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Regulation of Blood Pressure Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 influences of blood pressure?

A

Heart activity
Blood volume and viscosity
Blood vessels in particular dismayed of arterioles

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What is blood pressure?

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The force exerted by blood of the inner walls of blood vessels

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3
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When is the pressure in the arteries the highest?

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Ventricular systole (contraction)

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4
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When is pressure in the arteries the lowest?

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During ventricular diastole (relaxation)

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5
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How do you calculate blood pressure?

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Cardiac output X Total peripheral resistance

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What is total peripheral resistance?

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Resistance in vessels of blood flow. The friction between blood and the walls of blood vessels

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How do you work out cardiac output?

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Heart rate X Stroke volume

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What is cardiac output?

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Total volume of blood pumped at a ventricle in a minute

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9
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What is stroke volume?

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Amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle at each contraction

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10
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What system controls the short term control of blood pressure?

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Nervous system

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What is the system that controls long term blood pressure?

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Endocrine system (hormones)

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12
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What is the atrial baroreceptor reflex?

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Used in moment to moment control of atrial blood pressure

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What is a baroreceptor?

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Detect changes in stretch of artery walls due to blood pressure changes,Sending signals to centres in the medulla.

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14
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What activity slows the heart rate? (Nerve impulses)

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Parasympathetic

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15
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Who activity speeds up the heart rate? (Nerve impulses)

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Sympathetic

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16
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If you have a high peripheral resistance is your blood pressure higher or lower?

17
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What regulates the diameter of arterioles?

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A group of neurones in the medulla called the vasomotor centre

18
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What happens in the cardiac centre when there is a decrease in blood pressure?

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Excites sympathetic impulses 
Inhibits parasympathetic impulses 
SA node excited 
Heart rate increases 
Cardiac output increases 
Blood pressure increases
19
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What happens in the vasomotor centre when blood pressure decreases?

A 
Excites sympathetic impulses
Smooth muscle in arterioles constricts 
Vasoconstriction 
Peripheral resistance increases 
Blood pressure increases
20
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What do antihypertensives do?

A

Help to control blood pressure

21
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Give some examples of antihypertensives drugs?

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Diuretics 
ACE Inhibitors
Beta blockers
Calcium channel blockers 
Beta adrenergic antagonists
22
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What should a normal blood pressure be?

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