the heart Flashcards
right side heart
deoxuganated blood enters the right side artrium from the body pushed by muscle in the right ventricle to the lungs where is oxyganted
left side heart
oxyganted blood returns from lungs to the left artrium it is then pushed to the left ventricle and then out the body thru eaorta.
cardiac output
heart rate x stroke volume
arteries
thick wall
smooth muscle
narrow luman
withstand high blood pressure
allows walls to strech whrn blood is pumped into the arteries
capillaries
very thin walls
small luman
allow gas exchange between blood and tissues
links arteries and veins
veins
thin walls
little smooth muscle
wide luman
valves
valves stop backflow
cardiac distole
no contraction
heart refills with blood
atria distole
contraction
blood in artrium forces into ventricle
ventricular distole
ventricles contract causing lood to leave the heart forces open semilunr valve
p wave
time of atria systole
t wave
repolarisation of ventricles during distole
path of blood cells through the heart and lungs
passes into right artrium through the triscupid valve into the right ventricle into the lungs via pulmanory arteries
From lungs to left artrium via pulamory vein thru the triscupid valve into the lft ventricle to rest of body thru aeorta
anti-hypertensive
reduce high blood pressure
statins
reduces ldl by inhabiting enzymes in the liver
tranplantation
properly functioning heart