Module 2 (Cardiovascular System) Overview

Question 1

Cardiovascular System Organisation

Answer 1

Organs (heart, arteries, veins, capillaries)
Vascular Tissue
Connective Tissue
Cells (epithelia and muscle - cardiac and smooth)

Question 2

Cardiovascular Systems

Answer 2

Blood vascular system

Lymphatic (vascular) system

Question 3

Heart Anatomy

Answer 3

Atrium’s
Ventricle’s

Right:
Superior Vena Cava
Coronary sinus
Tricuspid AV valve
Pulmonary Semilunar valve
Inferior Vena Cava

Left:
Aorta
Pulmonary Veins (4)
Bicuspid AV valve
Aortic Semilunar valve

Question 4

Heart Wall Layers

Answer 4

Endocardium
Myocardium
Epicardium
+ Pericardium

Question 5

Heart Valves

Answer 5

Atrioventricular (AV) Valves
Semilunar Valves (Aortic and Pulmonary)

Question 6

AV Valve - associated structures

Answer 6

Papillary muscles

Chordae tendinae

Question 7

Vessels

Answer 7

Arteries
Veins
Capillaries

Question 8

Arteries

Answer 8

Elastic Arteries
Muscular Arteries
Arteriole

Question 9

Veins

Answer 9

Deep veins
Superficial Veins
Venule

Question 10

Heart Arteries

Answer 10

Coronary arteries
Circumflex artery
Anterior inter ventricular artery

Question 11

Heart Veins

Answer 11

Small cardiac vein
Great cardiac vein
Coronary sinus

Question 12

Intercalated Disc’s

Answer 12

Adhesion belts
Desmosomes
Gap Junctions

Question 13

Blood Vessel Wall Layers

Answer 13

Tunica Intima
Tunica Media
Tunica Adventitia

Question 14

Vascular Bundle

Answer 14

Artery
Veins (2)
Nerve (neuromuscular bundle)

Question 15

Major Arteries

Answer 15

Aorta
Aortic Arch
Ascending Aorta
Descending Thoracic Aorta
Abdominal Aorta
Common Carotid
Subclavian
Brachiocephalic
Common iliac
External Iliac
Femoral
Popliteal
Posterior Tibial
Plantar Arch

Question 16

Major Veins

Answer 16

Plantar Venous Arch
Posterior Tibial
Popliteal
Great Saphenous *
Femoral
External Iliac
Common Iliac
Inferior Vena Cava

Question 17

Capillaries

Answer 17

Continuous
Fenestrations
Sinusoidal

Question 18

Lymph Nodes

Answer 18

Cervical Nodes
Axillary Nodes
Inguinal Nodes

Question 19

Heart Phases

Answer 19

Systole

Diastole

Question 20

Heart Sounds

Answer 20

Lubb

Dubb

Question 21

Cardiac Cycle

Answer 21

Atrial Systole
Isovolumetric Ventricular Contraction
Ventricular Ejection
Isovolumetric Ventricular Relaxation 
Passive Filling

Question 22

Blood Pressure Trace

Answer 22

Hyertension

Hypotension

Question 23

Blood Circuits

Answer 23

Pulmonary circuit

Systemic circuit

Question 24

Heart Cells

Answer 24

Electrical

Contractile

Question 25

Conduction Pathway

Answer 25

SA node
Intermodal Bundles
AV Node
AV Bundle
Purkinje Fibres

Question 26

Adjusting vascular flow

Answer 26

Vasodilation

Vasoconstriction

Question 27

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Answer 27

P wave
QRS complex
T wave
R-R interval

Question 28

Cardiac Output

Answer 28

Stroke Volume x Heart Rate

Question 29

Mean Arterial Blood Pressure

Answer 29

Cardiac Output x Total Peripheral Resistance

Question 30

Compliance

Answer 30

Change in Volume / Change in Pressure

Question 31

Resistance

Answer 31

Rule of 16

1 / vessel radius ^to the power of 4

Question 32

Pooling Preventions

Answer 32

Valves

Skeletal Muscle Tone

Question 33

Functions of Blood

Answer 33

Transport
Immune
Coagulation

Question 34

Blood Composition

Answer 34

Plasma
(water, plasma proteins, other solutes)

Formed Elements
(red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets)