Week 8, Cardiac and Vascular Flashcards
Which of the following statements is true concerning differences between the right and left ventricles?
The efficiency of the right ventricle is increased by the left ventricle because the wall of the left ventricle pushes into the right ventricle.
The ________ circuit carries blood from the aorta to the right ventricle.
systemic
The ________ is the amount of blood in a ventricle after it has contracted and before it begins to refill.
end-systolic volume
Total peripheral resistance is related to all of the following except the;
blood vessel diameter.
b.
blood viscosity.
c.
osmolarity of interstitial fluids.
d.
length of a blood vessel.
c.
osmolarity of interstitial fluids.
During one cardiac cycle;
both atria contract at the same time.
The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle is called
systole.
The QRS complex of the electrocardiogram (ECG) represents;
depolarisation of the ventricles.
Which of the following affects blood flow through the body?
blood viscosity
vessel diameter
turbulence
vascular resistance
all of the answers are correct.
all of the answers are correct.
The sequential path of an action potential through the conduction system of the heart is,
sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, atrioventricular bundle, left and right bundle branches, Purkinje fibres.
The ________ deliver(s) blood to the myocardium.
coronary arteries
The phase in the cardiac cycle when the mitral valve is closed and the aortic valve is open is the
systolic ejection phase.
Which of the following blood vessels has the lowest blood pressure?
inferior vena cava
The degree of stretch experienced by the sarcomeres in the ventricle cells before they contract is called:
preload.
Afterload is described as:
the force the ventricles must overcome to eject blood into their respective arteries.
Blood returning to the heart from the pulmonary circuit first enters the
left atrium.
Which of the following is not a function of smooth muscle tissue?
forcing blood from the heart into the major arteries
Which of the following represents the flow of most blood in the systemic circuit?
artery, arteriole, capillary bed, venule, vein
Arteries in the pulmonary circuit carry;
deoxygenated (low oxygen) blood towards the lungs
________ involves a cascade of reactions leading to the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin.
Coagulation
Large blood vessels and lymphatics are found in the
submucosa.
The pulmonary arteries carry blood to the
lungs.
Which event occurs during ventricular systole?
closing of the bicuspid and tricuspid valves
Considering the left ventricle, why does isovolumetric ventricular contraction occur during ventricular systole?
Aortic pressure is higher than ventricular pressure and the ventricle must pressurize the blood to open the aortic valve.
Pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial (SA) node
can spontaneously depolarize.
Cardiac output can be increased by all of the following except:
decreasing ejection fraction.
decreasing end systolic volume.
increasing stroke volume.
increasing ejection fraction.
increasing heart rate.
decreasing ejection fraction.
Stroke volume depends on
Answers:
end diastolic volume.
the contractility of the ventricle.
the pressure required to pump blood into the aorta.
venous return of blood to the heart.
All of the answers are correct.
All of the answers are correct.
Cardiac output is increased by
sympathetic stimulation.
During ventricular systole, the
AV valves are closed.
If the force of ventricular contraction increases, what will happen to the end-systolic volume?
decrease
The QRS complex of the electrocardiogram (ECG) represents;
depolarisation of the ventricles.