EXERCISE NO. 8 Flashcards
Exercise 8 Title
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
functions primarily to transport blood throughout the body
cardiovascular system
Cardiovascular system is composed of (4)
heart, network of arteries, veins, and capillaries
average blood volume
adult male:
adult female:
adult male: 5 to 6 liters of blood
adult female: 4 to 5 liters of blood
The blood carries _____ and _____ to all of the living cells in the body, and also carries _______ from tissues to the systems of the body through which they are eliminated.
oxygen and essential nutrients
waste products
Most of the blood is made up of a watery, protein-laden fluid called _________. A little less than half of this blood volume is composed of ______ and __________, and other solid elements called ________.
plasma
red and white blood cells
platelets
- increases the workload of the heart by increasing the force with which the heart must pump to provide the blood of the body
- a concern for proper kidney functioning
High blood pressure
- a concern for maintaining adequate blood pressure to the brain
- may lead to fainting or dizziness
low blood pressure
For measurement of pulse rate, initially record a _______________
baseline pulse rate
What are the two arteries most commonly used for measurement of pulse rate?
radial artery (wrist) and carotid artery (neck)
body sites where the pulse is easily palpated / arteries that are easily palpated (9)
- Temporal artery
- Facial artery
- Carotid artery
- Brachial artery
- Radial artery
- Femoral artery
- Popliteal artery
- Posterior tibial artery
- Dorsalis pedis artery
For the auscultation of heart sounds, cardiac cycle of contraction (_______) and relaxation (______) can be followed by listening to the heart sounds with a ______________.
systole and diastole;
stethoscope
The contraction of the ventricles produces a rise in __________ pressure, resulting in the ______ of the surrounding structure.
intraventricular
vibration
Contraction of ventricles is primarily the vibration of the __________ valves that produces the first sound of the heart, usually verbalizes as “_____”
atrioventricular
lub
at the end of the contraction phase, the blood in the ______ and _______ pushes the one-way semilunar ______ shut, and the resulting vibration of these structures produces the second sound of the heart, which is verbalized as “_____”
aorta and pulmonary arteries; valves
dub
careful auscultation (__________) may reveal two components to each of the two heart sounds.
listening
The splitting of heart sounds is more evident during __________ (inhalation/exhalation)
inhalation
During _______,
- the first heart sound may be split into two sounds because tricuspid and mitral (bicuspid) valves close at different times.
-the second heart sound may also be split into components because the pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves close at different times.
inhalation
cardiac condition which may be caused by an irregularity in valve, a septal defect, or the persistence after birth of the opening (foramen valve) between the right and left atria, resulting in a regurgitation of blood in reverse direction of normal flow.
heart murmurs
may be due to heart block, septal defects, aortic stenosis, hypertension, or other abnormalities.
Abnormal splitting of the first and second heart sounds
to best hear the first heart sound, auscultate the apex beat of the heart by placing the diaphragm of the stethoscope in the _______________ intercostals space
fifth left intercostals space
to best hear the second heart sound, place the stethoscope to the right and left of the ______ in the _______________ intercostals space
sternum,
second intercostals space
extremely low blood pressure (_________)
extremely high blood pressure
hypotension
hypertension
blood pressure can be indirectly determines with a _____________, which measures in millimeters of mercury rising in a glass column
sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff)
