Lecture test #1- chapter 20 Flashcards
how do atrium contract?
from top down
what are the great vessels?
blood vessels that are connected to one of the heart’s chambers
what extrinsic regulation?
organ is controlled by another organ system
what do people say about autorhythmic cardiac muscle that isn’t true?
that they “spontaneously depolarize” and are an “unstable cell membrane”
the amount of stretching in ventricle wall before contraction (systole)
preload
what does loose sr-t-tubule cause?
a slower action potential than skeletal muscle
what is the second thing that cardiac muscle has that skeletal muscle doesn’t
loose SR-t-tubule connections
what is the second step of the cardiac cycle?
ventricular systole (period of isovolumetric contraction)
what is the average mass of the human heart?
250g in females and 300g in males
what do you see with a ventricular fibrilation?
no P, QRS or T waves
contraction of a chamber
systole
when blood is flowing out of the left ventricle what is happening with the aortic semilunar valve/
it is open and the cups of the valve are pushed by the blood toward the aorta
how does the heart regulate blood supply?
the rate and force of heart contractions change to meet metabolic needs of the tissue
where can the 3rd heart sound be detected?
near the end of the first one-third of diastole during passive ventricular filling
what is happening with a heart murmur?
the mitrovalve snaps shut and flutters
what is a hypothesis as to why trabeculae and pectinate muscles are there?
to form lines to help direct flow of blood or to create turbulance in blood to regulate BP
what happens third during the conducting system?
AV bundle divides into right and left bundle branches and action potentials descend to the apex of each ventricle along the bundle branches
what is normal to have right under the epidcardium?
a little connective tissue
when blood is flowing out of the left ventricle what is happening with the bicuspid vavle?
it is closed and the cups of the valve overlap as they are pushed by the blood toward the left atrium
what is another name for the triscuspid valve?
right atrioventricular valve (AV)
how long does it take to go from the start at the SA node down the middle of the AV node?
.13 seconds
what do you see on a ECG with a premature ventricular contraction?
no P waves precede PVCs
what is the 3rd step of the cardiac cycle?
ventricular systole (period of ejection)
how much of cardiac muscle do autorhythmic cardiac muscle take up?
about 1%