week 9 Flashcards
at rest what is skeletal muscle primarily regulated by?
sympathetic innervation
what are the receptor types in vascular smooth muscle cells ?
a1 and b2 receptors
what are a1 receptors activated by?
NE from Sym neurons
what are b2 receptors activated by?
E fro sym neurons
what do a1 receptors lead to?
vasoconstriction
what do b2 receptors lead to?
vasodilation
what predominates vasoconstriction or vasodilation?
vasoconstriction predominates because sym adrenergic neurons primarily activate a1 receptors
what happens during exercise or fight or flight response?
epinephrine released from adrenal glands activates b2 receptors causing vasodilation to increase blood flow to the muscles
during exercise, what are the main regulators of blood flow in skeletal muscles and what do they promote?
local metabolites byproducts promoting vasodilation
what’s functional hyperemia?
increased blood flow to meet the metabolic demands of active tissue
what’s reactive hyperemia?
increased blood flow after a temporary reduction (ischemia), such as when a muscle temporarily compresses blood vessels during contraction
what are the key metabolic signals triggering vasodilation?
decreased pO2
increased pCO2
increased lactate (lower pH)
increased potassium (K+)
increased adenosine (from ATP metabolism)
mechanical compression*****?????
exercise-induced compression of blood vessels temporarily restricts flow, causing brief ischemia, followed by reactive hyperemia and vasodilation to restore blood supply
at rest, how much blood flows to skeletal muscles?
1L/min (20% of cardiac output)
during exercise, how much blood flows to skeletal muscles?
20-30 L/min (20-30x resting level)
what’s the arteriovenous difference in O2 at rest and during exercise?
rest - 60 mL O2/L
during exercise - 150 mL O2/L (due to increased oxygen extraction)
what’s considered dynamic exercise?
cycles of continuous muscle contraction and relaxation and contraction again
what does contraction do to arterial inflow?
inhibits arterial inflow due to vessel compression
what does relaxation do to arterial inflow?
increases arterial inflow as vessels are no longer compressed
what does contraction do to venous outflow?
increases venous outflow, enhancing venous return
what does relaxation do to
reduces venous pressure creating a larger pressure gradient supporting increased blood flow
what’s considered static exercise?
keeping the weight in 1 position when muscles are contracted
what’s the impact of muscle contraction in static exercise?
resistance in vessels increases and blood flow decreases
what happens to total peripheral resistance (TPR) in static exercise?
increases.
what happens to mean arterial pressure in static exercise?
increases (systolic and diastolic pressure increase)
with increased cardiac output and metabolic activity , what increases in consumption?
higher oxygen consumption
what are the metabolic changes leading to vasodilation?
decreased PCO2
increased pCO2
increased. H+ (lower pH)
increased K+
increased adenosine from ATP metabolism
effect of K+ channels
activation of k+ channels causes smooth muscle hyperpolarizatoin, reducing ca2+ influx leading vasodilation
effect of calcium reduction
increased adenosine raises cAMP levels, which further reduces IC ca2+, promoting muscle relaxation and vasodilation
from muscles when Ca increases what happens?
increase in ca, leads to NO synthase activation so NO produced by endothelial cells, leading to vsmr so also vasodilation
effect of NO release
muscle contraction raises Ca2+ which activates oxide synthase in endothelial cells, NO causes relaxation of VSMC further aiding vasodilation
what’s splanchnic circulation?
blood flow to abdominal organs, including GI tract, liver, spleen, pancreas
flow rate of splanchnic circulation?
1500 mL/min