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**just fyi…know the circuit of the heart pump and flow

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What is constant in normal intact circulation?

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Total blood volume

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An increase in the volume of blood in one area must be accompanied by what..?

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A decrease in blood volume in another area

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What determines the distribution of blood circulating to the different regions of the body?

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-output of the left ventricle
-the contractile state of the resistance vessels (arterioles)

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Blood vessels serve as a ________system of passive conduits that delivers blood to and from the tissue

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Closed

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Blood vessels participate ___________ in the regulation of blood flow to the organs.

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Actively

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What happens when resistance in the blood vessels (particularly arterioles) is altered?

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Blood flow to that organ is altered

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The aorta is made up of primarily what tissue?

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Elastic tissue

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What are the most muscular vessels?

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Arterioles

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In the large arteries, frictional resistance is relatively _______ and pressures are _______________ than those in the aorta

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Small, slightly less

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Maximum resistance of blood flow occurs in which vessels?

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Arterioles

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Where in the vessels is pressure drop the greatest?

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The terminal segment of small arteries and arterioles

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Is capillary blood flow pulsatile or non-pulsatile?

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Non-pulsatile

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What progressively dampens pulsatile pressure?

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-elasticity of arterial walls
-frictional resistance of small arteries and arterioles

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Characteristics of arteries:

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-thick walled
-elastic
-highest pressure

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Characteristics of arterioles:

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-smooth muscle
-highest resistance to blood flow
-alpha 1 receptors
-beta 2 receptors

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What does alpha 1 cause in the arterioles?

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Contraction or constriction of the vascular smooth muscle

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What does beta 2 cause in the arterioles?

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Cause dilation or relaxation of vessels in the skeletal muscle

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How do arterioles change resistance in the vessels?

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Through sympathetic nerve activity via Catecholamines and other vasoactive substances

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What is the structure of capillaries?

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Thin-walled and lined with a single layer of endothelial cells

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Where does the greatest pressure drop occur?

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Arterioles

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What occurs in the capillaries?

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-gas exchange
-is a site for nutrients

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Characteristics of veins and venules:

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-thin-walled
-endothelial cells layer
-modest amount of elastic tissue, smooth muscle, and skeletal muscle
-large capacitance
-alpha 1 receptors

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What is cardiac output?

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The rate at which blood is pumped from either ventricle

