Vascular (quiz 1) Flashcards
Christian Doppler
- Austrian physicist
- invented radar doppler in 1842
Doppler Effect
-the frequency of light and sound waves were affected by the relative motion of the source and the detector
Uses of Doppler
- air defense
- air traffic control
- sound satellites
- police speed gun
- radiology
Why is doppler important?
- detection and grading of atherosclerotic plaques
- disgnosis of deep venous thrombosis
- non invasive
Circulatory System
- system of connecting arteries and veins
- allows heart to move blood fro, systemic to pulmonary circulation and back
Where are the heart and great vessels located?
- thoracic cavity
- between lungs
- posterior to sternum
- middle mediastinum
- 3rd and 4th intercostal sac
- within pericardial sac
- 10 to 20 ml of serous fluid (lubricates heart as it beats)
Heart
- muscular, 4 chambered heart
- lower border has a blunt point (apex or tip of the Lt ventricle)
- superior border (atria chambers)
Atria
-collecting chambers
Ventricles
-pumping chambers
Where are the papillary muscles located?
-in the ventricles of the heart
What are the atrioventricular valves also known as?
- mitral valve
- tricuspid valve
What do the papillary muscles connect?
-the cusps of the atrioventricular valves via the chord tendinae
Chordae Tendinae
- cord like tendons
- connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart
Myocardium
- thick muscular tissue of the heart
- thickest in the Lt ventricle
- involuntary striated muscle
- mid layer of heart wall
- contracts to push out blood
Endocardium
- inner layer
- specialized endothelium
Pericardium
-connective tissue around heart
3 Categories of Blood Vessels
- conducting
- distributing and collecting
- functioning
What happens to the composition of arteries and veins as they travel distally?
-more muscular, less elastic
Which veins have veins that prevent back flow of blood?
-collecting veins
Why can the muscular walls of the distributing arteries are able to vary in caliber?
-to control the blood supply to the area/organ they supply
Functioning Vessels
-capillaries
What happens to blood at capillaries?
- gives up it’s nutrients and oxygen to the tissues
- receives waste products and carbon dioxide from tissues
What affects blood flow?
- cardiac function
- elasticity of walls
- tone of smooth muscle
- millions of branching vessels
How does cardiovascular disease affect the body?
- keeps the blood from circulating nutrients and disposing waste
- narrowing and hardening of arteries
- affects function of heart
- oxygenation process is affected (capillaries may not get sufficient blood)
Heart Failure
- most common
- heart no longer functions properly
Heart Attack
- clot in coronary artery blocks flow
- damaging or destroying heart muscle
Stroke
- caused by the brain not getting enough blood
- brain tissue dies
Aneurysm
- bulge in artery wall
- anywhere in the body
- internal bleeding or clot dislodges and blocks an artery (if it ruptures)
Peripheral Artery Disease
-extremity muscles are not getting enough oxygen
Cardiac Arrest
- sudden loss of function in the heart, breathing and consciousness
- blood stops flowing
Symptoms of Cardiovascular Disease
- chest pain
- shortness of breath
- fainting
Heart Arrhythmia
-abnormal heart beat
Cardiomyopathy
-heart muscle disease
What could be cardiovascular disease?
- stenosis
- regurgitation
- infection
What does infection affect?
-valves and muscle (endocarditis and myocarditis)
Artherosclerosis
- hardening of arteries
- buildup of plaque (fatty and mineral deposits)
- less blood flow to the heart muscle (chest pain and heart attack)
- CAD
Cardiovascular Disease (CAD)
-atherosclerosis reduces blood flow to heart muscle
Hypertension or HBP
- higher than normal force of your blood on the walls of the arteries
- untreated is risk of heart attack or stroke
Pathology
-described the abnormal or undesired condition
Pathophysiology
- explains the physiological processes or mechanisms where a condition develops
- functional changes associated with/resulting from disease or injury
Conditions that Contribute to Vascular Disease
- obesity
- diabetes
- chronic kidney disease
- hypertension
- hypercholesterolemia
- family history
- smoking
- excessive alcohol
- sedentary lifestyle
- age
- gender
What is the first part of the aorta?
-ascending
What are the first important branches of the ascending aorta?
-Rt and Lt coronary arteries
Where do the Rt and Lt coronary arteries originate from and what do they supply?
origin: proximal ascending aorta
supply: heart muscles with nutrients and oxygen
What is the first major branch of the aortic arch?
-brachiocephalic (innominate) artery
What comes off of the brachiocephalic (innominate) artery?
- Rt subclavian artery
- Rt CCA
Where do the Lt CCA and the Lt subclavian arteries arise from?
-transverse portion of the arch
What does the Rt SCA branch from?
- brachiocephalic artery
- courses laterally to Rt arm
Where does the Lt SCA branch from?
- aortic arch
- courses laterally to Lt arm
Which arteries to the SCA’s give rise to?
- vertebral arteries
- internal mammary artery
- thyrocervical trunk
After the 1st rib, what does that SCA continue into?
-axillary artery
Where does the axillary artery course?
-inner arm (through armpit/axilla)
hat does the axillary artery become as it exits the axilla and extend to the elbow?
-brachial artery
What is the major branch of the brachial artery?
-deep brachial artery
What 3 branches does the deep brachial artery branch into below the elbow?
- ulnar artery
- radial artery
- interosseous artery
What % of the pop. does early division of the brachial artery happen in?
19%
Where does the brain receive it’s blood from?
- x2 carotid arteries
- x2 vertebral arteries
Where do the carotid and vertebral arteries enter the brain?
-base of the skull
How do the vertebral and carotid arteries communicate?
-circle of willis