RECOVER CPR Basic life support Flashcards
What is the cranial vena cava?
It drains deoxygenated blood from the brain and muscles (cranial part of the body) into the right side of the heart
What is the right atrium?
This is a heart chamber that receives deoxygenated blood from the cranial and caudal vena cavae and coronary circulation.
What valve sits between the right atrium and right ventricle?
Tricuspid valve
How does blood move from the right atrium to the right ventricle?
Through atrial systole
Where is the tricuspid valve located?
Between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Is the tricuspid valve open or closed in ventricular diastole?
open - as blood enters from the atrium in to the ventricle
What happens to the tricuspid valve during ventricular systole and why?
It closes to prevent backflow of blood from the ventricle to the atrium
Where does blood flow to next from the right ventricle?
To the pulmonary artery
Where is the pulmonic valve located?
Between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery
What happens to the pulmonic valve in ventricular diastole and why?
It closes to prevent the back flow of blood from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle
What does the pulmonary artery do?
It carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs so that it can pick up oxygen and off load carbon dioxide.
What is the caudal vena cava?
It carries deoxygenated blood from the caudal part of the body to the right atrium of the heart. This includes kidney, liver, spleen, GI tract and muscles.
What do pulmonary veins do?
They carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium
What is the left atrium?
It is a chamber on the left side of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins.
Where is the mitral valve located?
Between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Is the mitral valve open or closed during atrial systole?
It is open to allowed blood flow in to the left ventricle
What happens to the mitral valve in ventricular systole and why?
It closes to prevent back flow of blood in to the left atrium
What is the left ventricle?
This receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium through the mitral valve
Where is the aortic valve located?
Between the left ventricle and aorta
What happens to the aortic valve during left ventricular diastole?
It closes to prevent backflow
What does the aorta do?
Carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricles to the organs and tissues of the body where the oxygen can be used for energy production
What side of the heart does blood enter?
Right side
What side of the heart does the blood leave?
Left side
What percentage of the blood flow is from passive and contraction of the atrium?
The majority of this flow (approximately 70%) is passive, with the remaining 30% occurring when the left atrium contracts.