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Lecture 16 - Circulation Part 2 Flashcards

1
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What is pressure?

Name the following types of pressures:

  1. Pressure tending to distend a vessel
  2. Pressure differential between inflow/outflow
  3. Pressure caused by the height of a fluid column
A

P = F/A

  1. Transmural Pressure
  2. Pressure Gradient
  3. Hydrostatic Pressure
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What is the mean arterial pressure?

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Average pressure existing in the AORTA and proximal arterial system during ONE cardiac cycle

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What are the components that make up Mean Arterial Pressure?

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MAP = diastolic Pressure + 1/3 Pulse Pressure

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What are the 2 physiologic factors of BP? The 2physical?

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Physiological:

  1. Cardiac Output
  2. Peripheral Resistance

Physical:

  1. Arterial Blood Volume
  2. Arterial Compliance
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What primarily determines systolic pressure?

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CARDIAC OUTPUT

  • changed by autonomic nervous system
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What primarily determines diastolic pressure?

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Total Peripheral Resistance

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How is TPR & Cardiac output regulated?

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TPR:

  1. Autonomic control
  2. Local Metobolic (which overrides nervous control)
    - vasodilation/vasoconstriction

CO:
1. Autonomic Control

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How does arterial compliance affect systolic and diastolic pressures?

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  • at LOW compliance

systolic INCREASES & diastolic DECREASES

  • created a large Pulse Pressure
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What are the 2 main determinants of TPR?

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  1. Arteriolar Radius

2. BLOOD VISCOSITY

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Baroreceptors maintain arterial BP by continuously adjusting what 2 factors?

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  1. HR

2. Peripheral Resistance

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How does the pulse pressure change with exercise?

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WIDENS

  • more work for the heart, BUT transient wider pulse pressure is good during exercise because it strengthens the heart

(not the same as having this problem CONSTANTLY; transient is ok)

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What is sepsis?

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massive vasodilation & diastolic drops out

  • if all vascular beds open up all at the same time & diastolic pressure drops out
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The following all decrease what?

  1. CHF
  2. Bradycardia
  3. Sepsis
A

BLOOD PRESSURE

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What determines arterial compliance?

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  1. location in arterial vasculature,
  2. age
  3. blood volume
  4. sympathetic tone
  5. pregnancy
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As peripheral resistance increases, how does systolic and diastolic BP change? Which is affected more?

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BOTH increase

  • diastolic is affected MORE (since TPR primarily affects diastolic BP & cardiac output affects systolic)
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16
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The following are local or global responses to a decrease in Total Peripheral Resistance:

  1. Baroreceptor Reflex
  2. Hormonal (angiotensin, epinephrine)
  3. Sympathetic Activity (vasocontrict/vasodilate)
A

GLOBAL!!

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What are some local affects to increase TPR?

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  1. Myogenic Response (muscle)
  2. Endothelium Meditated Regulation
  3. Local Metabolic Changes (O2, CO2, metabolites)
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Blood pressure relies on what 2 factors?

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  1. Peripheral Resistance

2. Compliance

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At HIGH peripheral resistance is diastolic pressure high or low?

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HIGH

  • relies on TPR
20
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Blood viscosity works to increase what?

A

Total Peripheral Resistance

21
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What 3 areas does the sympathetic system change in order to increase BP?

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  1. Heart- increase HR - increase Cardiac Output
    - increase contractility
  2. Veins venoconstrict - increase Venous Return - increase Stroke Volume
  3. Arteries
    - vasocontrict
    - increase Total Peripheral Resistance
22
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What are 2 ways the heart increases Cardiac Output directly & by increasing stroke volume?

A
  1. Increase Heart rate

2. Increase contraction strength (which increases stroke volume)

23
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How does the venous system increase CO?

A
  1. Venoconstrict
  2. increase Venous Return
  3. Increase Stroke Volume
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How does the arterial system increase BP?

