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Heart is stimulated by the…

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sympathetic cardioacceletatory center

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Heart is inhibited by the…

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parasympathetic cardioinhibitory center

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Where is the sympathetic cardioacceletatory center located?

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Medulla oblongata

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Where is the parasympathetic cardioinhibitory center located?

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Medulla oblongata

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How does the parasympathetic cardioinhibitory center connect to the heart?

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Interneuron to dorsal motor nucleus of vagus -> Vagus nerve -> heart

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How does the sympathetic cardioacceletatory center connect to the heart?

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Interneuron to tharacic spinal cord (sympathetic trunk) -> PS fibres to sympathetic trunk ganglion -> interneurons to heart

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Which neuron activates the PSm pathway?

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ACh binding to muscarinic receptors on autorhythmic cells

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Which neuron activates the Sm pathway?

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NE binding to B1-receptors on autorhythmic cells

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Autonomic NTs alter…

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heart rate

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Catecholamines modulate…

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cardiac contraction

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Phospholamban

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Integral membrane protein that regulates the Ca2+ pump in cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle cells

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The cAMP system activated by NE/E {P}…

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  1. Voltage gated Ca channels

2. Phospholamban

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What does the {P} of phospholamban result in?

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Stimulate Ca-ATPase on SR

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What does the {P} of voltage gated Ca channels result in?

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More Ca from ECF can come into the cell

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How do catecholamines affect cardiac contraction?

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  1. Increase Ca stores in SR
    - > more Ca released
    - > more forceful contraction
  2. Faster removal of Ca from cytosl
    - > shorter duration of contraction
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Increase of Ca from ECF will result in…

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  1. More Ca in SR

2. More Ca released when it’s time to contract

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What does ECG measure?

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Summed electrical activity of all cells

Recorded from surface of body

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The ____ Triangle places electrodes on the right arm, left arm, left leg.

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Einthoven’s

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What is the purpose of Einthoven’s Triangle?

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Places the heart in the middle

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Einthoven’s law

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Lead II - Lead I = Lead III

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What does a lead consist of?

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2 electrodes: 1 + and 1 -

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The waves of the ECG

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P QRS T

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How many beats can be seen in 1 second?

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Almost 2 full waves / beats

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P wave = activity at…

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Atria

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QRS = activity at...
ventricle
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T = ...
ventricle diastole signal
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When does atria systole happen on the ECG?
Somewhere during the QRS
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What intervals is the ECG divided into?
PR interval (beginning of P -> beginning of Q) QT interval (beginning of Q -> end of T)
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PR segment
End of P -> beginning of Q
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QRS complex
Beginning of Q -> end of S
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ST segment
End of S -> beginning of T
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Major difference between ECG & myocardial contractile cell AP
Since myocardial contractile cell AP is measured from a single cell, the voltage change is much greater than the ECG (110 mV vs. 1 mV)
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Mechanical pumping events of the cardiac cycle
1. Late diastole 2. Atrial systole 3. Isovolumic ventricular contraction 4. Ventricular ejection 5. Isovolumic ventricular relaxation
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What lasts longer, systole / diastole?
Diastole
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What is the standard diagram used to combine ECG, pressure, heart sounds, and left ventricular volume?
Wiggers diagram
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What does Wiggers' diagram comprise of?
- ECG graph - Pressure (atria, ventricles, aorta) - Heart sounds - Left ventricular volume
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ventricular diastole occurs at where on the ECG graph?
after T wave
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Atrial systole occurs at where on the ECG graph?
Middle of P -> Q
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Ventricular systole occurs where on the ECG graph?
Q -> end of T
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When is volume highest in left ventricle? What is this called?
After arterial systole | End Diastole Volume (EDV)
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When is volume lowest in left ventricle? What is this called?
After ventricular systole | End Systole Volume (ESV)
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Max volume of ventricle
135 mL
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On average, how much blood does ventricle pump per beat?
70 mL
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Pressure changes in the atria are mostly due to...
Activity in the ventricle
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What is the increase in pressure during ventricular systole?
110 mmHg
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Dicrotic notch
Slight increase in pressure in the aorta when aortic valves close
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What causes atrial pressure to drop?
Opening of AV valves
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Questions to ask when analysing ECG
1. HR normal (60-100 bpm)? 2. Regular rhythm? 3. All waves normal and present (PQRST)? 4. P followed by QRS? 5. PR segment at constant length?
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What does the ECG look like for 3rd degree block?
- normal P - S dips lower than usual - P doesn't always trigger QRS
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What does the ECG look like for atrial fibrillation?
- no P | - irregular QRS
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What does the ECG look like for ventricular fibrillation look like?
- no P | - no QRS
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What does the ECG look like for 2nd degree heart block look like?
- normal P - normal QRS - P doesn't always trigger QRS
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Where does the problem lie when someone has 2nd degree heart block?
AV node (not every signal goes through)
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Heart block
Impulse generated in SA node does not generate response in ventricles Ventricles follow a slower pacemaker
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When is defibrillation used?
ventricular fibrillation
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Purpose of defibrillator?
Reset all electrical activity in the heart so SA node can take the lead properly
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How to treat heart block?
Artificial pacemaker
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Components of ECG
1. Waves 2. Segments 3. Intervals
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Information from ECG
1. HR 2. Heart rhythm 3. Conduction velocity 4. Condition of myocardium
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Heart rate too fast
Tachycardia
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Heart rate too slow
Bradycardia
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Tachycardia
heart rate too fast
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Bradycardia
heart rate too slow
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What acts as the pacemaker for the ventricles during 3rd degree heart block?
Purkinje fibres
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What is unusual QRS activity typically caused by?
When repairing damage to the heart, it is hard to get it back to normal. Bad repair job.
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What is atrial fibrillation usually caused by?
- problems with SA node - problems with atria - AV node

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