Midterm Flashcards
Increase in contractility of the heart
Decreases ef
What radiological exam used for oesophageal function?
X-ray
Define pet scan
Positron emission tomography
What prevent backflow of blood during ventricular contract?
Valves
What factor shifts oxygen haemoglobin curve to the right?
Decrease in Ph
What in the Larynx houses vocal chords?
Arytenoid cartilage
In the Bohr effect what is true for haemoglobin
Greater affinity for oxygen at higher pH
Taught form of haemoglobin is favoured
Near tissues
What valve is on the left side of the heart?
Bicuspid/mitrial
Mouse experiment
Ejection fraction
When do valves open?
Ventricular filling
Right shift in oxygen dissociation curve
Increase in temperature carbon dioxide and h+
Bohr effect hemoglobin
Tissues
What supplies posterior part of septum and walls of left ventricle?
Posterior descending artery
What connective tissue is majority of tunica advertitia of blood vessels
Collagen and elastin fibres