Module 1: cardiovascular system Flashcards
what are the 3 functions of the Cardiovascular system?
- transport
- homeostasis
- protection
what are the 3 functions of the transport system in the CVS?
- oxygen and nutrients to cells
- wastes incluing CO2
- hormones (endocrine)
how does the CVS achieve homeostasis?
- body termperature by redistributing blood
- pH levels in blood and interstitial fluid (fluid between cells)
- blood volume/pressue
how does the CVS protect?
white blood cells create an immune response
what are the 3 major structures of the CVS?
- Blood
- Heart
- Blood Vessels
what are the 5 blood vessels of the CVS?
- arteries (blood away from the heart)
- capillaries ( exchange between blood and tissue)
- Veins (blood towards the heart)
- Arterioles
- Ventrioles
what do the capillaries exchange between blood and tissue?
- nutrients
- waste products
- gases
what does the heart serve as?
a pump to establish a pressure gradient
what does the atrium do in the heart?
receives blood into the heart
what does the ventricle do in the heart?
pumps blood out of the heart
what does the septum do in the heart?
divides the heart into left and right
what are the 4 “great vessels”
- Aorta
- pulmonary artery (deoxy)
- pulmonary vein (oxy)
- vena cava
what is the function of the pericardium?
- maintain heart position
- prevent heart from over filling
what is the anatomy of the pericaridum?
- outer fiberous pericardium
- inner serous pericardium
2a. serous has 2 layers, parietal (outer) and visceral (inner)
what does the superior vena cava do?
returns deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the right atrium
what does the inferior vena cava do?
returns deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body to the right atrium
what does the pulmonary artery/trunk do?
transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs
what does the aorta do?
distributes oxygenated blood into systemic circulation
describe the function of coronary arteries
cover the entire heart to provide arterial (oxygenated) blood for coronary circulation as the heart is an organ and needs energy and oxygen to survive
which side of the heart has a thicker wall?
left
why is the left side of the heart thicker?
it needs a higher pressure to pump blood around the systemic circuit (all of body, minus the lungs)
why is the right side of the heart thinner?
it is only pumping blood to the pulmonary circuit (lungs)
which side of the heart has a tricuspid valve?
right - low pressure
what is another name for a tricuspic valve?
right atrioventricular valve
which side of the heart has a biscuspid valve?
left - high pressure
what is another name for the bicuspid valve?
- mitral valve
- Left atrioventricular valve
what are papillary muscles?
muscles in the ventricles of the heart, attached to the chordae tendineae to prevent the heart from prolapsing (inversion) during contraction
what is the job of the chordae tendineae?
to prevent prolapse of the the valves by being attached to the cusps
where is the aortic semilunar valve?
between the aorta and the left ventricle
where is the pulmonary semilumar valve?
between the pulmonary artery and the the right ventricle
what is the purpose of the semilunar valve?
to prevent backflow from arteries to ventricles
do the semilunar valves have a chordae tendineae?
No
are semilunar valves bi or tricuspid?
tricuspid
which circulation is the left heart functioning with?
Systemic Circulation
which circulation is the right side of the heart functioning with?
pulmonary circulation
is the vena cava a vein or artery?
vein, it carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
is the aorta a vein or artery?
artery, it carries oxygenated blood to the systemic circuit
does the brain change blood supply percentage?
No, it stays at 13%
where is most of our blood at any point in time?
84% is in the systemic circuit
where is the least amount of blood at any point in time?
16% in the pulmonary circuit
what are the 7 components of the CVS and their function?
- heart, atria: recevies blood returning to heart from veins
- heart, ventricles: contracts to generate pressure for blood flow
- arteries: moves blood to organs and tissues, without loss of pressure
- arterioles: smaller than arteries, controls resistance to blood flow, so distribuition of blood to body
- capillaries: substance exchange between blood and cells
- venules: collect blood from capillaries
- veins: returns blood to heart
what does the pulmonary vein do?
transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
recite the 10 step circuit of blood flow in the body
- D Superior and inferior vena cava pump blood into the right atrium
- D right atrium pushes blood into the right ventricle via the tricuspid valve
- D The right ventricle pushes blood into the pulmonary trunk via the pulmonary semilunar valve
- D blood travels to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries
- D/O Gas exchange occurs in the lungs, CO2 out, O2 in
- O blood flows into 4 pulmonary veins to left atrium
- O left atrium pumps blood into left ventricle via the bicuspid valve
- O blood is pumped into the aorta through the aortic semilunar valve into the systemic circuit
- O/D Gas exchange occurs between the body via capillaries in the systemic circuit and travels back to the heart
what is a diastole re the heart?
a Diastole is the heart at rest, filling with blood
what is a systole re the heart?
a systole is the heart contracting, so pumping blood out
what pressure gradient does blood flow in?
High pressure to low pressure
what are the 4 sounds of the heart beat?
- closure of the AV valves (mitral and tricuspid)
- closure of semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonary)
- rapid filling, recoil of blood on ventricular wall
- atrial contraction (shouldn’t hear in healthy person)
what is End Diastolic volume? (EDV)
volume of blood in the ventricle before contraction
what is End Systolic Volume (ESV)?
volume of blood left in the ventricle after contraction
what is stroke volume?
amount of blood pumped out of the heart for 1 heart beat (single contraction)
how is stroke volume measured?
EDV-ESV
what is cardiac output?
volume of blood pumped out of the heart by each ventricle per minute
how do you calculate Cardiac output?
Heart rate x stroke volume
what is preload?
the volume of blood received by the heart (stretch)
what is afterload?
the pressure or resistance the heart has to overcome to eject blood
what is the primary determinant of preload?
left ventricular EDV
what is the primary determinant of afterload?
the resistance in the blood vessels
What does sympathetic stimulation do to stroke volume?
increases it due to an increase in contractile strength of the heart
what effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on the stroke volume?
Minimal effect
does stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system increase or decrease the contractile strength of the heart?
increases
what are the 2 factors that contribute to stroke volume?
- sympathetic activity
- Frank Starlings Law
what blood vessels have valves?
veins and the venous system
what is the purpose of valves in blood vessels?
to enable unidirectional blood flow
how does skeletal muscle contribute in the CVS?
skeletal muscle contracts the vessels to increase pressure, enabling blood flow
what is the parasympathetic division known as in the CVS?
“brake” to the heart, it reduces the heart rate
which ANS division is a ‘brake’ to the heart?
the parasympathetic