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What are intercalated disks?
connects branched cardiac muscle fibers
What is the benefit of intercalated disks in cardiac muscles?
improves conduction of electrical pulses
What is the biggest difference between cardiac and skeletal muscles?
cardiac are branched
Are cardiac muscles smaller or larger than skeletal muscles?
smaller
Are cardiac muscles mono or multinucleated?
mononucleated
Do cardiac muscles or skeletal muscles have NO motor units?
cardiac
What are demosomes?
connections between muscle cells that aid in contraction
what are gap junctions?
allows for ion flow in muscles (spread of action potential)
Cardiac muscles contain sacroplasmic reticulum just like skeletal muscles, but hold more/less Ca2+
less Ca2+
Why is it important cardiac muscles have less Ca2+ in the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
strength of contraction depends on influx of Ca2+
What is a consequence of cardiac muscles having to bring in Ca2+ from outside of cell for contracts (since it has less Ca in SR than skeletal muscles)?
longer depolarization phase
Do cardiac muscles have a longer or shorter refractory period than skeletal muscles? And why?
longer
prevents tetany
What is tetany?
sustained contraction of muscle
What makes the refractory period longer in cardiac muscles?
tension in muscle peaks during refractory period NOT during action potential to prevent tetany
Longer refractory period in cardiac muscles aids in contraction _________
delays
Where does the heart muscles get most of its energy?
fatty acid oxidation from mitochondria
What is the second place the heart muscles get thier energy from?
glucose
Is there a change in [ATP] in cardiac muscles?
NO
hydrolysis = synthesis
What are the 3 other system that are used to regulate blood pressure?
- RAS (Renin-Angiotensin system)
- chemoreceptors
- low pressure baroreceptors
What is RAS (Renin-Angiotensin system)?
regulates BP by regulating blood volume via the kidneys
What are the steps to RAS (Renin-Angiotensin system) regulating a drop in BP?
- drop in BP
- drop in blood level in kidneys
- renin (protease) is proiduced and cleaves AN (angiotensinogen) into AT I
- AT I circulates to lungs where its converted into AT II
- AT II causes release of aldosterone (steroid hormone)
- aldosterone increases Na2+ reabsorption whch increases H2O in ECF
- increased fluid volume
- increased BP
What is the protease in the RAS (Renin-Angiotensin system)?
renin
What is released in the RAS (Renin-Angiotensin system) that causes increased Na2+ reabsorption to increase blood volume?
aldosterone
How does angiotensinogen II aid in resitance?
vasoconstrictor = increased resistance
How does aldosterone work in the RAS?
enters kidney cells where receptor is located and enters nucleus to increase transcription of Na and K channels so Na and H2O can increase fluid volume
What in the RAS increases Na+ and H2O absorption?
aldosterone
What is the actual main role of chemoreceptors?
stimulate breathing
Where are chemoreceptors located?
carotid and aortic bodies
What specialized nerves do chemoreceptors have?
type I glomus cells
What do type I glomus cells do?
sensory receptors for O2, CO2 and pH
If arterial PO2 is low…
vasocontrstriction or vasodilation of gut, kidneys and muscles and why?
vasoconstriction to redirect oxygen in blood to brain/heart/lungs
What is ischemia?
cut off blood flow to brain
If brain becomes ischemic, chemoreceptors will cause increased/decreased resistance and why?
increased
redirects blood to brain
What do low pressure baroreceptors respond to?
stretch in right atria (low pressure side)
change in blood volume