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Nursing, LPN, Year 1 > X A&P - Chp 14 - The Heart and Heart Disease > Flashcards

X A&P - Chp 14 - The Heart and Heart Disease Flashcards

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Myo

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Muscle

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Peri

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Around

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Septum

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Wall

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Stenosis

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narrowing of the spinal column that causes pressure on the spinal cord

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tachycardia

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faster than normal heartrate (100 bpm or higher)

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bradycardia

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slow heartbeat

60 bpm or slower

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Heart is located in the M…

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Mediastinum (behind the sternum)

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Portion of Aorta above Abdomen

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Thoracic Aorta

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Portion of Aorta below Abdomen

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Abdominal Aorta

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Layers of Heart (see image)

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  • Endocardium (smooth like teflon)
  • Myocardium (muscle)
  • Epicardium aka Serous Pericardium aka Visceral Pericardium (touches heart directly, thin outermost layer)
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Parietal Pericardium

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Outermost later of Pericardium (see balloon fist image)

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Structure of Pericardium

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  • Outer fibrous pericardium

- Serous pericardium (parietal layer fused to pericardium, Visceral later, fused to myocardium)

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Features of Myorcardium

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  • striated (actin, myosin)
  • single cell nucleus
  • involuntary
  • intercalated discs
  • branching muscle fibers
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14
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CABG test

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft test

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15
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Heart: Right side pumps ?

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blood low in oxygen to lungs (via pulmonary circuit)

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Heart: Left side pumps ?

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Oxygenated blood to body (via systemic circuit)

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17
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4 chambers of heart

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R and L Atria

R and L ventricle

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Right Atrium

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receives low O blood returning from body through superior and inferior vena cava

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Right Ventricle

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pumps blood from right atrium to lungs

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Left Atrium

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received high O blood from lungs

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Left Ventricle

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pumps O blood to body

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Superior Vena Cava

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drains head and shoulders

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Inferior Vena Cava

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delivers blood to bottom half

24
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Semi Lunar valves aka

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Pulmonary and Aortic valve

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Right AV Valve (atrium to ventricle) aka

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Tri-Cuspid valve

TRI to do right, but if you go to the left you have gone BI-BI

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Left AV Valve (atrium to ventricle) aka

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Bi-Cuspid valve (Mitral Valve)

TRI to do right, but if you go to the left you have gone BI-BI

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Artery takes blood where?

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Away from heart (oxygenated, red)

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Vein takes blood where?

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Towards heart (de-oxygenated, blue)

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Valves btwn Atria/Ventricle

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  • Tricuspid (Right AV)

- Bicuspid (Mitral)(Left AV)

30
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Exit valves

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  • Aortic

- Pulmonary (pulmonic) (only vein to carry Oxygenated blood)

31
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Only valve to carry Oxygenated blood

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Pulmonary Valve - to lung

32
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5L blood circulate every X min

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4 minutes

33
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Coronary Arteries

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Blood supply to myocardium

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Systole (.8s)

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Active

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Diastole (.2s)

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At rest

36
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Cardiac Output

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volume of blood pumped per minute

CO = SV x HR

37
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Ecocardiogram

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only way to get value for stroke volume

38
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Stroke Volume

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amount of blood pushed out per beat

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Heart rate

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heartbeats per minute

40
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CO =

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SV x HR

ml/min

41
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SA Node

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Sinoatrial node (heart’s pacemaker)

  • irritable tissue (reacts to most stimulants)
  • 80-100bpm
42
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AV Node

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Atrioventricular Node (btwn atria and Ventricle)

43
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Hearts Conduction System

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  • SA Node
  • AV Node
  • AV Bundle of HIS
  • Purkinje fibers (web of muscle to send electrical waves)
43
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Sinoatrial Node bpm

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80-100 bpm

44
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Av node bpm

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60-80bpm

45
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NSR

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Normal Sinus Rythm

heart rate in normal range 60-100 beats per minute w steady rate, aside from variations due to respiration.

46
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What other than the sA node can set pace of heartbeat?

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1) autonomic nervous system

2) endocrine system

47
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Autonomic Nervous System

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  • sympathetic NS speeds up heart

- parasympathetic slows it down (cranial nerve x, Vegas nerve

48
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Tetralogy of Fallot

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4 defects that happen together

49
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Methods of Studying Heart

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  • stethoscope
  • electrocardiograph
  • catheterization
  • echocardiography

Nursing, LPN, Year 1 (44 decks)

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