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The Heart

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Decks in this class (11)

heart and mediastinum
Type of circulation in each side ...,
Resistance and pressure in each s...,
Brief organisation and passage of...
76  cards
Histology of Blood Vessels
What does the composition of bloo...,
What structure do all blood vesse...,
Endothelium definition 3
78  cards
measurements in cardiovascular medicine
How to accurately measure arteria...,
Non invasive arterial blood press...,
Explain echocardiography 3
8  cards
Haemodynamics
What is the unit of measuring blo...,
Why is mercury used in measuring ...,
Normal blood pressure 3
33  cards
Heart as a pump
How many times greater is the res...,
What are the atria sometimes refe...,
Priming pumps function 3
26  cards
Baroreceptors
Baroreceptor definition 1,
Where do signals from the carotid...,
Where go signals from the aortic ...
48  cards
Electrical Activity in the heart
What else happens as calcium move...,
What are the two challenges in re...,
What enables the synchronicity of...
36  cards
Heart Action Potential
5 phases of cardiac action potent...,
Explain phase 0 2,
Explain phase 1 3
9  cards
intrinsic and extrinsic control of the heart
Cardiac output definition 1,
What determines the co 2,
Normal resting co 3
34  cards
Pharmacology of Cardiac Contractility
Two ways drugs can effect cardiac...,
Examples of direct acting drugs 2,
Examples of indirectly acting dru...
49  cards
properties of the vascular system
Two main functions of capillaries 1,
Mechanism by which solutes are ex...,
Diffusion obeys which law 3
25  cards

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