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The Heart Exam Flashcards

1
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Which circuit is on the right side?

A

Pulmonary circuit

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2
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What does the Pulmonary circuit do?

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Carries blood to the lungs to be oxygenated and back to the heart

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Which circuit is on the left side?

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Systemic circuit

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What does the Systemic circuit do?

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Carries oxygenated blood to the tissues and returns to the heart

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5
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What part of the heart sends all the organs blood?

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The aorta

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6
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What brings oxygenated blood from the lungs?

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Pulmonary veins

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7
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How does deoxygenated blood go to the heart?

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The inferior and superior venae cavae

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8
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What sends blood to the lungs?

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The pulmonary trunk

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9
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Where is the base of the heart?

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The top larger part

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10
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Where is the apex of the heart?

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The small end

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11
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What covers the heart?

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Pericardium

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12
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What is the deepest layer of the heart?

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The endocardium

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13
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What is the middle “meaty” layer of the heart?

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The myocardium

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14
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What is the outermost layer of the heart?

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The epicardium

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15
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The little gap in the layer of pericardium is called?

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The pericardial cavity

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16
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The pericardial cavity has two layers, what are they?

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The fibrous layer and the serous layer

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17
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What’s the purpose of the pericardium?

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Allows heart to beat without friction and room for expansion

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18
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What is the other name for epicardium?

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The visceral pericardium

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19
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What is the parietal pericardium?

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The pericardial sac

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20
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What is the inflammation of the pericardium membrane called?

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Pericarditis

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21
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What is another term for the myocardium?

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The fibrous skeleton of the heart

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22
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What are the four chambers of the heart?

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Left and right atria, left and right ventricles

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23
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Which chambers are inferior?

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the ventricles

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24
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What does the pulmonary trunk do?

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Main blood vessels for the right side going to the lungs (deoxygenated)

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25
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What chamber does the superior and inferior vena cava go to?

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The right atria

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26
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What does systole mean?

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contraction

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27
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What does diastole mean?

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relaxed

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28
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What separates the atria?

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The interatrial septum

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29
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What is the internal ridges of myocardium called?

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Pectinate muscles

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30
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What separates the ventricles?

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The interventricular septum

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31
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What are the ridges in the ventricles called?

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Trabeculae carneae

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32
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What are the 3 and 2 muscles called in the ventricles?

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Papillary muscles

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33
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What separates the atria and ventricles?

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Atrioventricular sulcus

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34
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What overlays the interventricular septum?

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The interventricular sulcus

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35
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What are the two valves?

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The Atrioventricular and Semilunar

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36
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What do the valves do?

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Ensure one-way flow of blood through heart

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37
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What does the atrioventricular valve control blood flow between?

A

The atria and ventricles

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38
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What is the right AV valve?

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The tricuspid valve

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39
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What is the left AV valve?

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The mitral valve

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40
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What are the cords connective the AV valves to the papillary muscle?

A

The chordae tendineae

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41
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What does the semilunar valve control flow of?

A

Control flow into great arteries

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42
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Where is the pulmonary semilunar valve?

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Between right ventricle and pulmonary trunk

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43
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Where is the aortic semilunar valve?

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Between left ventricle and aorta

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44
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What valve is open when the ventricles relax? (Pressures drops inside the venticles?

A

The AV valve opens

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45
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What valve is open when the ventricles contract?

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The Semilunar valve opens

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46
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How does the blood enter the heart at first?

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In the right atrium from superior and inferior venae cavae

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47
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Where does the blood go after the right atrium?

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Through the right AV valve into the right ventricle

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48
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What causes the pulmonary valve to open?

A

Contraction of the right ventricle

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49
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Where does the blood go after the pulmonary trunk?

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It gets oxygenated then returns through pulmonary veins in left atrium

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50
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Why is some of the blood pumped by the heart stay in the heart?

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Because it goes through strenuous workload and needs oxygen and nutrients

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51
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What is the big blue vein on the back of the heart?

A

The coronary sinus

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52
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The aorta has two red veins go down the front, what are they called?

