Physiology Flashcards
What are tissues?
- a group of cells with similar structure and specialised function
What are body organs?
- two or more types of primary tissues that function together to perform a specialised function
What are body systems?
- group of organs that perform related functions, to achieve a common goal
Define homeostasis
- the maintance of steady states within our bodies, by coordinated physiological mechanisms
- maintance of a constant internal environment
Describe the 3 stages that make a control center?
- sense
- integrate
- make
Explain intrinsic control
- local controls that are within the organ
Explain extrinsic control
- regulatory mechanisms initated outside an organ
- use of nervous and endocrine system
Explain feedforward control
- responses made in anticipation of a change
Explain feedback control
- responses made after a change has been detected
Explain positive feedback and an example
- amplifies an inital change
- labour contraction
Explain negative feedback and an example
- opposes inital change
- temperature regulation
Define blood pressure
- outwards hydrostatic pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of blood vessels
Systolic is when the heart _____
- contracts
Define hypertension
- clinical BP of 140/90mmHg or higher
- day time average of 135/85mmHg or higher
What is the pulse pressure? and what are its normal ranges?
- the difference between systolic and diastolic pressures
- usually between 30-50
Define mean arterial blood pressure?
- the average blood pressure during a single cardiac cycle
Diastolic is ______ as long as systolic
- twice
what is the usual value for mean arterial pressure?
- 70-105mmHg
Equations to calculate MAP
MAP = (2 x diastolic + systolic ) / 3
MAP = diastolic + 1/3 pulse pressure
MAP = CO X SVR
____mmHg is the minimum MAP needed to perfuse organs
60
What are baroreceptors?
- recognise the differences in MAP
- located in carotids and aortic arch
What happens to the firing of baroreceptors if MAP increases?
- firing increases
Define cardiac output?
- the volume of blood pumped out by each ventricle per minute
Define stroke volume?
- volume of blood pumped out of each ventricle per beat
3 ways in which MAP can be regulated?
- heart rate
- systemic vascular resistance
- stroke volume
How is systemic vascular resistance regulated?
- vascular smooth muscle
Define vasomotor tone
- when the vascualr smooth muscle is partially constricted at rest
- due to tonic discharge of sympathetic nerves
There is no significant parasympathetic innervation on arterial smooth muscle?
true/false?
- true
- only exceptions are the penis and clitoris
What are the 7 main vital signs recorded?
- pulse (60-100bmp)
- bp (<140/90mmHg - hypertensive)
- temperature (core- 37.8)
- capillary refill (>2secs)
- resp rate (12-20)
- consciousness
- oxygen saturation (<95%)
What is the core body temperature? and what are the normal range?
- the temperature deep within the body
- 37.8