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What happens to arterial and venous pressure if total peripheral resistance falls and cardiac output remains constant?

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Arterial pressure will fall, Venous pressure will rise

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Why will arterial pressure fall if total peripheral resistance falls?

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Because the same volume into lower resistance allows pressure to fall

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Why will venous pressure rise if total peripheral reistance falls?

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Because there is more blood in the venous system than before, as we are not taking any more blood out of the system form the venous side, so in a snapshot of time, the rate that blood is going into the venous system increases

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What happens to arterial and venous pressure if cardiac output rises and total peripheral resistance remains constant?

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Arterial pressure will rise

Venous pressure will fall

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Why does arterial pressure fall if cardiac output falls?

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Not as much volume is pumped around

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Why does venous pressure rise if cardiac output falls?

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Because the blood stays in the venous system for longer, as less is pumped from the heart, and so the pressure rises

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How are total peripheral resistance and the body’s need for blood related?

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TPR is inversely proportional to need

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What can cause a change in total peripheral resistance?

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Changes in metabolism

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Why does metabolism change total peripheral resistance?

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It generates ‘signals’ in the form of changes in arterial and venous pressure. The pressure change is noticed by the body so it can change to respond

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What is meant by demand led pumping?

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If the body needs more blood, the heart needs to pump more to meet demand

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How is demand expressed?

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As changes in arterial and venous pressure

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To what does the heart respond to by pumping more blood?

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Falls in arterial pressure and rises in venous pressure

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What is cardiac output the produce of?

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Stroke volume

Heart rate

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How is cardiac output calculated?

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CO = SV x HR

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What affects stroke volume and heart rate?

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Arterial and venous pressures

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How is stroke volume calculated?

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It is the difference between end diastolic volume and end systolic volume

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What is end diastolic volume?

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The volume in ventricles after relaxed

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What is the end systolic volume?

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The volume in ventricles after contraction

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Is end systolic volume minimum systolic volume?

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Not under normal conditions

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Is end diastolic volume maximum diastolic volume?

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Not under normal conditions

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Why are end systolic and diastolic volumes not at their maximum?

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Otherwise the heart would have nowhere to go when responding to demands

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What is the ventricle connected to during filling?

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It is isolated from the arteries, and connected to the veins

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When do the ventricles fill until?

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Until the walls stretch enough to produce an intraventricular pressure equal to venous pressure

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What does a higher venous pressure result in?

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The heart fills more during diastole

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What is the relationship between venous pressure and ventricular volume known as?
The ventricular compliance curve
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What happens if ventricular muscle is stretched before contracting?
It contracts harder
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What is the ventricle contracting harder when stretched known as?
Starlings Law of the Heart
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What does Starlings Law of the Heart state?
The more the heart fills, the harder it contracts, up to a limit
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What limits the filling of the heart?
The pericardial sac
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What does a harder contraction lead to?
A bigger stroke volume
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What do rises in venous pressure automatically lead to?
Rises in stroke volume
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What does the Starling curve relate?
Stroke volume to venous pressure
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What is the slope of Starlings curve known as?
The contractility of the ventricle
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What is contractility saying?
That for a given amount of stretch, if efficiency is increased, you get a higher stroke volume
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How is force of contraction different from contractility?
Force of contraction is one myocyte being pulled Contractility is the efficacy of the whole heart  Force of contraction is variable within contractility
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What is an increase in efficiency known as in cardiac terms?
Inotropy
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What does positive inotropy do?
Increases the slope of the Starling curve, and therefore increases stroke volume
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What does how much the ventricle empties depend on?
How hard it contracts | How hard it is to eject blood
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What is the result of it being easier to eject blood?
More comes out in systole
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What happens if atrial pressure falls?
End systolic volume will fall, so stroke volume will rise
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What is force of contraction determined by?
End diastolic volume  | Contractility
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Why is the force of contraction determined by end diastolic volume?
Due to Starlings Law of the Heart
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What increases contractility?
Sympathetic activity
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What is difficulty of ejecting blood known as?
Aortic impedance
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What does aortic impedance depend on?
Mainly, total peripheral resistance
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What is the result of increased aortic impedance?
The pressure rises in the artries
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What is preload?
The volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole
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What is preload related to?
End diastolic pressure
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What is preload increased in?
Hypervolemia  Regurgitation of cardiac valves Heart failure
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What is afterload?
The resistance that the left ventricle must overcome to circulate blood
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When is afterload increased?
Hypertension  Vasoconstriction
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What does an increased afterload lead to?
An increased cardiac workload
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What does heart rate need to control it?
A sensory system that’s not intrinsic
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What is autonomic outflow to the heart controlled by?
Signals from baroreceptors
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What senses arterial pressure?
The carotid sinus
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Why can the carotid sinus sense arterial pressure?
It has a thinner wall, and so can bulge out or contract depending on pressures in the artery
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Where does the carotid sinus send signals to?
The medulla
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What happens if arterial pressure falls?
Heart rate and contractility are increased
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How is heart rate increased?
Reducing parasympathetic activity  | Increasing symphathetic activity
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How is contractility increased?
Increasing the sympathetic activity
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What happens to diastole if there is an increased heart rate?
Diastole time shortens
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What is the problem with diastole time shortening?
There is less time to fill the chambers, which is counterproductive in the long term
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What is given to slow down heart rate?
Beta blockers
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What is the purpose of beta blockers?
To slow down the heart rate so there is more time for filling of the ventricles
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Where is a rise in venous pressure sensed?
Right atrium
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What does a rise in venous pressure lead to?
Reduced parasympathetic activity, and so a rise in heart rate
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What is the rise in venous pressure causing a rise in heart rate known as?
Bainbridge reflex

ESA 2- Cardiovascular System (18 decks)

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