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Decks in this class (21)

Introduction to Haemodynamics
What is hydraulic resistance is i...,
What vessel has the greatest cros...,
Where does pressure stay high all...
13  cards
Control of Arterial Tone
What are resistance vessels major...,
What is pressure equal to,
What is tpr mainly determined by
33  cards
Ventricular Muscle
What is cardiac muscle contractio...,
Where does the electrical excitat...,
At rest is the inside of the plas...
23  cards
Cardiac Pacemaker Potential and Cardiac Conduction
What percentage cells make up aut...,
Define automaticity,
What is the dominant cardiac pace...
19  cards
Cardiac Cycle: Pressure and Volume Chahnges
What are the atrioventricular valves,
What are the semi lunar valves,
What is the contractile phase called
29  cards
Capillary Exchange 1
What is filtration,
What are the 2 types of transport...,
What capillaries require facilita...
32  cards
Capillary Exchange 2
What is molecular permeability de...,
What are the 3 classes of solutes,
How do lipid soluble molecules cr...
21  cards
ECG
What is the ecg,
How is an electrical potential ge...,
What are 2 features of the electr...
25  cards
ECG II
What cardiac functions do ecgs pr...,
How is heart rate calculated off ...,
How many beats is bradycardic
23  cards
Control of Arterial Pressure - short term
What are baroreceptors,
Where are arterial baroreceptors ...,
Where are cardiopulmonary mechano...
28  cards
Control Arterial pressure - long term
Why can t baroreceptors provide i...,
What does resetting the barorefle...,
What does hypertensive cause
28  cards
Control of Venous Pressure
What is compliance equal to,
What does pressure depend on,
What neurotransmitter triggers ve...
22  cards
Preload and Afterload
Define cardiac output,
What happens when rv output lv ou...,
What happens when lv output rv ou...
20  cards
Cardiac Contractility and Interdependence of Preload and Afterload
What two neurotransmitters stimul...,
What does increased contractility...,
What 4 factors affect co
9  cards
Efferent Autonomic Regulation
What is chronotropy,
What is inotropy,
What is lusitropy
18  cards
Cardiac Autonomic Reflexes
What are the 4 sensors,
What do arterial baroreceptors pr...,
What does arterial baroreceptor a...
25  cards
Mechanoreceptors
How do mechanoreceptors differ,
Where are arterial baroreceptors ...,
Where are cardiopulmonary mechano...
33  cards
Haemorrhage
Define circulatory shock,
What are the 4 types of circulato...,
What are some signs and symptoms ...
25  cards
Haemostasis: Role of Platelets
What are platelets mechanism of a...,
What leads to the formation of fi...,
What two components seal off the ...
27  cards
Haemostasis: Role of Clotting Factors
What expresses the tissue factor ...,
Define blood coagulation,
What does the clot contain
18  cards
Coagulation cascade and Fibrinolysis
What is tissue facotr,
Where is tf located,
Which blood clotting factor binds...
26  cards

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