A

The Right coronary artery and the left coronary artery

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53
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What compresses the coronary arteries and obstructs blood flow?

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Contraction of the myocardium

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54
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What does the opening of the aortic vale during ventricular systole do to coronary arteries?

A

It blocks blood flow to the coronary arteries

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55
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What is the left coronary artery branch called?

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The anterior interventricular branch

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56
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What is the circumflex branch?

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A branch off the LCA

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57
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What is the right coronary artery branch called?

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The right marginal branch and posterior interventricular branch

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58
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What is coronary artery disease?

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A constriction of the coronary arteries

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59
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What does the coronary artery disease do to blood flow?

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There is build-up of fat in the arteries that constricts blood flow

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60
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What is Myocardial infarction?

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A heart attack

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61
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What is angina pectoris?

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Chest pain from obstruction of coronary blood flow

62
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When is venous drainage?

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5% to 10% coronary blood drains directly into the heart chambers

63
Q

What does the great cardiac vein do?

A

Collects blood from anterior portion of heart and empties into coronary sinus

64
Q

What does the middle cardiac vein do?

A

Also known as posterior interventricular, collects blood from posterior portion of the heart and drains into coronary sinus

65
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What does the left marginal vein do?

A

Empties into the coronary sinus

66
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What three veins empty blood into the coronary sinus?

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The great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein (posterior interventricular), and the left marginal vein

67
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Where does the coronary sinus empty blood

A

Into the right atrium

68
Q

What are glycogen?

A

Sugar storage to help with making atp

69
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What are cardiocytes?

A

Striated, thick cells with one central nucleus and glycogen

70
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What repairs damage to cardiac muscle?

71
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What holds cardiocytes together?

A

Intercalated disc and gap junctions

72
Q

What are cardiac muscles rich in?

A

Myoglobin and glycogen

73
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What fill up 25% of the cardiac muscle cells?

A

Huge mitochondria

74
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What are the cardiac muscle cells most vulnerable to?

A

Oxygen deficiency

75
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What makes the cardiac muscle cells different from other muscles?

A

Fatigue resistant

76
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What is known as the internal pacemaker

A

The Sinotrial node (SA)

77
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What is the first step of the conduction system?

A

The SA node fires

78
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What does the SA node firing do?

A

Excitation spreads through atrial myocardium

79
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What happens after the SA node fires?

A

The AV node fires

80
Q

What spreads the AV node excitation?

A

The Purkinje fibers

81
Q

What do the sympathetic nerves do to the heart rate?

82
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What do the parasympathetic nerves do to the heart rate?

83
Q

What is the other name for the parasympathetic nerve?

A

The vagus nerve

84
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What region fires if the SA node is damaged?

A

The Ectopic focus

85
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What region fires if the SA node and the ectopic focus are damaged?

A

The nodal rhythm which is set by the AV node

86
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True or false: The SA node has a stable resting membrane potential?

87
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What does the SA node start at?

88
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What is pacemaker potential?

A

Gradual depolarization

89
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What causes the -60 mV to drift upwards?

A

Slow Na inflow

90
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What happens when it reaches a threshold of -40 mV?

A

Voltage-gated fast Ca and Na channels open

91
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What happens at 0 mV?

A

K channels open to let K out of the cell

92
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What causes repolarizaiton?

A

The K channels opening

93
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When does the pacemaker potential start over?

A

When K channels close

94
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What does the SA node fire do?

A

Sets off heartbeat

95
Q

How much Na goes out and K go in?

A

3Na outside and 2K inside

96
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What are the steps of the electrical behavior of the myocardium?

A
  1. Na gates open
  2. Rapid depolarization
  3. Na gates close
  4. Slow Ca channels open
  5. Ca channels close and K channels open (Repolarization)
97
Q

What is the electrocardiogram?

A

Composite of all action potentials of nodal and myocardial cell detected

98
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What is the P wave?

A

When the SA node fires and atria depolarize

99
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What is the QRS complex?