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What is it called when the cardiac output of the left and right ventricle are equal?
Steady state
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The left and right heart operate in a ________ meaning that…
Series, venous return to left heart equals venous return to right heart
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What is blood flow?
The quantity of blood that passes a given point in the circulation in a given period of time
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Units for blood flow:
mL or L
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Overall blood flow in an adult:
5L/min (which is the cardiac output)
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What does Q stand for?
Flow through a blood vessel
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Equation for blood flow:
Q = deltaP/R
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Delta P is the…
Pressure difference between the two ends of the vessel
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R is the…
Resistance of the vessel
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What is laminar flow?
When blood moves smoothly in parallel layers through the blood vessel at equal distances from the wall
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What happens to the velocity of blood in laminar flow?
The velocity in the center of the vessel is greater than the velocity in the outer edge
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The difference in velocities throughout the blood vessel creates a _________profile
Parabolic profile
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What is turbulent blood flow?
Chaotic blood flowing in an unorganized pattern through the vessel
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Causes of turbulent blood flow:
-high velocities -sharp turns in circulation -rough surfaces in circulation -rapid narrowing of blood vessels
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Turbulent blood flow tends to cause _______
Murmurs
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What are murmurs or bruits important in diagnosing?
-vessel stenosis -vessel shunts -cardiac valvular lesions
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What are palpable murmurs called?
Thrill
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What is the name of the equation that determines the resistance of a blood vessel to blood flow?
Poiseuille equation
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Resistance to flow is directly proportional to ______ ______ and ______
Blood viscosity and length
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Resistance to flow is inversely proportional to the ___________
Fourth power of the radius
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Is conductance sensitive to change in diameter of the vessel?
YES, very sensitive
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What is conductance directly proportional to?
The fourth power of the radius
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The circulatory system is arranged in both ______ and in ________
Series and in parallel
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Where do series arrangements of circulatory system occur?
Within an organ
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Where does parallel arrangement in circulatory system occur?
Multiple organs
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Capillaries have the highest ________________and lowest __________
Cross sectional area, flow velocity
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What accounts for most of the total peripheral resistance?
Arterioles
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What provides most of the blood storage capacity?
Veins
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What does viscosity depend on?
Hematocrit
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What is blood pressure?
The force exerted by the blood against any unit area of vessel wall
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The top number in blood pressure is the ______ pressure
Systolic
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The bottom number in blood pressure is the ______ pressure
Diastolic
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Incisura:
Backflow of blood to close aortic valve
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Pulse pressure is the difference between what?
Systolic and diastolic pressure
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What is mean arterial pressure?
Average pressure during a complete cycle adn is the driving force for blood to flow to organs and capillaries
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What is used to measure left atrial pressure and why?
Pulmonary wedge pressure, because pressures on the left side of heart are more difficult to measure directly
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What is used to measure pulmonary wedge pressure?
Pulmonary artery catheter
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What is vascular distensibility?
Blood vessel can expand in response to a change in pressure
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Veins are ___ times more distensibility than arteries
8x
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What is Vascular compliance/capacitance?
Ability of a blood vessel to expand and hold in more volume in response to an increase in pressure *considers absolute change
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The capacitance of veins is ____ times that of arterioles
24x
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Effect of aging on artery compliance:
-wall characteristic change with age -walls become stiffer -arterial pressures increased
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Factors that affect pulse pressure:
-increase stroke volume decrease pulse pressure -decrease in arterial compliance increase pulse pressure **or vice versa for both
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Arteriosclerosis:
-Plaque deposits in arterial walls that cause a decrease in the diameter of the of the arteries and make them stiffer and less compliant -arteriosclerosis INCREASE pulse pressure
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Aortic stenosis
-reduced size of aortic lumen which decreases stroke volume and pulse pressure
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What is pressure in the right atrium called?
Central venous pressure
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What regulates right atrial pressure (or central venous pressure)?
A balance between the ability of the heart to pump blood out of the atrium and the rate of blood flowing into the atrium from peripheral veins
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Factors that increase central venous pressure:
-increased blood volume -increased venous tone -dilation of arterioles -decreased cardiac functin
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What direction does blood flow?
From higher to lower pressure
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When is the cardiac cycle initiated?
With firing of SA that stimulates the atria to fire
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ESV (end sytostolic volume):
Blood that remains after systole
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EDV (end-diastolic volume) =
Blood that remains at the end of diastole
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Cardiac output equation:
CO = stroke volume X heart rate
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Ejection fraction is an index of _________ __________
Ventricular contractility
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Ejection fraction equation:
EF = (EDV-ESV/ EDV) X100
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What does the P wave represent?
Atrial depolarization
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What does the QRS complex represent?
Ventricular depolarization
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What does the T wave represent?
Ventricular repolarization
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Order of speed of conduction:
His-purkinje -> Atria -> ventricles -> AV node
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PR interval =
0.12-.20 seconds
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QRS interval =
0.08 and 0.10 seconds
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QT interval =
0.4 to 0.44 seconds
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Systole is a period of ___________
Contraction
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Diastole is a period of ___________ where the heart _________________
Relaxation, fills with blood
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Mechanical events of the cardiac cycle:
1. Atrial systole 2. Isometric ventricular contraction 3. Ventricular ejection 4. Isometric ventricular relaxation 5. Late diastole
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know all the phases in detail!! Write out!!
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S1 sound is produced by:
-closure of AV valves and backflow of blood against ventricular walls *louder sound
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S2 sound is produced by:
-Closure of the semilunar valves and recoil of the blood against the atrial wall
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S3 sound should NOT be heard, but would be produced by:
Rapid ventricular filling in early diastole
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When is the only time you should hear S3 sounds?
In children and pregnant women
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S4 sounds should NOT be heard but are due to:
Turbulent flow due to stiff left ventricle/ventricular non-compliance
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Abnormal heart sounds are called ___________ and are caused by ___________ blood flow through the heart
Murmurs, turbulent
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Where to listen for a systolic murmur?
Aortic area
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Where to listen to systolic ejection murmur?
Pulmonic area
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Where to listen to holosystolic and diastolic murmur?
Tricuspid area
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Where to listen to holosystolic, diastolic, and systolic murmur?
Mitral area
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Frank starling mechanism in regulation of heart pumping:
Increases in end-diastolic fiber length produce increases in cardiac output
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Sympathetic nervous system on regulation of heart pumping:
Increase heart rate, contractibility, and vascular tone
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Parasympathetic nervous system on regulation of heart pumping:
Decreases heart rate and cardiac contractility slightly

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