A
  1. Vasoconstrict
  2. increase Total Peripheral Resistance
  3. Increase BLOOD PRESSURE
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During exercise where is blood shunted/cut off?
1. Shunted to skeletal muscle - heart - cutaneous (to sweat&cool down) 2. Cut off to VISCERA - no pee/poo
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Does pulse pressure increase or decrease during exercise?
INCREASES - diastolic should decrease since TPR is decreasing
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How does Arteriovenous Oxygen changing during exercise?
IT IS INCREASING
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What occurs during anticipation of exercise?
1. decrease parasympathetic nerve activity. 2. increase sympathetic nerve activity. 3. increased heart rate and myocardial contractility. 4. continues throughout exercise
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What occurs as HR reaches a maximum value?
STROKE volume declines (reduced filling time) - but up until a point, HR increases contractility which increases Stroke volume & thus cardiac output
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During sympathetic vasoconstriction, where is blood shunted away from?
- kidneys, skin, splanchnic regions & inactive muscle | cerebral, pulmonary, and cardiac unaffected
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During exercise, what happens to capillaries?
CAPILLARY RECRUITMENT, active muscle capillaries open for max blood flow
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How is venous return increased? 3 ways
1. sympathetic venoconstriction decreases venous compliance & shunts blood BACK to the heart = INCREASE venous return 2. Muscle Pump 3. Respiratory Pump
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In anticipaion of exercise, what occurs in the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve? What does this mean?
- shifts RIGHT - more free O2 available for skeletal muscle (not holding to hemoglobin) - increase Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference - OXYGEN CONSUMPTION INCREASES
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Metabolites always cause what in the body? Is this a global or local control?
- always cause VASODILATION | - LOCAL control which outcompetes the global vasoconstriction (on ACTIVE muscle)
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How do metabolites (adenosine, K+, CO2, and H+) change the local environment to cause vasodilation? How can they be used to break arrhythmias?
- change in pH and changes the binding affinity of hemoglobin to oxygen - thus MORE free oxygen released to skeletal muscle - work on same channels as Acetylcholine to INCREASE K+ permeability, allowing it to leave the cell (hyprpolarizes, moving the diastolic depolarization slope away from threshold = slow down pacemakers)
36
How can vasodilation be induced for people who cannot use the treadmill?
- inject adenosine - see if VASODILATIOn occurs (short half life)
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Should diastolic pressure decrease or increase with a decrease in TPR? What should usually occur during a stress test?
DECREASE - diastolic pressure should decrease - thus if it INCREASES then the arteries are not vasodilating = increase in after load (pathology)
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What usually overcomes during stimulation of both: 1. Global Sympathetic 2. Local Metabolic
LOCAL METABOLIC always overcomes global sympathetic | in areas that need it
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What are the 3 parameters of work?
1. HR 2. Contractility 3. Afterload
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The heart & skeletal muscle VASODILATOR during exercise as a response to what?
respond to an INCREASE in WORK 1. HR 2. Contractility 3. Afterload
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What is the only area that cannot increase O2 extraction?
the HEART - flow limitd organ, & only way to increase oxygenn is through 1. Vasodilation 2. Increase blood flow
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With enhanced O2 extraction during exercise, which direction does the oxygen dissociation curve shift? What happens to Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference?
1. shifts RIGHT - so response is MORE sensitive to a change in O2/Co2 1. AOD INCREASES since arteries taking up more oxygen and veins are giving it up
43
Capillaries that open in skeletal muscle are a metabolic or local response?
METABOLIC response in skeletal muscle - capillary recruitment is due to an increase in FLOW (not metabolic)
44
What are 2 important mechanisms that the Venous System relies on to increase Venous Return?
1. Skeletal Leg Pump | 2. Respiratory pump
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During exercise, what are the changes to the following 1. Systolic Pressure 2. Diasotlic Pressure 3. Pulse Pressure
1. Systolic pressure - INCREASES due to increased STROKE volume (sympathetics maintaining & raise Mean Arterial Pressure) 2. Diastolic - relies on TPR - so can increase, stay constant, or decrease depending on type of exercise & mass of tissue 3. PULSE PRESSURE WIDENS (since systolic pressure increases)
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What is the affect of weight lifting on 1. TPR 2. Mean arterial Pressure
1. TPR is not decreasing (no vasodilation) 2. MAP is increasing (not aerobic exercise) ex: why older people can have a heart attack during weight lifting (map increases, TPR is still high = not enough OXYGEN)
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What determines the MAP during exercise?
the type of exercise

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