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1
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What percentage of blood volume is in systemic circulation?

A

84%

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2
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How much of the blood is in the veins at one time?

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64%

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3
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How much blood is in arteries at one time?

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13%

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4
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How much blood is in systemic arterioles/capillaries at one time?

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7%

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5
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How much blood is in the heart at one time?

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7%

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6
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How much blood is in pulmonary vessels at one time?

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9%

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7
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What is the tunica externa comprised of?

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Connective tissue

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8
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What is the tunica media comprised of?

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Smooth muscle

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9
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What is the tunica intima comprised of?

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Layer of elastin
Basement membrane
Innermost simple squamous endothelium

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10
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What is microcirculation?

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Arterioles, capillaries, venules

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11
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What are elastic arteries?

A

Conduits
Aorta and large arteries
Numerous layers of elastin fibers which expand when the pressure of the blood rises during systole and recoil when ventricles relax

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12
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What are muscular arteries and what is their makeup?

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Resistance vessels
Are much less elastic and have a thicker layer of smooth muscle which regulates the diameter of the lumen

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13
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What are capillaries?

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Exchange vessels
Smallest blood vessels
single layer of endothelium
Permits exchange of nutrients and waste between blood and tissue fluid

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14
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What is the diameter of capillaires?

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5-10 microns

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15
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What are some other ways to describe veins?

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Blood reservoirs
Capacitance vessels

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16
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What helps venous return?

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Skeletal muscle pump and contraction of diaphragm assist

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17
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Where are the most vessels found?

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Microcirculation

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18
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How many capillaries are there?

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3 x 10^9

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19
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What vessels have the highest cross-sectional area?

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Capillaries

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20
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Which vessels are wider and by how much: veins or arteries?

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Veins have larger cross-sectional areas
~4 times wider than the corresponding arteries

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21
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What word can be used to describe veins high cross-sectional areas?

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Highly distensible

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22
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What is the defintion of blood pressure?

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Pressure of blood in the heart/circulatory system exerted outwards onto a unit area of the vessel wall

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23
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What is blood pressure measured in?

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mmHg
Other units: cmH2O, atm, kPa

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24
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How do we calculate the pressure gradient?

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P1 - P2 = delta P

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25
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What is the rate of blood flow directly proportionate to?

A

Delta P

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26
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What is the mean aortic pressure?

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100mmHg

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27
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What is the mean venous pressure?

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0mmHg

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28
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What kind of circulation is the pulmonary circulation?

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Low resistance, Low pressure circulation

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29
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What is the blood pressure in the pulmonary artery?

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20mmHg

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30
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What does resistance to blood flow cause?

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Reduction in the rate of blood flow through vasculature

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31
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What is resistance to blood flow?

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Vascular resistance
Friction between blood and walls of blood vessels
Friction from blood cells rubbing against each other (blood viscosity)

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32
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What is the rate of blood flow inversely proportional to?

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Resistance

33
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Define Ohm’s Law

A

F = DELTA P / R
F = blood flow
R = resistance

34
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What factors does blood flow depend on?

A

Length of the blood vessel
Radius of the blood vessels
Viscosity of blood

35
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What is R directly proportional to?

A

Lη/r^4
Length of vessel*viscosity of blood/ radius of vessel^4

36
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What are the major regulators of blood flow?

A

Mean arterial pressure
Vascular blood vessel diameter - NB
Blood viscosity

37
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Where does more than half of all resistance to flow orginate?

A

Small arterioles

38
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What effect does the fourth power law have on resistance to blood flow?

A

Small changes in diameter result in large changes in resistance (256-fold)

39
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What is blood viscosity?

A

Cells suspended in blood plasma which exert friction; drag on each other and walls of blood vessels

40
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What is haematocrit?

A

% of total blood volume composed of cells

41
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What is the mean percentage of haematocrit in males?

42
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What is the mean haematocrit percentage in females?

43
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What is the viscosity of normal blood?

A

~ 3 times that of water (3)

44
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What condition may cause a haematocrit of 60?

A

Polycythaemia

45
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What can viscosity reach in the case of polycythaemia?

46
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What happens if viscosity is high?

A

Resistance increases and flow through blood vessels can be compromised

47
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What viscosity would you expect from a patient with severe anaemia?

48
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What does decreased resistance result in?

A

Increased peripheral blood flow
Increased venous return
Increased cardiac output

49
Q

What does hypoxia do?

A

Blood vessel dilation, increasing cardiac output

50
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What is ΔP?

A

Pressure drop that results from a given flow and resistance

51
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What is ΔP increased by?

A

Increase in flow or resistance

52
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What is blood vessel compliance?

A

Volume of blood that can be stored in a blood vessel for each mmHg pressure rise

53
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What is the equation for compliance?

A

Ca = ΔV/ΔP
compliance = distensibility*volume

54
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What is compliance closely related to?

A

Ability of a vessel to stretch or distend to accomadate larger volume of blood

55
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What is distensibility determined by?

A

Quantity of elastin fibers in vessel wall
Wall thickness

56
Q

When is blood flow in the vasculature continuous?

A

While ventricular ejection is pulsatile

57
Q

What is the property by which the vessels change a pulsatile ejection into a continuous blood flow called?

A

Hydraulic filter

58
Q

What is elastin content replaced by in older individuals?

59
Q

Where does the increased pressure caused by stroke volume go?

A

Absorbed by arterial walls

60
Q

How do rigid and compliant arteries affect the workload of the heart?

A

Compliant reduce the workload
Rigid increase the workload

61
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What is systolic blood pressure?

62
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What is diastolic blood pressure?

63
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What are blood pressure measurements quoted as?

A

Systolic/diastolic pressure

64
Q

What is the best blood pressure?

65
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What is mean arterial pressure?

A

Diastolic pressure + 1/3 (systolic - diastolic pressure)

66
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What is hypertension?

A

Chronically elevated blood pressure

67
Q

What is the minimum value of systolic and diastolic pressure to be diagnosed with mild hypertension?

A

140 sys or 90 dia

68
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What are the two types of hypertension?

A

Essential
Secondary

69
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What is the most common form of hypertension?

A

Essential hypertension - accounts for 95% of cases

70
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What is the cause of essential hypertension?

A

Unclear, multifactorial such as diet or genetics

71
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What causes secondary hypertension?

A

Another condition such as renal disease

72
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How does renal disease cause secondary hypertension?

A

Chronically elevated salt and water reabsorption in the nephron will increase blood volume and chronically raise blood pressure

73
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What is the issue with hypertension?

A

Causes long-term damage to heart and kidneys and is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke

74
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How is afterload increased due to hypertension?

A

Ventricles must contract more forcefully to maintain an adequate stroke volume resulting in damage to myocardium

75
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What does damage to endothelial lining of arteries promote?

A

Formation of atherosclerotic plaques, increased risk of heart attack or stroke

76
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What is pulse pressure?

A

The difference between systolic pressure and diastolic pressure

77
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When is the dicrotic wace visible?

78
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What is the dicrotic wave caused by?

A

recoil of blood from the closed aortic valve
Reflection of the systolic pressure wave back from small arteries in the lower body - NB
Measure of elasticity of one’s arteries

FM1020 Physiology (12 decks)

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