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PSIO202 Exam 1 Lecture 6-7 Flashcards

1
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What is the basic reason that blood flows instead of sitting still?

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pressure differences

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What is the term for the pressure difference that causes bloodflow?

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driving pressure

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3
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Where is BP pulsatile?

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Elastic arteries near the heart

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When does BP rise and fall? What happens to the arteries at these times?

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rises during systole so the arteries expand, and falls during diastole so the arteries recoil to push blood through

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Where is BP lower, arteries, capillaries, or veins? Why is this important?

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Lowest in veins, which favors blood return to the heart

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6
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What is the equation for mean arterial pressure?

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MAP = DBP + 1/3 (SBP-DBP)

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7
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What two factors does arterial blood pressure reflect?

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amount of blood and arterial compliance

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What is compliance? What is the equation? What does this equation mean?

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Ability of arteries to stretch and recoil (opposite of stiffness)
C = dV/dP
C = change in volume / change in pressure
If it takes a lot of pressure to change the volume of an artery, compliance is low. If it doesn’t take much pressure to change the volume, compliance is high.

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Are elastic arteries generally compliant or not?

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Compliant

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What are the two factors that ensure blood is propelled through the cardiac cycle?

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expansion and recoil (arterial compliance and elasticity)

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Waves of expansion and recoil result in a pressure wave called…

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pulse pressure

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12
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How do you calculate pulse pressure?

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SBP-DBP

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13
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How are pulse pressure and stroke volume related?

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PP reflects SV if compliance is constant

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14
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When arteries are stiff or non-compliant, what must happen for them to eject blood?

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The pressure has to increase

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Are pressures in the pulmonary circuit low or high? How does this relate to compliance?

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low, because it is highly compliant

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16
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What is the MAP for the pulmonary artery? What is the mean left atrial pressure? What does this cause?

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pulmonary artery: 14 mmHg
left atrium: 5 mmHg
Pressure gradient for atrial filling from the pulmonary artery is 9 mmHg

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17
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What is the relationship between CSA (cross sectional area) and flow velocity?

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more CSA = slower flow velocity

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18
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What structures allow blood to NOT be sent to certain areas?

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precapillary sphincters

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19
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Do the capillaries have smooth muscle?

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No, only arteries and veins

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20
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What term is the same as “blood flow”?

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cardiac output

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21
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What is the relationship between blood flow, resistance, and driving pressure? Explanation and equation.

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Blood flow is proportional to driving pressure and inversely proportional to resistance.
CO=MAP/resistance

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What is resistance? What is a common cause?

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Anything that slows flow, such as friction between the molecules and with the walls of the tube.

23
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What is the equation for resistance?
**not based on Ohm’s Law

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R = (viscosity x vessel length) / r^4
resistance radius

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What happens when you halve or double radius?

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2 r = 1/16 R
1/2 r = 16 R

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What impacts viscosity in the resistance equation?
hydration, temperature (think honey)
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What is Ohm's Law? What is the "blood pressure" translation?
V= I x R voltage = current x resistance blood pressure = flow x resistance BP = CO x resistance BP = (SV x HR) x resistane
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What is the simplified equation for systemic resistance?
resistance = BP/Flow OR resistance = (DBP + 1/3 (SBP-DBP)) / CO
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What are the three regulations of blood flow?
neural, humoral, and local/metabolic
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What is neural regulation of blood flow?
nervoussystemrespondstobloodflow
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What is humoral regulation of blood flow?
change in blood flow due to circulating hormones
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What is local regulation of blood flow?
change in blood flow due to other substances released by the cells related to their metabolic activity
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Is sympathetic, parasympathetic, or both involved in neural regulation of blood flow?
Only sympathetic for correcting low BP, but parasympathetic can be involved too
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Where do cardiovascular neurons receive input from for blood flow regulation?
higher brain structures: cortex, limbic system, hypothalamus peripheral afferent input: baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, proprioceptors Baroreceptors and chemoreceptors are most important in cardiovascular regulation
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Where are baroreceptors located? What takes the signals back to the cardiovascular center?
High pressure: carotid sinus: cranial nerve IX (glossopharyngeal) aortic arch: cranial nerve X (vagus) Low pressure: walls of right atrium and vena cava: cranial nerve X (vagus)
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Explain the baroreceptor reflex response for blood pressure homeostasis. Assume BP is dropping.
BP dops less stretch is sensed by baroreceptors signal sent to medulla CV center via CN IX and X (glossopharyngeal and vagus) triggers sympathetic vasomotor response, sympathetic cardioaccelatory response, and inhibits parasympathetic response sympathetic vasomotor ---> vasoconstriction, more vascular resistance, increase BP sympathetic cardioaccelatory ---> NE released and HR and contractility increase, increase cardiac output, increase BP
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Where are chemoreceptors located? How do the signals reach the CV center?
carotid sinus: glossopharyngeal IX aortic arch: vagus X
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What do chemoreceptors respond to (specifically)?
reduced O2 (hypoxia) and increase CO2 or hydrogen ion content
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What happens if chemoreceptors sense increase CO2 or decrease O2?
signals sent via cranial nerves, sympathetic vasomotor and sympathetic cardioaccelatory are activated while parasympathetic is inhibited. Vasomotor----> vasoconstriction, increases resistance, therefore increase BP Cardioaccelatory--->increase HR and contractility, increase cardiac output, increase BP
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How does increase of catecholamines impact blood pressure? What are the two catecholamines in humoral regulation?
increase HR, SV, and vasoconstriction which increases BP NE and Epi
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Where do the arteries NOT vasoconstrict? Do they have SNS or humoral regulation? How do they manage blood pressure?
brain and heart (little smooth muscle), no SNS or humoral regulation, instead they autoregulate
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What are the five other hormones in humoral regulation that we know?
antidiuretic hormone, angiotensin II, aldosterone, histamine, and ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide)
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What does antidiuretic hormone do? Where is it released from?
vasoconstriction for extremely low BP, water retention by the kidneys produced in the hypothalamus
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What does angiotensin II do?
Causes intense vasoconstriction when renal perfusion is inadequate
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What does aldosterone do?
water retention (so increase blood volume)
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Explain the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system through the point that AT II is produced.
low BP sensed by juxtaglomerular cells in kidney causes release of renin by the kidney angiotensinogen converts renin to Angiotensin 1 Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) in the endothelium of the lung converts angiotensin 1 to angiotensin II
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What does angiotensin II cause once it is produced in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?
--->increase sympathetic activity ---> increase water retention, Na+ reabsorption, and K+ excretion ---> vasoconstriction, increase vascular resistance and therefore BP ---> triggers aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex which promotes salt and water re-absorption (increase blood volume and raise blood pressure) ---> cause pituitary gland to release ADH which prompts water absorption
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What substances from humoral regulation lower blood pressure? How?
atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) release from the atria when BP is high inhibits the release of renin (effectively stop the entire renin-angiotensin-aldosterone process) vasodilation, excretion of salt by kidneys, vascular permeability reduce blood volume and lower blood pressure histamine: released by mast cells, causes vasodilation by relaxing smooth muscle
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When is histamine especially improtant?
Increasing blood flow to inflamed or damaged tissue
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What cells in the kidney detect blood pressure and can kickstart the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?
juxtaglomerular cells
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What other hormones does angiotensin cause to increase?
aldosterone and antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

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