Pressure in atria larger than pressure in ventricle
pH of above 7.45 is considered?
Alkalosis
pH below 7.35 is considered
acidosis
Cardiac muscle
Branched myofiber
Uninucleated
Intercalated disc w/ gap junctions
Functional syncytia
Primary pace maker of heart?
Sinoatrial node
Secondary pace maker
Atrioventricular node
Where do nerve impulses travel after atrioventricular node
Bundle of Hiss –>Purkinje fibers
Where does contraction of the heart start?
Apex
What causes automaticity of the sinoatrial node?
Unstable resting potential
What causes opening of Na+ channels?
Rapid repolarization of potassium channels
HCN channels
cause unstable resting potential
What are HCN channels sensitive to?
Cyclic nucleotides (cAMP ) causes by epi/norepi Increases chronotropic effect)
What causes rapid depolarization of membrane?
Fast Ca2+ channels opening
What is a normal heart rate?
72 bpm
Where does pacemaker potential start (mV)?
-50 mV
What is the effect of sympathetic innervation of the heart?
Greater opening of HCN channels
Increase heart rate
What is the effect of parasympathetic innervation on heart?
ACh promotes opening of K+ channels
Causes resting membrane slope to be flatter & decrease heart rate
What does endurance training do to heart rate?
Increase parasympathetic innervation
Where is the cardiac control center
Medulla
Cardiac muscle action potential
Stable around -80 mV
Up to +20 mV
What causes myocardial action potential to stay refractory?
Calcium plateau
Keeps potential up in positive range, no repolarization
How long is the cardiac action potential?
250 milliseconds
Contraction time of myocardial cells
300 ms
Action potential & contraction of skeletal muscle
1-2 msecs
10-50 msecs
Extraparaventricular contraction
Contract quickly, but then long compensatory pause before 2nd contraction
Needed to decrease blood pressure & need another heart beat
Depolarization of atria
P wave
QRS wave
repolarization of atria & depolarization of ventricle
T wave
Repolarization of ventricle
U wave
Repolarization of bundle of Hiss
What does a depressed ST segment indicate?
Lack of blood flow to ventricular muscle (lack of O2 delivery)
Ventricular fibrillation
Random action potentials, could be result of ectopic foci- lose coordination
What kind of action potential does the EKG show?
Compound action potential
What are the waves of the atria called?
a, c, v
What causes the first heart sound?
AV valves
What is the time period in between mitral valve closure & semilunar valve opening?
Isovolumic contraction
What causes the dichrotic notch?
Semilunar valves closes & aortic volume can’t flow back into the heart & pressure builds to flow back to systemic circulation
How long does the isovolumic relaxation last?
Until pressure in the ventricle falls below that in the atia
What is cardiac output
Cardiac rate x Stroke volume
Total average blood voume
5.5 L
Cause of v wave (in atria)
venous return to the atria
Where does ventricular pressure end at?
0 mmHg
Where would you measure pressure of 120/80?
Aorta?
What do pressure curves look like on the right side of the heart?
Much less pressure, but exactly the same