Heart Flashcards
Where is the heart located?
In the chest between the lungs behind the sternum above the diaphram surrounded by the pericardium
What does blood transport?
Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, hormaones, wbc, chemicals for protection of invaders
What is the function of the heart?
pumps blood around the body, vessels transport blood to tissues
What are veins?
Vessicals, veins pump blood away from heart
What arteries?
Aortic and pulmonary arteries, brings blood back to the heart
What is bp?
blood pressure, lacterial force on the walls of an artery from blood pulsing under pressure from the heart
what is systolic pressure
peak pressure following contraction
what is dystolic pressure
blood pressure falls during relaxtion
what are common medications associated with blood pressure
diuretics
betablockers
calcium channel blockers
potassium
what is left ventricle hypertrophy
enlargening and hardening of heart wall caused by high bp, caused by heart defects, angina,
what is ausculation
when you hear a sound
What does the liver do?
metabolises drugs, water solouble
What do the kidneys do?
Excrete urine
Abnormal rapid heartbeat, beats over 100bpm
Tachycardia
An abnormally slow heart beat
Bradycardia
