Test 2 Chapter 9 Cardiovascular System Flashcards
What are the 3 parts of the cardiovascular system?
- Central
- Peripheral
- Blood
What is the function of the cardiovascular system?
Transport-shortens distances (important for simple diffusion)
decreases distance by transporting things rapidly
What is Transported in cardiovascular system?
Oxygen Carbon dioxide Clotting Heat Immune fighting Nutrients
Describe the 3 parts of the cardiovascular system
- Central=heart=pump
- Peripheral=vasculature
- Blood-Conducting Medium
Physiologically we have 2 hearts..what are they?
Anatomically how many hearts?
- Right heart
- Left Heart
Anatomically 1 heart
What is the function of the Right Heart
Pumps blood where?
Why?
Pumps blood to pulmonary circulation
To pick up Oxygen and dump carbon dioxide
What is the function of the left heart?
Pumps blood where?
Pumps blood to Systemic Circulation
Delivers oxygen and picks up carbon dioxide
Compare the right and left heart
Right Heart Crescent moon shaped Pumps blood to pulmonary circulation Pressure: 25/7 Cardiac output 5L/min
Left Heart -Cylindrical-to create higher pressures -Tougher job works harder **Pressure: 120/80** Pumps blood to system Cardiac output 5L/min
Cardiac output
5L/min (both sides of heart)
Where is blood pressure taken and what is it normally?
Left side of heart (120/80)
Anatomy of the Heart What are the 2 Chambers of the heart
Atria and Ventricles
Describe the 2 Atria
receiving chambers (blood enters)
Thin walled
Not pumping under high pressure
Describe the Ventricles
Pumping chambers
Pumps blood out (higher pressure)
Thicker walls
What keeps blood moving in the right direction?
4 Valves
What are the main valves?
Atrioventricular Valves-between atria and ventricles
Semilunar valves-3 cusps
What are the 2 Atrioventricular valves?
What do they do?
(Between atria and ventricles)
- Bicuspid (Mitral valve)
- Tricuspid
allows blood to move into ventricles but prevents flow back into the atria
Where are the 2 Atrioventricular valves found? And how many valves do they have?
Bicuspid aka Mitral= 2 valves-left hand side
Tricuspid-3 valves-right hand side
What valves are in the vessels leaving their respective ventricles?
And how many cusps do they have?
Semilunar valves
3 cusps
What are the 2 semilunar valves and where are they?
Aortic (Semilunar)Valve-Left hand side in the aorta leaving the aorta
Pulmonic Valve-Right hand side-in the pulmonary aorta->going to pulmonary circulation
What holds the valves in place?
Fibrous Skeleton of the heart-
fibrous connective tissue
Which side of the heart has higher pressure?
Average BP is what and where is taken?
Left because it is systemic.
BP=120/80 taken on left side of heart
(Right-25/7)
What percent of the myocardium is contractile? Electrical?
99% contractile
1% electrical-behaves like nerve
What are the 5 parts of the conduction system?
- SinoAtrial SA Node
- AtrioVentricular AV Node
- Common AV Bundle (Bundle of HIS)
- Right & Left Bundle branches
- Purkinje FIbers
Where is the
SA Node
AV Node?
Bundle of HIS/Common AV Bundle
SA Node-Upper ceiling of Right Atrium (Roof)
Floor of right atrium (AV)
Splits into Right & Left Bundle Branches
Right & Left Bundle Branches
Purkinje Fibers
Split up into tiny branches that spread out across their respective ventricles
Spread out through ventricular myocardium
Distribute electrical stimuli throughout heart
What holds the valves in place?
Fibrous skeleton of the heart
What cavity is the heart found?
Encased in what sac?
Thoracic Cavity within mediastinum
Encased in pericardial sac
Describe the 2 layers of the pericardial sac
Outer Layer: tough fibrous layer
Inner layer:Serous layer->serous membrane produces lubricant
Heart is called?
What are the 3 layers?
Heart=Myocardium
- Endocardium
- Epicardium
- Myocardium
Describe the layers of the heart
- Epicardium
- Myocardium
- Endocardium
- Serous membrane that attaches to the surface of the heart (outside)
- Heart muscle (middle)
- Epithelial tissue lining heart chambers (within the heart) (inside)
How are the cardiac fibers connected?
Intercalated discs
What are Intercalated Discs?
What are they made of?
What makes the myocardium a functional Syncytium?
Combination of 2 cell adhesion molecules
- Desmosomes
- Gap Junctions
presence of gap junctions
What kind of action potential does the heart have
What happens during stimulation?
Prolonged Action potential
- Depolarization
- Repolarization
- Long plateau phase
Depolarization is due to what?
What happens?
Due to Na channels
Stimulated->opens Na channels Na influx (fast)=depolariation
Explain Repolarization
- Plateau phase?
- Repolarization
Na channels close. K Channels Open & close
Plateau Phase: Opening of SLOW CALCIUM CHANNELS (with K channels)->Ca Influx while K still rushes out of cell
Ca channels close->ANOTHER K channel open->K efflux =repolarization complete
Length of normal Action Potential?
Myocardium AP?
Why is it this length?
2-3 ms
250 ms
Due to slow calcium channels that open up and keep it at the plateau phase .
Cardiac Muscle Action Potential length?
Cardiac Muscle twitch length?
Action Potential 250ms
Twitch 300ms
Looking at the electrical activity of the heart is called?
What is the highly organized structure of ALL of the action potentials called?
