Chapter 11 Part I: Cardiovascular System Flashcards
Cardiovascular System
Delivers oxygen and nutrients to cells of body tissue.
- Heart (muscular pump)
- Blood vessels (fuel line and transportation network)
Arteries
The vessels that lead away from the heart.
Veins
Have thinner walls than arteries and move deoxygenated blood toward the heart from the tissues.
Capillaries
The smallest vessels. They form the point of exchange for oxygen and nutrients into body cells and waste products coming from body cells.
Places to take pulse:
- Common carotid artery (on neck)
- Brachial artery (on arm)
- Radial artery (one of the most commonly accessible places that we can take pulse) (wrist area)
- Femoral artery (inguinal region)
- Popliteal artery (back of knee)
- Dorsalis pedis artery (top of foot)
- Posterior tibial artery (behind the ankle)
Diving wall between Right and Left atrium
Interatrial septum (plural septa)
Diving wall between the Right ventricle and the Left ventricle
Interventricular septum
Innermost layer facing the lumen space inside the ventricle of the heart
Endocardium
Thick muscular layer in the heart surrounding the atrium and ventricles
Myocardium
Outermost layers of the heart including the (inner) visceral pericardium and the (outer) parietal pericardium that forms the pericardial cavity (10-15 mL of fluid)
Pericardium
Pericardium
Double layered membranous structure.
Pericardial cavity
Helps lubricate and minimize friction between the visceral pericardium and the parietal pericardium as the heart is expanding and contracting.
Tricuspid valve (cusps are flaps of the valves):
Between the right atrium and right ventricle.
Pulmonary valve:
Between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.
Mitral valve:
Between the left atrium and left ventricle.
Aortic valve:
Between the left ventricle and aorta.
Two phases of the heartbeat:
• Diastole: relaxation
• Systole: contraction
- The diastole-systole cardiac cycle occurs between 70 to 80 times per minute (100,000 times per day).
- The heart pumps 3 ounces of blood with each contraction. This means that about 5 quarts are pumped per minute (75 gallons an hour and about 2000 gallons a day).
Heart Sounds
Closure of valves associated with sounds “lubb-dubb, lubb-dubb”
Lubb
Closure of the tricuspid and mitral valves at the beginning of systole.
Dubb
Closure of the aortic and pulmonary valves at the end of systole.
Murmur
An abnormal heart sound caused by
improper valve closure.
Heart rate (HR)
70-80 per minute = 100,000 times per day
Volume
Each beat pumps out 3 oz of blood =
75 gallons per hr or 2,000 gallons per day
Diastole
Tricuspid or the mitral valve will open up to fill the ventricle. The relaxation phase of the ventricle or filling of the ventricular chambers.