Heart Test Flashcards
What are the functions of the heart?
Route blood, generate blood pressure, ensure one way blood flow, and regulate blood supply
How does blood flow?
Vena cava, right atrium, tricuspid, right ventricle, pulmonary semilunar, pulmonary arteries, lungs, pulmonary vein, left atrium, bicuspid, left ventricle, aortic semilunar, aorta
What is the pulmonary circuit?
Heart to lungs
What is the systemic circuit?
Heart to the rest of the body
Which circuit pumps blood from the heart to the lungs?
Pulmonary
What are the two types of circuits?
Pulmonary and systemic
What ions are involved in action potentials of the heart?
Na+, Ca+2, and K+
What new ion is involved in cardia action potentials?
Calcium
What are the three phases of cardiac action potentials?
Depolarization, plateau, and repolarization
Which channel is open during the depolarization phase?
Na+
What channel is open in the plateau phase?
Ca+2
What channel is open in the repolarization phase?
K+
What is the path of an action potential through the heart?
SA node, AV node, AV bundle, bundle branches, purkinji fibers
What is the pacemaker of the heart?
The SA node
What does an EKG measure?
Action potentials in the heart
What is the cardiac cycle?
The process of the heart contracting
What is atrial systole?
Contraction of the atria
What is atrial diastole?
The relaxation of the atria
What is ventricular systole?
The contraction of ventricles
What is ventricular diastole?
The relaxation of ventricles
What are the two types of systole/diastole?
Atrial and ventricular
What is stroke volume?
The volume of blood pumped per ventricle with each heart contraction
What is cardiac output?
The volume of blood pumped by either ventricle each minute
What is heart rate?
The number of contractions per minute
What can influence heart rate regulation?
Emotional and physical stressors, hormones, and ions
What are some different homeostatic imbalances that can affect cardiac output?
Coronary artheroscler, multiple MI, and displayed cardiomyopathy