Week 3: The cardiovascular system Flashcards
What is the purpose of the CV system?
Controls blood transport around the body
Regulation of body temperature
Immune function
What does the blood transport in the CV system?
Transports O2 and nutrients to tissues
Removal of CO2 and waste from tissues
Transport of hormones
What are the components of the CV system?
Heart
Arteries and arterioles
Capillaries
Veins and venules
What are the two main components of the cardiac cycle?
Diastole
Systole
What occurs in the diastole phase of the cardiac cycle?
Cardiac muscle relaxes
Ventricles fill with blood
Aortic valves open
During the diastole phase of the cardiac cycle what has higher pressure the atria or the ventricular? What does this cause?
Atria therefore blood flows into the ventricle
What occurs during the systole phase of the cardiac cycle?
Cardiac muscle contracts
Pressure rises in ventricles
Blood ejected in pulmonary and systemic circulation
Semilunar valves open
What are the three recognisable electrical activity waves of the heart?
P wave (atrial depolarisation) QRS complex (Ventricular repolarisation) T wave (ventricular repolarisation)
What does it indicate if the electrical activity of someones heart is abnormal?
Indicates disease
What is the frequency of the heart known as?
Beats per minute
What are is the resting BPM values for untrained males and females?
70 BPM
What is the resting BPM in trained males?
50 BPM
What is the resting BPM in trained females?
55 BPM
What is tachycardia?
When someone heart rate exceeds the normal resting rate
What is the resting BPM of someone with bradycardia?
less than or equal to 60
What is stroke volume?
Amount of blood pumped per heart beat (ml)
What is the resting BPM of someone with tachycardia?
Greater than or equal to 100
How is stroke volume calculated?
End diastolic volume - End systolic volume (Before contraction - After contraction)
What is ejection fraction?
The proportion of blood pumped out of the left ventricle each beat
What is an untrained males stroke volume?
70ml
What is an untrained females stroke volume?
55ml
What is a trained males stroke volume?
100ml
What is a trained females stroke volume?
70ml
What is ejection fraction?
The proportion of blood pumped out of the left ventricle each beat as a percentage
What is blood pressure?
The force exerted by blood against the arterial walls during cardiac cycle (mmHg)
What is ejection fraction basically calculating?
How much of what was in the left ventricle got pumped
What is the average resting ejection fraction?
60%
What is cardiac output?
The total volume of blood flow from the heart per minute (L/min)