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Week 3: The cardiovascular system Flashcards

1
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What is the purpose of the CV system?

A

Controls blood transport around the body
Regulation of body temperature
Immune function

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2
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What does the blood transport in the CV system?

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Transports O2 and nutrients to tissues
Removal of CO2 and waste from tissues
Transport of hormones

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3
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What are the components of the CV system?

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Heart
Arteries and arterioles
Capillaries
Veins and venules

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4
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What are the two main components of the cardiac cycle?

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Diastole

Systole

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5
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What occurs in the diastole phase of the cardiac cycle?

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Cardiac muscle relaxes
Ventricles fill with blood
Aortic valves open

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6
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During the diastole phase of the cardiac cycle what has higher pressure the atria or the ventricular? What does this cause?

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Atria therefore blood flows into the ventricle

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7
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What occurs during the systole phase of the cardiac cycle?

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Cardiac muscle contracts
Pressure rises in ventricles
Blood ejected in pulmonary and systemic circulation
Semilunar valves open

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8
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What are the three recognisable electrical activity waves of the heart?

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P wave (atrial depolarisation)
QRS complex (Ventricular repolarisation) 
T wave (ventricular repolarisation)
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9
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What does it indicate if the electrical activity of someones heart is abnormal?

A

Indicates disease

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10
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What is the frequency of the heart known as?

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Beats per minute

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11
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What are is the resting BPM values for untrained males and females?

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70 BPM

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12
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What is the resting BPM in trained males?

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50 BPM

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13
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What is the resting BPM in trained females?

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55 BPM

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14
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What is tachycardia?

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When someone heart rate exceeds the normal resting rate

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What is the resting BPM of someone with bradycardia?

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less than or equal to 60

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16
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What is stroke volume?

A

Amount of blood pumped per heart beat (ml)

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17
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What is the resting BPM of someone with tachycardia?

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Greater than or equal to 100

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18
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How is stroke volume calculated?

A

End diastolic volume - End systolic volume (Before contraction - After contraction)

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19
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What is ejection fraction?

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The proportion of blood pumped out of the left ventricle each beat

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20
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What is an untrained males stroke volume?

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70ml

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21
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What is an untrained females stroke volume?

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55ml

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22
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What is a trained males stroke volume?

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100ml

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23
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What is a trained females stroke volume?

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70ml

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24
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What is ejection fraction?

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The proportion of blood pumped out of the left ventricle each beat as a percentage

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25
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What is blood pressure?

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The force exerted by blood against the arterial walls during cardiac cycle (mmHg)

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26
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What is ejection fraction basically calculating?

A

How much of what was in the left ventricle got pumped

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27
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What is the average resting ejection fraction?

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60%

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28
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What is cardiac output?

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The total volume of blood flow from the heart per minute (L/min)

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29
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What pressure does systolic blood pressure measure?

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Lowest pressure within the vascular system

30
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What is the average cardiac output when resting?

31
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What is rate-pressure product?

A

An estimate of myocardial workload and resulting O2 consumption

32
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What does rate pressure product equal?

33
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How is vessel resistance calculated?

A

(Vessel length x Viscosity)/ Vessel radius foured

34
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How is vessel flow calculated?

A

Pressure gradient / Resistance

35
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What is the normal values for systolic blood pressure?

36
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What is the normal values for systolic blood pressure?

37
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What happens to the radius and resistance during vasodilation?

A

Radius increases

Resistance to flow decreases

38
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What determines blood pressure?

A 
Blood volume
Stroke volume
Peripheral resistance
Heart rate
Blood viscosity
39
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What does the cardiac control centre consist of?

A 
Cardioaccelerator centre (SNS)
Cardioinhibitory centre (PNS)
40
Q

What does the parasympathetic nervous system do to your HR?

A

Decreases it

41
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What does the sympathetic nervous system do to your HR?

42
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What does the sympathetic nervous system do to your HR?

43
Q

What does the sympathetic nervous system do to your veins?

A

Increases ventricular contrarily

44
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What does sympathetic nervous system activate?

A

Sympathetic cardiac accelerator nerves

45
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What does the SNS and PNS regulate?

A

BP and blood flow

46
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What does the SNS and PNS regulate?

A

BP and blood flow

47
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How does EDV (end-diastolic volume) effect stroke volume?

A

Volume of blood in the ventricles at end of diastole

Ventricular preload

48
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How does the average aortic blood pressure effect stroke volume?

A

Pressure the heart must pump against to eject blood

Ventricular afterload

49
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How does the strength of the ventricular contraction effect stroke volume?

A

Ventricular contractility

50
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What does a greater EDV result in?

A

More forceful contractions

51
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What causes venoconstriction?

A

SNS (Sympathetic nervous system)

52
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How does the skeletal muscle pump work?

A

Rhythmic skeletal muscle contractions force blood in the extremities towards heart

53
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What does the skeletal muscle pump prevent?

A

Back flow with veins

54
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What does the respiratory pump do?

A

Changes in thoracic pressure compress veins

55
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What does the respiratory pump do?

A

Changes in thoracic pressure compress veins

56
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What to the radius of the vessel, resistance and blood flow during vasodilation?

A

Radius increases
Resistance decreases
Blood flow increases

57
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What happens to ventricular SNS activity increases?

A

Ventricular contraction

58
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What is the cardiac cycle?

A

Mechanical and electrical events that occur during one beat

59
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What is the cardiac cycle?

A

Mechanical and electrical events that occur during one beat

60
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What does the P wave show us?

A

Atrial depolarisation

61
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What does the QRS complex show us?

A

Ventricular depolarisation

62
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What does the T wave show us?

A

Ventricular repolarisation

63
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What does the T wave show us?

A

Ventricular repolarisation

64
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What does the parasympathetic nervous system release?

A

Acetylcholine

65
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What does the sympathetic nervous system activate?

A

Sympathetic cardiac accelerator nerves

66
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What do baroreceptors do?

A

Measure blood pressure

67
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How does the HR increase from resting to 100 BPM?

A

WIthdrawal of PNS

68
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How does the heart increase past 100 BPM?

A

Activation of SNS

69
Q

How do we alter EDV therefore altering stroke volume?

A

Venous return
Vasodilation
Ventricular contraction

70
Q

What regulates stroke volume?

A

EDV
Average aortic blood pressure
Strength of the ventricular contraction

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