A

Ventricular depolarization

100
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What is the ST segment?

A

Ventricular systole

101
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What is the T wave?

A

Ventricular repolarization and relaxation

102
Q

What is heart block?

A

Failure to conduction system to conduct

103
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What is premature ventricular contraction?

A

Extra beats due to the ectopic focus

104
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What is valvular insufficiency?

A

Any failure of a valve to prevent reflux

105
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What is mitral valve prolapse?

A

When one or both mitral valve cusps bulge into atria during ventricular contraction.

106
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What is mitral valve prolapse caused by?

A

Hereditary

107
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What is S1 sound “lubb” caused by?

A

AV valves closing

108
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What is S2 sound “dupp” caused by?

A

Semilunar valves closing

109
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What is ventricular filling?

A

When the ventricles expand and their pressures drops below the atria

110
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What valve opens during ventricular filling?

A

The AV valve

111
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What is the end-diastolic volume during ventricular filling?

A

130 mL of blood

112
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What does the atria do during ventricular filling?

A

they contract

113
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What does the atria do during isovolumetric contraction?

A

They relax

114
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What valves are open during isovolumetric contraction?

115
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When sound is during isovolumetric contraction?

116
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How much blood is changed during isovolumetric contraction?

117
Q

When does ventricular ejection begin?

A

When ventricular pressure exceeds arterial pressure and semilunar valves open?

118
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What is the stroke volume during Ventricular ejection?

119
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How do you find ESV?

A

ESV = EDV - SV

120
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When do semilunar valves close?

A

During isovolumetric relaxation

121
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What sound is heard during isovolumetric relaxation?

122
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What does EDV stand for?

A

The end- diastolic volume

123
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Was does ESV stand for?

A

The end- systolic volume

124
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What is Congestive Heart failure?

A

Failure of either ventricle to eject blood effectively

125
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What does left ventricular failure cause?

A

Blood goes into the lungs causing pulmonary edema

126
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What does right ventricular failure cause?

A

Blood backs up into the vena cava causing systemic or generalized edema

127
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What is CO formula?

A

CO = heart rate x stroke volume

128
Q

What is the cardiac output normally?

A

4 to 6 L/min

129
Q

What is cardiac reserve?

A

The difference between someone’s maximum and resting CO

130
Q

What is tachycardia?

A

Resting adult heart rate above 100 bpm

131
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What is bradycardia?

A

Resting adult heart rate less than 60 bpm

132
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What are positive chronotropic agents?

A

Factors that raise heart rate

133
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What are negative chronotropic agents?

A

Factors that lower heart rate

134
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What is vagal tone?

A

Holds down the heart rate to 70-80 bpm

135
Q

What area regulates heart rate?

A

The medulla oblongata

136
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What does the vagus nerve do to the heart rate?

A

It decreases it

137
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What does cutting the vagus nerve do to the heart rate?

A

It increases it

138
Q

What are the baroreceptors

A

They are pressure sensors in aorta

139
Q

Where are baroreceptors located?

A

In the internal carotid

140
Q

What three variables govern stroke volume?

A

Preload, contractility, and afterload

141
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What does increased preload do?

A

Increase stroke volume

142
Q

What does increase contractility do?

A

Increase stroke volume

143
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What does increase afterload do?

A

Decrease stroke volume

144
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What is preload?

A

The amount of tension in ventricular myocardium before it contracts

145
Q

What is the Frank-starling law?

A

That stroke volume is proportional to the end-diastolic volume

146
Q

What does hypercalcemia do to contractions?

A

It causes stronger prolonged contractions

147
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What does hypocalcemia do to contractions?

A

It causes weak and irregular heartbeat

148
Q

What is afterload?

A

Sum of all forces opposing ejection of blood from ventricle

149
Q

What valve does the afterload oppose to the opening of?

A

The semilunar valves

150
Q

What is Cor pulmonale?

A

Right ventricular failure due to obstructed pulmonary circulation

151
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What does increased muscular activity cause?

A

Increases preload and cardiac output which increases the stroke volume

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