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Decks in this class (21)

1. Anatomy of the Heart
Difference between sagittal front...,
Where is the heart located in the...,
What is the pericardium and what ...
19  cards
2. Mechanical Properties of the Heart 1
What shape are ventricular cells ...,
How does the heart muscle differ ...,
Structure of a heart muscle cell
24  cards
3. Mechanical Properties of the Heart 2
What is diastole and systole,
What happens during the diastole ...,
What happens during systole
24  cards
4. Blood Vessels and Blood Flow
Put the following in order in cir...,
Outline the structure of the syst...,
What happens to the veins during ...
33  cards
5. Microcirculation
What is the starting point of mic...,
What is the blood flow rate f and...,
What is resistance
38  cards
6. Blood Vessel Order, Function and Specialisation of Cells
What are the 3 layers of blood ve...,
What is the basic anatomy and phy...,
What are the 5 functions of the v...
34  cards
7. Electrical Properties of the Heart
What is the potassium hypothesis,
What can you predict using the ne...,
What is the equilibrium potential...
21  cards
8. Sympathetic Nervous and Renin Angiotensin Sytems
Which regions of the cns do the s...,
What do baroreceptors do and wher...,
Which neurotransmitter do all par...
39  cards
9. Regulation of the Cardiovascular System
What is central venous pressure,
What are 3 ways of regulating flow,
Describe the local mechanisms to ...
25  cards
10. Haemostasis
What does primary and secondary h...,
What is fibrinolysis,
What is von willebrand factor
25  cards
11. Clinical Haemostasis and Thrombosis
What needs to be balanced for hae...,
How does the balance in haemostas...,
What are the characteristics of a...
41  cards
12. ECG Methods
What is the difference between ca...,
What is the deflection on an ecg ...,
Why does the ecg look at many views
32  cards
13. Understanding the ECG
What are ecgs used to distinguish,
Which limb is the neutral ground ...,
Which limb leads have upward defl...
12  cards
14. ECG - Identifying Some Basic Disturbances of Rhythm
What is bradycardia and tachycardia,
What are the supraventricular arr...,
What are the ventricular arrhythmias
25  cards
15. Hypertension
What is hypertension,
How does systolic and diastolic b...,
What is the relationship between ...
19  cards
16. Responses to Cardiovascular Stress
Why is the pressure lower above t...,
Why is blood pressure taken from ...,
How much pressure is added if the...
16  cards
17. Atherosclerosis
What types of blood vessels does ...,
What does the disease start to pr...,
What is the significance in the r...
38  cards
18. Vascular Endothelium
What is the atherosclerosis timeline,
What are the 3 layers of the bloo...,
What is contact inhibition
23  cards
19. Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
What is heart failure,
What is the prevalence and incide...,
What are 5 causes of heart failure
38  cards
20. Coronary Heart Disease, Myocardial Infarction and Embolism
What can coronary heart disease l...,
What 2 categories do patients tha...,
What is the link between myocardi...
50  cards
21. Integration of CVS responses - Haemorrhage
How is central venous pressure me...,
Which cation is involved in the s...,
How does the body compensate for ...
8  cards

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