Lecture 2 -- Exam 2 Flashcards
When are all chambers are of the heart relaxed?
late diastole
When does first heart sound happen?
after atrial systole (AV valve closing)
What isovolumic ventricular contration?
when ventricles contract and but not enough force to open semilunar valves open and AV valves are closed
When are all the heart valves closed?
isovolumic ventricular contration
When does the semilunar valves finally open?
ventricular ejection (enough pressure has build up in ventricles)
When does the second heart sound happen?
after ventricular ejection (semilunar valves closing)
What is isovolumic ventricular relaxation?
ventricles are relaxed (low pressure) and semilunar valves close
What are the 5 steps of the cardiac cycle?
- last diastole
- atrial systole
- isovolumic ventricular contration
- ventricular ejection
- isovolumic ventricular relaxation
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In a Wigger Diagram, when does electrical events happen relative to the mechanical events?
before mechanical events
What is the first small pressure bump on the Wigger’s Diagram?
atrial contraction (atrial systole / depolarization / P wave)
What is the very tall hump on the Wigger’s Diagram?
ventricular contraction (ventricular systole / depolarization / QRS complex)
What is the reason for the small hump in aorta pressure right BEFORE the ventricles contract on the Wigger’s Diagram?
pressure building in ventricles causes semilunar valves to bulge into aorta
What is the reason for the small hump in aorta pressure right AFTER the ventricles contracr on the Wigger’s Diagram?
elastic recoil of aorta
What is the reason for the small dip in atrial pressure right after the atrium contracts?
AV valves closing
Where on the Wigger’s Diagram does the AV valves close?
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A
Where on the Wigger’s Diagram does the AV valves open?
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D
Where on the Wigger’s Diagram does the semilunar valves close?
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C
Where on the Wigger’s Diagram does the semilunar valves open?
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B
What is the first upward curve of volume on the Wigger’s Diagram?
blood entering ventricles
What occurs at the peak of the volume curve on the Wigger’s diagram?
ventricular isovolumic contraction
What is the lowest point on the volume curve on the Wigger’s Diagram?
ventricular isovolumic relaxation
What is diastole?
relaxation
- heart filling with blood
What is systole?
contraction
- heart ejecting blood
What is stroke volume?
volume of blood ejected out of left ventricle every cycle
What is afterload?
the force against which the heart has to contract to eject the blood
What is preload?
initial stretching of the cardiac muscle prior to contraction (due to blood filling ventricles)
What is Frank-starling mechaism of the heart?
heart’s ability to change its contraction force, and therefore stroke volume, in response to changes in venous return
What does the Frank-Starling curve indicate?
left ventricle’s muscle can stretch as pressure/volume increase but only to a certain point the myosin cannot attach to each other for contraction
As end-diastole volume increased the myocardium stretches more which increases/decreases contraction and stroke volume
increase contraction
increase stroke volume