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CHAPTER 6 Flashcards

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Atriums

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Upper chambers, superior chambers of the heart

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Ventricles

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Lower chambers, inferior chambers of the heart

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3
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SA node

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Pacemaker of the heart

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4
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Three types of muscle

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Skeletal (650+ muscles) smooth (lining of arteries, veins and GI Tract) and Cardiac (heart)

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5
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Bradycardia

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Less than 60 BPM; tachycardia greater than 100 BPM

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6
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Average RHR

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70-80 (males 70, females 75)

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7
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Blood is compromised of

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55% plasma, 45% red/ white blood cells and platelets

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8
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Adult heart holds between

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4–6 L

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Arteries

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Blood vessels that go away from the heart

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Veins

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Blood vessels that go toward the heart

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Venules

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Small veins that drain from capillaries into larger veins

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Arterioles

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Small arteries that eventually divide into capillaries

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13
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Valsalva maneuver

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Increase in intra-abdominal pressure / pregnant/high blood pressure should breathe through the concentric and eccentric portions of the lift to avoid this

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14
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Normal breathing rates

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12–16 breaths per minute

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15
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Tachypnea

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Greater than 24 breaths per minute

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Bradypnea

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Less than eight breaths per minute

17
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What is dysfunctional breathing (slow breaths) from

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Due to overactive sternocleidomastoid and scalenes, which can cause headaches, lightheaded, and dizziness

18
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Catabolic hormones

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Cortisol (Adrenal cortex/ glands) glucagon (pancreas)

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Anabolic hormones

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HGH (pituitary gland) testosterone (testes males via leydig cells; adrenal glands females) insulin (pancreas) IGF (liver)

20
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Adrenal glands produce

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Catecholamines (adrenaline and norepinephrine)

21
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Insulin vs glucagon

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Antagonistic of one another

22
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Thyroid hormones monitor

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BMR and the release of calcitonin

23
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Glucogenesis is the creation of

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Glucose via non-carbohydrate, substrates such as protein: gluco = glucose neo= new, Genesis= generation

24
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GI-tract, anatomy and digestion (smooth muscle)

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Mastication, esophagus, stomach, small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum) large intestine (ascending, transverse, descending)

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