Electrocardiography
EKG (Electrocardiogram)
What are the 3 Myocardial Properties of an EKG?
- Automaticity or Autorhythmicity (pacemaker)
- Functional Syncytium
- Conduction System
Explain Automaticity or Autorhythmicity of heart muscle
Conduction is myogenic->1% of fibers have ability to excite itself
SA Node functions as pace maker-spontaneously reaches threshold faster than other parts
Explain the Functional Syncytium property of the heart?
2 Functional Syncytium
Fibrous skeleton separates atrial myocardial mass and ventricular myocardial mass.
Once one cell reaches threshold the other cells follow behind
SA node reaches fastest->AV node->branches-> Purkinje fibers
Describe the Conduction System property of the heart
- Pacemaker=SA Node because it reaches threshold first and other cells follow behind it
- AV Node: Delays action potential impulse
- Common AV bundle0crosses fibrous skeleton of heart and relays info from atria to ventricles
- Right and Left Branches and Purkinje Fibers- spread impulse along the ventricular mass
If AV node did not create a little delay what would happen?
Atria and ventricles would be going at the same time.
Consistent pattern in impulse spread throughout the heart is characterized by an ?
EKG Electrocardiogram Pattern
What are the 3 Electrical events of the EKG PATTERN?
- P wave
- QRS Complex
- T-Wave
P Wave
Atrial Depolarlization
(Causes atrial contraction that causes increase in atrial pressure, atrial pressure is still greater than ventricular pressure therefore the AV valves are still open and blood is still flowing from atria to ventricles
QRS complex
Ventricular depolarization
(Atrial repolarization is hidden)
Impulse spreads across atria->slight delay in AV node->common AV bundle->Purkinje fibers->ventricular
T Wave
Ventricular Repolarization
Ventricles are repolarized
EKG Intervals
PR-Interval
QRS INTERVAL
Q INTERVAL
PR-Interval
Looking at function of?
Beginning of P wave to beginning of QRS complex
Indicates function of AV node-is AV node functioning properly
Time between Atria and ventricular events-AV NODE DELAY
QRS Interval
Checks functioning of?
Duration of QRS Complex
Looks at the functioning of the Right and left bundle branches and purkinje fibers
Spreading impulse across ventricular mass
If not working correctly QRS interval gets longer
QT Interval
QRS complex to end of T-Wave
Looking at entire ventricular event. Are they depolarizing and repolarizing normally?
What is the electrical event?
What is the mechanical event
1 Action Potential leads to 1?
EKG
Heart beat/ twitch
Systole
Contraction and emptying phase of cardiac cycle
Diastole
Relaxation and filling of cardiac cycle
What happens during a cardiac twitch?
Calcium released from SR and slow calcium in the cell membrane from (ECF).
Calcium interacts with Troponin->changes shape>moves tropomyosin>exposes actin binding sites>crossbridges>powerstrokes
LONG ACTION POTENTIAL
Action Potential length
Twitch Length
AP: 250 ms
Twitch 300ms
Can the heart reach tetanus?
Why?
IMPOSSIBLE to reach tetanus
Due to250 ms AP. The fastest the heart could beat is 4x/second
What are the 4 Cardiac Cycle (mechanical events)?
- Passive filling
- Atrial Contraction
- Ventricular Contraction
- Ventricular Relaxation
Passive Filling phase?
Everything relaxed
Atrial Pressure> Ventricular Pressure
AV valves open blood flows from atria->ventricles
Ventricles fill up to 80% Passively
Creates 3rd heart sound
- Atrial Contraction?
Depolarization.
Electrical activity of the heart which causes contraction to occur
P wave (atrial depolarization)->causes atrial contraction->increase in atrial pressure-> Atrial pressure>>ventricular pressure
AV valves still open, blood flowing from atria to ventricles.
When atria contract, remaining 20% of blood into ventricles
Turbulent flow noise =4th heart sound
AP»VP
- Ventricular Contraction
QRS complex results in ventricular contraction
Ventricular pressure exceeds Atrial pressure causing AV valves close
AV VALVES CLOSING causes 1st heart sound LUB
Ventricular Pressure continues to increase until VP exceeds ARTERIAL PRESSURE.
Ventricular pressure» ARTERIAL Pressure Semilunar valves opening (separates ventricles from arteries)
Ejection Phase-pumping blood out into the body
Isovolumetric Ventricular Contraction: no blood comes or leaves but pressure increases
- Ventricular Relaxation
T-Wave-ventricular relaxation
Ventricular Pressure decreases below ARTERIAL pressure
-Atrioventricular valves open back to passive filling
Semilunar valves close-2nd heart sound DUB
VP continues to drop (Isovolumetric relaxation)
VP drops below atrial pressure-AV Valves open back to passive filling
1st heart sound
2nd heart sound
AV valves snapping shut LUB
Semilunar valves close DUB
At the end of Atrial Contraction, Ventricle is?
As full as it is going to be-
Diastole
What is End Diastolic Volume
At the end of Atrial contraction
Ventricle is as full as it will get
End of Systole=End Systolic Volume
Heart is?
Heart is in ‘Empty stage’
What is the Equation for Stroke Volume?
EDV-ESV= Stroke Volume
Stroke Volume (SV)
Amount of blood pumped out per beat
EDV-ESV=SV
Ejection Fraction?
How much blood pumped out per beat.
(Stroke Volume/End Diastolic Volume) x 100%
About 55-60% of blood is pumped out per beat