Lab 2 Flashcards
What causes electrical currents to be generated?
impulses travelling through heart
Where do electrical current go?
into tissues around heart and some reach surface of the body.
How can u detect and record electrical currents?
What is a recording called?
a machine called an Electrocardiograph.
-recording called an electrocardiogram (ECG)
How do you determine the length of 1 heartbeat?
measuring time from one peak of QRS complex to another.
What does the cardiac cycle include?
1 complete cycle of contraction and relaxation of all chambers of the heart.
When both atria contract and then relax, what follows?
the contraction and then relaxation of both ventricles.
What does the cardiac cycles start with?
Ventricular filling phase- semilunar valves are closed and AV valves are open, allowing blood to flow from the atria to the ventricles.
What happens when the ventricles start to contract?
AV valves close and the 1 heart sound (S1) is heard.
What is the phase where pressure builds in the ventricles until the pressure in the ventricles meets the pressure in the vessels leaving the heart?
isovolumetric contraction phase
Which valves are open during the isovolumetric contraction phase?
none, all valves are closed and no blood leaves ventricles.
As pressure builds, _________ valves open and blood leaves the heart in the ________ and ____. this is called the ventricular ejection phase.
Semilunar;
pulmonary trunk;
aorta
What phase occurs when the ventricles relax causing blood to start moving backwards, down pressure gradient, forcing semilunar valves shut?
Isovolumetric relaxation
Which valves are closed during the isovolumetric relaxation phase?
all and no blood enters or leaves the ventricles.
S1 and S2 occur at the closure of what valves?
S1= both AV valves S2= both semilunar valves
When can a ‘splitting’ of either S1 or S2 be heard as the 2 valves closing separately?
in some healthy hearts and some disease conditions
Deep inspiration _____ pressure in thoracic cavity and _______ venous return into heart (atrial suction).
decreases, increases.
Where is the aortic valve located?
-2nd intercostal space, right of the sternum at the level of the sturnal angle
Where is the Pulmonary valve located?
2nd intercostal sapce or left of the sternum at the level of the sturnal angle
Where is the tricuspid valve located?
4th or 5th intercostal space