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PD Bio 362 Exam 3
Chapters 14 and 13
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Physiology
Undergraduate 3
05/22/2008

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Cardiovascular system consists of 4 things...
Definition

Heart

Vasculature

cells

plama 

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Portal system
Definition
two cappillary beds in series
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3 examples of portal systems
Definition

1. hepatic portal system 

2. hypothalmic-hypophsyeal portal system

3. nephrons of the kidneys 

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highest pressure in the systemic circuit

lowest pressure 

Definition

high=aorta, systemic arteries

low=venae cavae

 

This helps to make sure that blood flows in one direction in the systemic circuit 

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Three parameters for fluid resistance
Definition

1. Tube length (l)

2.Tube radius (r)

3. Fluid viscosity (n) eta =constants for diff. fluids 

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Poiseuilles law
Definition

R = 8Ln / pi r ^4

 

In humans it equals 1/r^4 

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of three Resistance parameters which one is the main determinant of in resistance
Definition

Resistance

 

Length and Viscosisty both remain relatively constant 

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Total blood flow is proportional to...
Definition
Delta P / R
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Nicknames for Right AV?

 

Left AV? 

Definition

Tricuspid, Right atrioventricular valve

 

Mitral, Bi cuspid 

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Cardiac Muscle fibers are held together in two ways
Definition

Desmosomes-provide at single stress point

Gap junctions=intercalated disks 

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Myocardial Contractile cells stable membrane potential =
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-90mV
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two pathways that are regulated by NE and E binding to Beta-1 receptors, that get phosporylated/activated
Definition

1.phosphorylated voltage gated Ca2+ channels, increased probability of opening, more Calcium enters the cell

 

2. Phospholamban,  concentrates more Ca2+ in the SR.  increases the activity of the Ca2+ ATPase clears intercellular calcium faster, to prepare for next contraction 

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EKG shows...
Definition
the sum of the electrical potentials generated by all heart cells at any moment.
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EKG: P wave
Definition
depolarization of the atria
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EKG: QRS complex
Definition
progressive wave of ventricular depolarization and atrial repolarization
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EKG: T wave
Definition
Repolarization of the ventricles
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Due to mechanical lagging slightly behind electical signal atrial contraction begins...
Definition
in the latter P wave, continues during P-R segment
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Due to mechanical lagging slightly behind electical signal Ventricular contraction begins...
Definition
just after the Q wave continues through S-T segment
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Tachycardia
Definition

>100 beats/minute

Fast heart rate 

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Bradycardia
Definition

slow heart rate

<60 beats/minute 

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If there is not a subsequent QRS complex following each P wave it is most likely...
Definition
AV blockage problem, or bundle of his
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Diastole

 

 

Systole 

Definition

di- time during which cardiac muscle relaxes

 

sys-time during which cardiac muscle contracts 

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looking at an EKG what do you count to calculate heart rate?
Definition
QRS complex: where the blood is actually pumping
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Isovolumic ventricular contraction
Definition

Ventricles contract but AV and semilunar valves are all closed, so the blood doesn't go anywhere.

Blood volume remains the same, Pressure builds 

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Stroke Volume
Definition
Amount of blood pumped by one ventricle during a contraction
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Cardiac Output (CO)
Definition

indicator of total blood flow through circulation

 

Amount of blood pumped per ventricle per unit time (L/min) average is about 5L/min 

 

*doesn't describe blood distribution throughout tissues. 

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Average adult resting heart rate
Definition
70 bmp
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if you block all autonomic input intrinsic SA depolarization rate... means?
Definition
90-100bpm, parasympathetic has greater role in resting heart rate, always has its brakes on
Term
Frank Starling's laws fo' the heart
Definition

1. Stretch (sarcomere length) is proportional to EDV

2. Force is proportional to stroke volume

3. Heart Contracts more forcefully as additional blood enters the heart.  

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Venous Return
Definition
amount of blood that enters the heart from venous circulation
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Pre-load Stretch
Definition
degree of myocardial stretch created by venous return
Term
Inotropic agent
Definition
drugs that increase the force of contraction (catecholamines and digitalis)
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Blocking Na+/K+ ATPase Activity?
Definition
keeps sodium inside of the cell, makes Ca2+/Sodium antiport exchanger less effective, keeps intercellular calcium lvls high and INCREASES contractile prop.
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Extrafusal Muscle fibers innervated by
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Alpha motor neurons
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Muscle spindels?

 

innervated by? 

Definition

Specialized sensory muscle fibers

 

innervated by gamma motor neurons 

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Three types of sensory receptors in skeletal muscle
Definition

1. Muscle Spindles

2. Golgi Tendon organs

3. joint Capsule mechanoreceptors (propiceptors) 

Term
Spindles send what information to CNS?
Definition
length
Term
intrafusal fibers
Definition
Modified muscle fibers lacking myofibrils in center
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Muscle Tone
Definition
Resting muscle contraction
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Conscious movement innervation
Definition
alpha and gamma coactivation
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Golgi Tendon
Definition
mechanoreceptor, stretch receptors at the junction between tendons and muscle fibers
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Golgi tendons respond best to...
Definition
contraction, but also to stretch
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Myotatic Unit
Definition
collection of nervous pathways controlling a single joint
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Reciprocal inhibition
Definition

when one muscle in antagonistic pair contracts the other muscle must relax (be inhibited)

 

*This is due to divergent neurons in the spinal cord. 

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Flexion Reflexes
Definition
polysynaptic reflex pathway, pull limb away from nocious stimulus
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movement can be clasified as three things
Definition

1. reflex

2. voluntary

3. rythmic 

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Three things needed for voluntary movements (the most complex type)
Definition

1.Cerebral cortx

2. Cerebellum

3. basal ganglia 

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Cerebellar input used for...
Definition
fine tuning
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Rythmic movements
Definition

combination of reflex and voluntary movements

 

iniated and terminated by cerebral input 

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Visceral mucle contraction usually controlled...
Definition
reflexively
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