Flashcards in Vascular Control I Deck (27)
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The heart is a _____________ that acts upon an _____________ in order to produce an __________________.
Dynamic system
Input
Output
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Input=
Venous return
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Output=
Cardiac output
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If there are changes in a hearts input, are changes in output required?
Yes, the body does everything it can to keep these equal to one another
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What is preload?
End diastolic volume
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What is afterload?
End systolic pressure
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What happens when preload increases?
Stroke volume and cardiac output also increase
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Is preload or after load a reflection of volume status?
Preload
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Where does the majority of the volume reside in the circulatory system?
In the peripheral venous compartment
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Which vascular compartment is associated with preload?
Central venous compartment
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What vascular compartment is associated with after load?
Arterioles
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Blood leaves the central ventouse compartment (right atrium) by entering the right ventricle at a rate that is equal to.....
Cardiac output
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What is the definition of venous return?
The rate at which blood returns to the thorax from the peripheral vascular beds (the rate it enters the central venous compartment)
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What anatomical structures comprise the central venous compartment?
Great veins in thorax and right atrium
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Which pressure is larger, peripheral venous pressure, or central venous pressure?
Peripheral venous pressure
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What happens when peripheral venous pressure is EQUAL to central venous pressure?
There is no flow
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When blood volume or venous return increases, what happens to the venous function curve?
It shifts to the right
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What happens to the RAP at any constant CVP with an increase in pump flow?
It decreases
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at increase pump rates, the amount of blood in the arterial system _______________ while the amount of blood in the venous system _______________. What is the effect on the pressure for each?
Increases
Decreases
The arterial pressure increases and the venous pressure decreases
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What is MSFP?
Mean systemic filling pressure. It is the bold pressure at zero flow.
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Does MSFP increase or decrease with greater blood volume?
It increases
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At any given RAP, an increase in CVP with increased blood volume drives greater venous return. What is the effect on the vascular function curve?
A shift upwards
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Do vasoconstriction and vasodilation effect MSFP?
No, because blood volume has not changed (you are just shifting where it is)
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When arterioles vasodilate, what is the effect on stroke volumes and cardiac output?
Stroke volume increases, cardiac output increases
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A transient increase in RAP, there would be an _____________ in CO and a _____________ in VR (venous return).
Increase
Decrease
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What are the effects of a transfusion on MAP and CO?
There is an increase in both
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