PHLEB 1 Flashcards
3 major organs in the Circulatory System
- Heart
- Blood Vessels
- Blood
- Delivers oxygen & nutrients
- Removes waste products
- Helps in the coagulation process
- Regulates body temperature
- Important in body defense (WBC’s in the blood)
Circulatory System
Parasite
Eosinophil
Bacteria
Neutrophil
Viruses
Lymphocyte
Allergy
Basophil
Phagocytosis, 1st respondent in blood clot
Monocyte
Blood Vessels
Arteries, Veins, Capillaries
oxygenated blood vessel
Arteries
deoxygenated
Veins
exchange of gas
Capillaries
- Large thick-walled vessel
- Propel oxygen-rich blood (bright-red)
- Away from the heart to the capillaries
artery
small thin vessels that connect arteries to capillaries.
Arterioles
- Largest artery
- Distributes oxygenated blood through the body
Aorta
- Located at the thumb site ; pulse rate
Radial Artery
- Groin area ; arterial puncture of RT
Femoral Artery
- Side of the neck ; emergency pulse rate
Carotid Area
- Located at the lungs
- Only artery that does not carry oxygenated blood
Pulmonary Artery
- Thinner walls than artery
- Nutrients & wastes from the capillaries back to the hearts
- Carries deoxygenated blood (oxygen pull blood)
- Deoxygenated blood – DARK RED
Veins
Color of Arterial Blood
Bright-Red
Color of Veinous Blood
Dark Red
Dark-Red
Deoxygenated Blood
Bright-Red
Oxygenated Blood
- Small veins that connect capillaries to large veins
- more numerous than artery
- generally superficial ; more prominent
Venules
Veins of Outer Cubital Fossa
Median Cubital Vein, Cephalic Vein, Basilic Vein
Median Cubital Vein
1st choice
Cephalic Vein
2nd Choice
Basilic Vein
3rd choice
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the upper part of the body to the heart
Superior Vena Cava
- Carries deoxygenated blood from the lower part of the body to the heart
Inferior Vena Cava
- Longest vein in the body
- Principal vein of the leg
Great Saphenous Vein
- Only vein that carries oxygenated blood.
Pulmonary Vein
- Smallest blood vessel
- Only composed of single layer epithelial cells
- Composed of a mixture of veinous & arterial blood is higher.
Capillaries
Function: exchange site for gas exchange nutrients & waste products from other.
Capillaries
Circulation of Blood
Aorta, Arteries, Arterioles, Capillaries, Venules, Veins, Vena Cava
• Located between the left ventricle & the aorta
Aortic Semilunar Valve
Function: Prevents the backflow of blood as it pumped from the left ventricle to the aorta
Aortic Semilunar Valve
Circulation of Blood Detailed
Superior and Inferior Vena Cava, Right Atrium, Tricuspid Valve, Right Ventricle, Pulmonary Semi Lunar Valve, Pulmonary Trunk, Lung Tissue, Pulmonary Veins, Left Atrium, Bicuspid Valve, Left Ventricle, Aortic Semi Lunar Valve, Aorta, Body Tissues
• The contraction phase (systole) & the relaxation phase (diastole) of the cardiac muscle that recurs in one heartbeat
Cardiac Cycle
• The repetitive pumping process that begins with the onset of cardiac muscle contraction a& ends with the beginning of the next contraction
Cardiac Cycle
• Hollow muscular organ that has 4 chambers & is surrounded by a thin fluid filled sac called pericardium.
• Its size is almost that of a person’s clenched fist.
Heart
thin fluid filled sac surrounding the heart
pericardium
size of a heart
clenched fist
4 Chambers of the Heart
2 Atria, 2 Ventricles
plural of atrium
atria
receiving chamber of the heart
Atrium
discharging/pumping chambers of the heart
Ventricles
receives oxygenated blood from the lungs & pumps it into the left ventricle.
Left Atrium
receives deoxygenated blood from the body.
Right Atrium
receives blood from the right atrium & pumps it into the left ventricle
Right Ventricle
receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta.
Left Ventricle
circuit at the right side of the Heart
Pulmonary Circuit
• the pump for the pulmonary circulation
• carries blood from the heart to lungs
• blood is O2 poor, CO2 is rich
Pulmonary Circuit
Function: to carry blood to the lungs for gas exchange & then return it to the heart.
Pulmonary Circuit
Circuit at the Left Side of the Heart
Systemic Circuit
Function: supplies oxygen & nutrient rich blood to all body organs.
Systemic Circuit
• Flop like structure that ensure one-way flow of blood
• 4 in number
o 2 atrioventricular valves
o 2 semilunar valves
Heart Valves
4 heart valves
2 atrioventricular valves, 2 semilunar valves
• Flaps of endocardium & connective tissue reinforced by fibers w/c prevents the valves from turning inside out.
• They are shaped like a half moon hence the name semilunar
• Located between the aorta & the left ventricle & between the pulmonary artery & right ventricle
Semilunar Valve
Histologic Layer
Arteries & Veins
Tunica Externa, Tunica Media, Tunica Intima
• Outer layer (Connective Tissue)
Tunica Externa
• middle layer (smooth muscle & elastic tissue)
Tunica Media
• innermost layer (epithelial)
Tunica Intima
Tunica Externa is what tissue?
Connective Tissue
Tunica Media is what tissue?
smooth muscle & elastic tissue
Tunica Intima is what tissue?
epithelial
• record of electrical events within the heart
• used to detect abnormal heart roles of rhythms, abnormal conduction pathways hypertrophy or atrophy of the heart & the approximate location of damaged cardiac muscle
Electrocardiogram
P wave
atrial depolarization
QRS complex
ventricular depolarization
T wave
ventricular repolarization
• the pressure exerted by the blood in the walls of blood vessels during contraction & relaxation of the ventricles
Blood Pressure
- Pressure in the arteries at the peak of ventricular contraction.
Systolic Pressure
- Pressure indicated when the ventricles are relaxing.
Diastolic Pressure
AVE BP
120/80 mmHg
Parts of a sphygmomanometer
BP Cuff, Meter, Rubber Bulb
BP Equipment
Sphygmomanometer, Stethoscope
Contraction Phase
Systole
Relaxation Phase
Diastole