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What is ‘stressed volume’?

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The volume of blood in the arteries
Blood under high pressure

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Where do arteries receive blood from?

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Directly from the heart

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Describe the structure of an artery

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Thick muscular ring
Folded parts enable stretching

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Name 3 things which can change the rate of blood flow in arterioles

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  1. SNS causing contraction of vsm
  2. Circulating catecholamines (adrenaline)
  3. Vasoactive substances (NO)
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Define tonically active

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Constant muscle tone

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Structure of arterioles

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Smaller blood vessels
Round with vascular smooth muscle

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What are capillaries controlled by?

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Pre capillary sphincters
Dilation/constriction of arterioles

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Which blood vessel has more elastic tissue in their walls?

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Venules and veins

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Which blood vessel has the largest percentage of blood in the cv system?

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Venules and veins

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How do alpha 1 adrenergic receptors interact with veins and venules?

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Vasoconstriction due to reduced capacitance leading to a decrease in ‘unstressed volume’

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What is the equation for velocity of blood flow?

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V = Q/A
V = velocity of blood flow (cm/s)
Q = flow (ml/s)
A = cross sectional area (cm2)

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What is the relationship between velocity and cross-sectional area in identical flow?

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An inverse relationship

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What is the equation for the relationship between blood flow, resistance and pressure?

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Q = DeltaP/R
Q= flow (ml/s)
DeltaP = Pressure difference (mmHg)
R = Resistance (mmHg/ml per min)

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What is total peripheral resistance?

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Resistance of an entire systemic vasculature

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What is the equation for Poiseille’s law?

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R = 8nl/(Pi)r4
R= resistance
n = blood viscosity
l = length of blood vessel
(pi) r4 = radius of the blood vessel (to the power of 4)

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What factors contribute to blood flow resistance?

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Blood vessel diameter
Vessel length
Parallel/series arrangement
Blood viscosity

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What is the relationship between resistance to flow, vessel length and blood viscosity?

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Resistance to flow is directly proportional to vessel length and blood viscosity

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What is haemocrit?

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% of rbc in a sample

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How to calculate the total resistance in a series vessel arrangement?

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Sum of all the individual resistances

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What happens to pressure as you move through a series arrangement?

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Pressure decreases through each sequential component

21
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How to calculate total resistance in a parallel vessel arrangement

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1/Rx
x= sequential components

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What is an advantage of a parallel series?

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No loss of pressure so blood can perfuse sufficiently

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What happens to the pressure as the blood flows? Why?

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Pressure decreases
- energy is lost due to frictional resistance

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How does the pressure in the aorta change with age?

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High proportion of elastin decreases with age therefore, compliance decreases

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What is a dicrotic notch? What can it cause?
The closure of the aortic valve between systole and diastole Can cause slight backflow
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When is arterial pressure at its lowest? (diastolic pressure)
Ventricular relaxation
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When is arterial pressure at its highest? (systolic pressure)
Ventricular ejection during contraction
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What is the equation for pulse pressure?
Pulse pressure = systolic - diastolic pressure
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What does pulse pressure show?
Blood volume ejected from the left ventricle (stroke volume)
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What is the equation for mean arterial pressure?
Mean arterial pressure = diastolic pressure + 1/3 pulse pressure
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What does mean arterial pressure show?
Average pressure in a cardiac cycle
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How does blood pressure change throughout the day?
Systolic bp is always higher than diastolic Day > Night Highest in the hours when just waking up
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What are the 2 baroreceptors?
Carotid sinus Aortic sinus
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Describe the rapid regulation of blood pressure.
Solitary nucleus receives input from cranial nerve IX (carotid) and X (aortic) -> PNS outflow via vagus nerve to SAN causes decresae in HR and BP OR SNS to SAN causes 1. An increase in hr 2. Increase in cardiac muscle contractility&sv 3. Arteriole vasoconstriction = increase in TPR 4. Vein vasoconstriction = decrease in unstressed volume
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Where is the solitary nucleus located?
Medulla
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What is renin?
A factor which converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin 1
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Describe medium/long term control of arterial p
RAAS (renin, angiotensin, aldosterone) system regulates blood volume -> A decrease in arterial pressure = decrease in renal prefusion (prorenin to renin) -> Renin converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin 1 -> Angiotensinogen converting enzyme converts angiotensin 1 to angiotensin 2
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What are the effects of angiotensin 2 in the adrenal cortex?
Causes aldosterone synthesis and secretion causing an increase in Na+ reabsorption -> Stimulates Na+ - H+ exchange within the kidney and Na+ + HCO3 reabsorption
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What are the effects of angiotensin 2 iin the hypothalamus?
Increase in thirst and ADH secretion leading to an increase in water reabsorption in collecting ducts Vasoconstriction of arterioles leading to an increase in TPR
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What is the effect of O2 and CO2 detection in the carotid and aortic sinus chemoreceptors?
Arteriole vasoconstriction
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What do V1 receptors control?
Vascular smooth muscle cells -> vasoconstriction
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What do V2 receptors control?
CD -> water retention
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What does Atrial natriuretic peptide do?
Powerful vasodilator Increases diuresis Decreases circulating volume
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What carries info from carotid sinus to brain stem?
Cranial nerve IX
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What carries info from aortic sinus to brain stem?
Cranial nerve X
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What happens to baroreceptors in hypertension?
Baroreceptors reset therefore hypertension isn't corrected but maintained
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Name 5 risks of persistent high bp
Heart attacks Strokes Aortic aneurysms Kidney disease Vascular dementia
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Name 5 hypertension treatments
ACE inhibitors Angiotensin II receptor blockers Diuretics Beta-blockers Renin inhibitors

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