T3 L9: The cardiac pressure-volume cycle Flashcards

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What is the circle of Willis?

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Arteries on the inferior brain organised in a circle that provide a redundancy of blood flow

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What % of cardiac output goes to the kidenys?

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20-25%

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Which organ produces ACE, Erythropoietin, and Renin?

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The kidneys

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What does adrenergic input do to skeletal muscle circulation?

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Vasodilatation because muscles are associated with the fight or flight response

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What are the 4 sequential events of the cardiac cycle?

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  1. Ventricular filling
  2. Isovolumic ventricular contraction (Pressure is created but there is no actual contraction)
  3. Ejection (actual contraction)
  4. Isovolumic ventricular relaxation
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What is a Wiggers diagram?

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A cardiac diagram used to teach physiology

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What is the Dicrotic notch?

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A dip in a cardiac diagram indicating the closure of the aortic valve. It happens after ejection

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What is S1 on a cardiac diagram?

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The Lup sound. It indicated the mitral valve closing during isovolumic contraction

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What is S2 on a cardiac diagram?

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The dub sound. Isovolumic relaxation

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When does the aortic valve open?

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After isovolumic contraction (when the heart fills up). With a health heart, there wont be a sound made

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When does the mitral valve open?

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At the end of isovolumic relaxation (when the heart is empty)

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When does the P wave occur?

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Right before the heart starts filling

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On a pressure-volume loop, describe where Ejection, Isovolumic relaxation, Isovolumic contraction and Filling are

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IVR, ejection, IVC and filling in a clockwise direction

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What does a pressure-volume loop look like with mitral stenosis?

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Decreased preload and decreased afterload. The whole loop will be to the left because there is a lower volume of blood.

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What is mitral stenosis?

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A narrowing of the mitral valve opening

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What does a pressure-volume loop look like with aortic stenosis?

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Increased afterload. The aortic valve is partially closed so its much harder to pump blood out therefore the left ventricular pressure is great

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What is aortic stenosis?

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A narrowing of the aortic valve opening

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What does a pressure-volume loop look like with mitral regurgetation?

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High preload and decreased afterload. The is never a point when the mitral and aortic valves are fully closed so the whole diagram looks like a side ways oval

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What is mitral regurgitation?

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The mitral valve doesn’t close

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What does a pressure-volume loop look like with aortic regurgitation?

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Increased preload. The diagram is liver shaped.

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What is aortic regurgitation?

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The aortic valve doesn’t close

22
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What is a phonocradiagram?

A

The heart sounds

23
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Which of the 2 heart sounds is louder?

A

The first (S1)

24
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What causes a murmer?

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Turbulence

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What causes a systolic murmur?
Fluid leaving the ventricle. Eg. during AV regurgitation or SL stenosis
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What causes a diastolic murmur?
Fluid entering the ventricle. Eg, during AV stenosis or SL regurgitation
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What is the think filament made out of?
Actin
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What is the thick filament made out of?
Myosin
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Why is the cardiac action potential longer?
Because Ca2+ and K+ flow during the plateau phase and this doesn't happen in neural action potentials
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What are nodal action potentials based on?
Flow of Ca2+
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How do delayed rectifier K+ channels work?
They open when the membrane depolarises but gating happens after a delay
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How do inward rectifier K+ channels work?
They open when the Vm gets below -60 mV( most cells open at rest). They clamp the membrane firmly at rest and allow repolarisation
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At what mV does a cell normally rest?
-70 mV
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What happens during depolarisation?
The cell becomes less negative (more positive)