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What is the cardiac cycle

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all events that occur from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next

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When do heart valves produce a sound

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when they are shut

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What happens in diastole

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the heart ventricles are relaxed and fill with blood

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What happens in systole

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the heart ventricles contract and pump blood into the aorta (LV) and pulmonary artery (RV)

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What is a P wave in an ECG

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atrial depolarization

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What is QRS wave in ECG

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ventricular depolarization

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What is T wave in ECG

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ventricular repolarization

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What are the events during the cardiac cycle

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  1. passive filling
  2. atrial contraction
  3. isovolumetric ventricular contraction
  4. ventricular ejection
  5. isovolumetric ventricular relaxation
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What happens in passive filling

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Pressure in atria and ventricles close to zero
Av valves open so venous return flows into the ventricles
Aortic valve closes

Similar events happen on right side of heart but the pressures are much lower

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Tell me about the atrial contraction phase

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The P wave in the ECG signals atrial depolarisation

The atria contracts between the P and QRS

Atrial contraction complete the end diastolic volume

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What happens in isovolumetric contraction

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ventricular contraction starts after QRS in the ECG

ventricular pressure rises

when ventricular pressure > atrial pressure the AV valves shut

The aortic valve is shut so no blood enters or exits

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come back to this

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i can’t deal with this today

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Hypertension

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clinic blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg

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What fashion does blood flow in normal arteries

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laminar

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Is blood flow in normal arteries audible through a stethoscope

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No

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If external pressure (e.g. cuff pressure) exceeding the systolic pressure…

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no blood flows through the vessel and no sound is heard because of no flow

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Once the cuff pressure drops below diastolic pressure…

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no sound is heard because of uninterrupted laminar flow

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Tell me about korotkoff sounds

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  1. First sound heard - peak systolic pressure

2+3. Intermittent sounds heard due to turbulent spurts of blood flow cyclically

exceeding cuff pressure

  1. Last sound heard at minimum diastolic pressure (muted/muffled)
  2. No sounds heard
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What is mean arterial blood pressure

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The average arterial blood pressure during a single cardiac cycle, which involves contraction and relaxation of the heart

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Mean arterial blood pressure is the main …

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driving force for blood flow

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What is normal range of mean arterial blood pressure

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What happens when cuff pressure is between 120 and 80 mmHg

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Blood flow through vessel is turbulent, whenever BP exceeds cuff pressure

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How to calculate MAP

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MAP = [(2x diastolic pressure) + systolic pressure]/3

MAP = DBP + 1/3 pulse pressure

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MAP = CO x SVR = HR x SV x SVR

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CO = cardiac output
SV = stroke volume
SVR = systemic vascular resistance

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What is responsible for short-term regulation of MAP
baroreceptor reflex
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Changes in blood pressure are located by what and where are they located
baroreceptors which are located in the arch of the aorta and the carotid sinus
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Why can baroreceptors not regulate long term blood pressure
because firing decreases if high blood pressure is sustained
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Tell me about increased blood pressure
Increased arterial pressure stretches the wall of the blood vessel, triggering the baroreceptors These baroreceptors then feedback to the autonomic nervous system The ANS then acts to reduce heart rate and cardiac contractility via the efferent parasympathetic fibres and decrease sympathetic constrictor tone, thus reducing blood pressure
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Tell me about decreased blood pressure
Decreased arterial pressure is detected by baroreceptors, which then trigger a sympathetic response This stimulates an increase in heart rate and cardiac contractility, and increased sympathetic constrictor tone, leading to an increased blood pressure
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Why does postural hypotension occur
a failure of the baroreceptor responses to gravitational shifts in blood, when moving from horizontal to vertical position
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What does negative feedback do
acts to minimise any disturbance to controlled variable
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What is postural hypotension
A positive result is indicated by a drop within 3 minutes of standing from lying position : in systolic pressure of at least 20 mmHg or a drop in diastolic blood pressure of at least 10mmHg
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symptoms of postural hypotension
light headed dizziness blurred vision faintness falls
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What are the two main factors that affect extracellular fluid volume
Water excess or deficit Na+ excess or deficit
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How to calculate the extracellular fluid volume
ECFV = plasma volume + interstitial fluid volume
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If the plasma volume falls ...
compensatory mechanisms shift fluid from the interstitial compartment to the plasma compartment
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If the ECFV is controlled ...
plasma volume and therefore MAP will be controlled
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Hormones act as effectors to regulate...
the ECFV by regulating the water and salt in our bodies
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What are the hormones that regulate extracellular fluid volume
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system RAAS Natriuretic peptides NPs Antidiuretic hormone ADH
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What does the renin angiotensin aldosterone system play a role in
regulation of plasma volume and SVR and hence the regulation of MAP
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Where is renin released from
kidneys
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What does renin stimulate the formation of
angiotensin I
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Angiotensin I is converted to angiotensin II by which enzyme
ANgiotensin converting enzyme - ACE mainly produced by pulmonary vascular endothelium
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ADH
regulates ECF volume and osmolality to deal with fluid loads/deficits
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RAAS
SVR and plasma volume
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NPs
act as counterregulatory to RAAS
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NPs
act as counterregulatory to RAAS
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What is haemostasis
arrest of blood loss from a damaged vessel (clotting)

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