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Cardiovascular Physiology - Lecture 4 Flashcards

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What are the components of the circulatory system?

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Heart
Blood Vessels
Blood

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What is the blood made up of?

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Formed elements (cells and cell fragments)
Liquid (plasma)
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What is included in the plasma?

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Water
Ions
Proteins
Nutrients
Hormones
Waste
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What percentage of the blood does plasma (usually) make up?

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55%

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What cells are in the blood?

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RBCs
WBCs
Platelets

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What is the hematocrit? What is its normal value?

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The percent of the blood volume that is composed of RBCs

45%

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What is the hematocrit of a person with a plasma volume of 3L and a total blood volume of 4.5L?

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They have RBC volume of 1.5L

1.5/4.5 = 33%

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What is the difference between the pulmonary and systemic circuits?

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Pulmonary = heart and lungs
Systemic = heart and body
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Where do arteries and veins carry blood?

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Arteries = away from the heart
Veins = towards the heart
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What makes up microcirculation?

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Arterioles
Capillaries
Venules

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Which side of the heart is larger? Why?

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Left - because it has to generate more force for the systemic circuit

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From the R atrium, trace the flow of blood through the body

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R atrium –> R ventricle –> Pulmonary a. –> Lung –> Pulmonary v –> L atrium –> L ventricle –> Aorta –> Systemic aa –> Capillaries –> Systemic vv –> Vena Cava –> R. atrium

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What two organs get the most blood at rest?

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Kidneys and muscles

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T/F - Bloodflow can have dynamic adjustments

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True - Dynamic adjustments allow a person to respond to varying circumstance

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What is flow? What is the equation for flow?

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Volume of blood per unit of time
F = /\P/R
flow = change in pressure over resistance

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/\P

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Change in pressure

The pressure difference between the artery side and the vein side of an organ

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R

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Resistance

How difficult it is for blood to flow between two points

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What factor provides the most potential change for the resistance of blood flow, and therefore the most efficient way of regulating blood flow

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Radius of the blood vessel

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What prevents backflow in the valves of the heart?

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Chordae tendinae connected to the papillary muscle

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What valve separates the R. ventricle and the pulmonary a.?

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Pulmonary semilunar valve

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What valve separates the L atrium and ventricle?

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Left (bicuspid) AV valve

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Interventricular septum

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Separates the R and L ventricles

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What valve separates the L ventricle and the aorta?

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Aortic semilunar valve

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What are the 3 layers of the heart from deep to superficial?

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Myocardium (thickest)
Epicardium
Pericardium

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What are the jobs of the heart valves?
Control bloodflow | Electrical insulation
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Describe the electrical insulation job of the valves?
The fibrous skeleton of the valves electrically separate the atria and ventricles
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What is the blood flow through the heart (include valves)?
R atrium --> R AV valve --> R ventricle --> Pulmonary valve --> pulmonary a --> lungs --> pulmonary v --> L atrium --> L AV valve --> L atrium --> Aortic valve --> Aorta
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Describe cardiac muscle
Branched (unlike skeletal muscle) Has intercalated discs GAP junctions (so each cell is electrically coupled) Striated (like skeletal muscle)
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How does the parasympathetic ns system innervate the heart?
Through the vagus n. Innervates the atria only Secretes ACh on muscularinic receptors
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How does the sympathetic ns system innervate the heart?
Releases norepinephrine through the thoracic spinal nerve OR epinephrine through the blood Has a direct effect on atria and ventricles (controls HR in the atria) Epi and NE bind to B-1 receptors on the atria and ventricles
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What is the pacemaker of the heart?
Sinoatrial node (SA)
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Describe how an electrical signal travels through the heart
Starts in the SA node Through gap juncitons, the electricity spreads through the atria (atria contracts) Electricity travels to the AV node - here, it slows to allow the ventricles to collect the blood Once the electricity reaches the bundle of His, the signal speeds back up and flies down the Purkinje fibers - this allows the ventricles to contract at the same time
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Where does the Bundle of His deliver the electrical signal? Why?
To the apex of the heart | This allows the ventricular contraction to occur in an upwards sweep
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What does the p-wave represent?
Atrial depolarization
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What does the QRS complex represent?
Ventricular depolarization
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What does the t-wave represent?
Ventricular repolarization
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Why isn't there an electrical representation of atrial repolarization?
It get obliterated by the QRS complex
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What causes the rapid depolarization phase?
The opening of voltage-gated Na channels
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What causes the prolonged plateau phase of depolarization?
The slow, but prolonged opening of Ca channels | plus the closure of potassium channels
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What causes the repolarization phase?
Opening of K channels
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Why don't SA nodal cells have a true resting potential?
Because of funny channels
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funny channels
Channels that allow Na and Cl ions to leak into the cell until they create a threshold graded depolarization
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What is the difference between Nodal cardiac cells and myocardial ventricular cells?
Nodal cells have funny channels to automatically cause depolarizaiton Ventricular cells require something to depolarize them (it comes form nodal cells) The rapid depolarizaiton in nodal cells is caused by Ca channels, and it takes a little bit longer
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What does the action potential in a Purkinje fiber look like? Why is this important?
The actual AP looks like a ventricular cell However, Purkinje cells have funny channels so they can depolarize on their own This is important because if the SA node dies, the heart can still happen
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Second degree block
Every other p-wave will not be followed by a QRS complex and t-wave This is because atria and ventricles aren't talking to each other - the AV node is in refractory and cannot depolarize
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Third degree block
p-waves are going and QRS complexes are going, but not in pattern with each other This is because the AV node is dead, so atria and ventricles are completely separate
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Long QT Syndrome
Voltage gated K channels in ventricular muscle are delayed and reduced. This causes the muscle to take longer to repolarize. An ECG will show the the T-wave being longer from the QRS
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Excitation Contraction Coupling
Links the cardiac muscle cell action potentials to contraction via control of calcium within the myocardium Works through Ca-induced-Ca-release
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Ca-induced-Ca release
Cells become excited/depolarize - during the plateau phase, Ca channels open and Ca comes into the cell Ca binds to receptors on the sarcoplasmic reticulum - this leads the SR to release more Ca into the cytosol
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How does Ca effect muscle fibers?
It binds to troponin C, so actin and myosin can interact
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What are the two jobs of the plateau phase?
Release Ca | Create a refractory period that prevents tetanic contraction
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Why is avoiding tetanic contraction important?
It allows time for ventricles to fill with blood prior to pumping

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