Ventricular Function Flashcards
What is the formula for cardiac output?
CO= HR x SV
How can the heart change cardiac output?
By changing the Heart Rate or Stroke Volume
What mediates intrinsic control of cardiac output?
The SA node
What mediates extrinsic control of cardiac output?
The ANS
Where in the heart do fast response action potentials occur?
In the ventricle
Where do slow response action potentials occur?
SA node, AV node
What is the effect of sympathetics on heart rate?
SNS increases HR
Where does the SNS innervate the heart?
SA and AV nodes as well as ventricular muscle
What is the effect of PNS on heart rate?
PNS decreases HR
What part of the action potential does autonomics mainly affect?
phase 4 depolarization
What causes the gradual decay toward threshold in slow response action potentials?
Sodium leaking in through F-type channels plus calcium moving in through the T channels
How is parasympathetic control of heart rate mediated?
Release of ACh, which binds to muscarinic receptors, leading to increased K+ conductance (efflux), which decreases the membrane potential
How is sympathetic innervation of the heart rate mediated?
Release of NE, which binds to beta-1 receptors, increasing cAMP and leading to increased activity of the I(f) current
How can the maximum heart rate be calculated?
HR= 220(+/-20) - age
What is the mechanism of atropine?
Blocks muscarinic receptors
What is the mechanism of propranolol?
Blocks beta-1 receptors
What part of the autonomic nervous system has the most effect on heart rate at rest?
Parasympathetics
What nerve mediates parasympathetic innervation to the heart?
Vagus n.
What serves as intrinsic control for regulation of stoke volume?
Length-tension relationships (cross bridges)
How does the ANS regulate stroke volume?
Influencing contractility
What are the two types of contraction seen in isolated cardiac muscle?
Isometric and isotonic contraction
What is isometric contraction?
Contraction of cardiac muscle in which the muscle does not shorten but is still developing tension or force
What is an isotonic contraction?
Contraction of cardiac muscle such that there is o change in tension or force but shortening or a change in length does occur
What is the effect of increasing the resting muscular length on cardiac output? Why?
Cardiac output is increased because increasing the length of the muscle increases theamount of cross-bridges forming
What is developed/active tension? To what part of the cardiac cycle does it correspond?
Developed tension= total tension- passive tension; corresponds to systole
What allows cardiac muscle cell length to change during diastole in the whole heart?
EDV increases length in heart cells
What is the primary mechanism by which we exhibit the length-tension relationship?
How many cross-bridges can form (overlap of myosin and actin)
What is the physiologic afterload?
The tension developed in the ventricular wall that resists ventricular ejection or the arterial input impedance
What is the effect of increasing arterial pressure on afterload?
Increases afterload
How much tension will the cardiac muscle develop?
Enough to match the afterload
What is the effect of a lower afterload on the velocity of shortening?
Lower afterload means the muscle can reach tension faster and shorten faster
What are the effects of increasing the afterload on ventricular muscle?
Slower and less shortening of the muscle