Lab 13: Circulatory II & Respiratory Flashcards
respiratory function
gas exchange
circulatory transports __
transports blood w/ gasses b/w lungs and body cells
Blood pressure meaning
basis for maintaining functional and stable movement of blood from heart to body
Pressure depends on:
4 things
Blood volume
Blood vessel size
Blood flow rate
Resistance of blood flow
Cardiovascular center
location
medulla oblongata where it receives sensory receptors + higher brain centers
3 receptors in cardiovascular center
Proprioceptors
Baroreceptors
Chemoreceptors
Sympathetic cardiac
releases what
norepinephrine + epinephrine (dilate; increase blood flow)
what happens to rate and contractions of sympathetic cardiac
increase
what does Parasympathetic cardiac
release
acetylcholine
(specialized cardiac muscle cells) is called
Autorhythmic fibers
2 functions of electrical activity of heart
=Depolarize + act as pacemakers
=Form cardiac conduction system (provide pathway for electrical activity)
*refer to notes for cardiac excitation process
notes
Atrioventricular (AV) node
location and function
lower interatrial septum
relays impulse from atria to ventricles
AV bundle of his function
carry electrical signals from the AV node to the bundle branches.
purkinje fibers function and location
Located: in the inner ventricular walls of the heart,
= specialized myocardial fibers that conduct an electrical impulse that enables the heart to contract in a coordinated fashion
Electrocardiography function
Measurement and analysis of heart activity (diagnosis of cardiac function)
The recording of the electrical changes of the heart is called
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
what is a Lead
The arrangement of 2 electrodes
negative terminal of ECG is located where
right arm
what do waves detect
detects myocardial infarcts (regions of dead myocardial tissue that do not depolarize)
P wave
Upward (positive) deflection
Associated with atrial depolarization
QRS
=Series of negative and positive deflection
=Associated w/ ventricular depolarization
=Repolarization of atria takes place and is obscured by ventricular changes
ventricular repolarization is positive or negative
Positive deflection following QRS
T wave
Positive deflection following QRS = ventricular repolarization
Longer duration and lower amplitude than QRS