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WHS Cardiac Cycle
heart cycles, EKG, heart regulation
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Physiology
12th Grade
10/11/2010

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Term
atrial systole
Definition
When the atria contract, we call it ___
Term
relaxing or in diastole
Definition
When the atria are contracting, the ventricles are ______________.
Term
AV-valves; tri/bicuspid
Definition
Which valves close during ventricular systole?
Term
diastole
Definition
The AV-valves open during ventricular ___________
Term
rt ventricle--> pulmonary artery
lf ventricle --> aorta
Definition
When the ventricles contract, blood flows into which vessels?
Term
AV- valves close;
tri/bicuspid
Definition
The first heart sound occurs when the __________ close.
Term
semilunar
Definition
The second heart sound occurs when the _________ valves close
Term
murmur
Definition
An abnormal heart sound is called ____
Term
atrial syncytium
Definition
The atrial heart muscle fibers work together in a group called ____
Term
Sinoatrial node or SA-node
Definition
What is the heart pacemaker?
Term
upper, rt. atrial wall
Definition
Where is the sa-node?
Term
70-80 bpm
Definition
How many beats/min. does the sa-node normally fire at?
Term
On the floor of the rt. atrium
Definition
Where is the AV-node located?
Term
The signal to the atria is on faster fibers than the signal going to the AV-node
Definition
Why does the AV-node fire after the atria contract?
Term
purkinje fibers
Definition
What fibers tell the myocardium of the ventricles to contract?
Term
40-60 bpm
Definition
If the AV-node becomes the pacemaker, what will be the heart's rate?
Term
15 - 40 bpm
Definition
If the purkinje fibers were the pacemaker, what would be the heart's rate?
Term
SA-node- atrial synctium- AV-node- AV bundle- purkinje fibers- ventricular syncytium
Definition
List the order of impulse movement through the heart starting with SA-node.
Term
atria contract and then ventricles contract
Definition
One heart cycle includes what events?
Term
atria depolarize and contract
Definition
What occurs during the p-wave?
Term
ventricles depolarize and contract
Definition
What occurs during the QRS wave?
Term
ventricles repolarize
Definition
What occurs during the T-wave?
Term
electrocardiogram; ECG/EKG
Definition
What is the electrical recording of the heart called?
Term
arrhythmia
Definition
What is a general term for abnormal heart cycles?
Term
tachycardia
Definition
What is a rapid heart rate called?
Term
bradycardia
Definition
What is a slow heart rate called?
Term
cardiac center in medulla oblongata
Definition
What controls the pace of the SA-node?
Term
Vagus nerve; cranial nerve X
Definition
What parasympathetic nerve controls the SA-node?
Term
slow
Definition
Increased parasympathetic stimulation on the vagus nerve will _____ heart rate.
Term
norepinephrine/ adrenalin
Definition
What neurotransmitter is realeased from the sympathetic nerve to stimulate heart muscle?
Term
heat increases it; cold decreases it
Definition
How does temp. affect heart rate?
Term
It hyperpolarizes the nerves, so it is harder to reach threshold. The heart won't beat.
Definition
What does K+ do to the heart?
Term
It causes more forceful contractions, which can be potentially deadly.
Definition
What does calcium, Ca+, do to the heart?
Term
In the aorta and carotid (neck) arteries.
Definition
Where are the baroreceptors that monitor blood pressure located?
Term
medulla oblongata
Definition
The baroreceptors in the aorta send info. back to the __________
Term
the cerebrum and hypothalamus
Definition
What organs have control over the medulla's regulation of the heart cycle?
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