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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
02/23/2013

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Term
cardiovascular system
Definition

heart

PVS(vessels-aorta-vena cava)

Blood

Term
heart
Definition

pump

R and L sided

 

 

Term
Right side heart
Definition
Pumps to the lungs via pulmonary arteries
Term
Left side heart
Definition
pumps to the body system and coronaries
Term
Heart layers
Definition

innermost- endocardium

middle mass- myocardium

outmost- epicardium

Term
coronary circulation
Definition
  • arteries originate in root of aorta

perfused during diastole

  • veins empty into R atrium
Term
collateral circulation
Definition

circulation that is additional to the main circulation 

can form around occlusions, bc of HTN or exercise

Term
what does exercise do to the heart perfusion?
Definition
increases it 4Xs
Term
phisiology/ function of the heart
Definition

transport, perfusion

2 way transport system

O2 to cells 

waste products- away from cells to kidneys,liver.lungs

Term
inotrope/inotropic
Definition

force/contractility 

I/F

+ inotrope- increases contractility

- inotrope- decreases contractility 

Term
chronotrope/chronotropic
Definition

heart rate

C/R

+chronotrope- increses HR

- chronotrope- decreses HR

Term

stroke volume

(SV)

Definition

amount of blood ejected with each beat of the heart

 

SV x HR = cardiac output

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