Lecture 10 - Controlling Heart And Blood Pressure Flashcards
Which is higher pulmonary or systemic
Systemic
The left ventricles generates pressure for…
… the systemic circulation
What is the high blood pressure on the large systemic arteries linked to?
Ventricular contraction and ejection of blood
Describe the high blood pressure in the large systemic arteries
- pulsatile in major arteries (systolic/ diastolic)
What is the main critically important factor to determine of blood flow?
Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP)
Your blood fluctuates between a maximum _____ pressure and a minimal ______
Systolic
Diastolic
What determines blood flow
Mean arterial blood pressure
Amount of filling in pipes in our pipes is related to…
Election of blood
Blood pressure is ____ in major arteries
High (and oscillatory)
Blood pressure ______ steeply across the arterioles, capillaries and venules. ______ is also reduced
- falls
- oscillatory nature is also reduced
Most of your blood at any one time is in your _____ system
Venous
Blood pressure is very _____ in veins
Veins
What greates a driving force for blood flow?
- the large !!!difference!!!! in pressure between the arterial and venous sides
Pressure graph
What is haemodynamics?
- how blood flows in a single vessel
Equation for flow
Flow = pressure difference / resistance
Q= ^P/R
Flow is directly dependent on____ but inversely dependent on _____
Difference in pressure NOT ABSOLUTE
Resistance
Equation for mean arterial pressure
MAP = Q X R
(Assumed the difference between arterial pressure and vascular pressure is just mean arterial pressure - assume no pressure by the time of vena cava - so its arterial pressure minus zero which equals MAP)
Ejection of blood into the arterial system maintains _________ and ___________
- arterial blood volume
- arterial blood pressure
When blood flows in:
- fills arteries
- increases arterial blood volume
- raises arterial pressure
When blood flows out:
- drains arteries
- decreases arterial blood volume
- lowers arterial pressure
Pressure in arteries depends on
How much we put in and how much we put out ??