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Patho- CardioVasc

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Where is the apex of the heart?   Bottom of the heart  
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Where is the base of the heart?   Top of the heart  
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What is the name of the covering of the heart?   Pericardium or pericardial sac  
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What is the function of the fibrous layer of the pericardium?   To protect the heart and to anchor the heart to the great vessels  
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What is the name of the serous membrane on the surface of the heart?   Visceral layer or epicardium  
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What is the function of the serous membrane of the pericardium?   Produces and maintains the serous fluid in the pericardial cavity  
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How much fluid is in the pericardial cavity?   30-50 ml can be anything from 10-50  
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What is the name of the upper chambers of the heart?   Atria  
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What is the name of the lower chambers of the heart?   Ventricles  
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What divides the right and left chambers of the heart?   Atrial and ventricular septum  
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What is the function of the right side of the heart?   Pump blood into the pulmonary circulation  
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What is the function of the left side of the heart?   Pump blood into the systemic circulation  
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What is the name of the muscle of the heart?   Myocardium  
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Which side of the heart is thicker and why?   Left more work related to systemic circulation  
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Where are the atrioventricular valves located?   Between the atria and ventricles  
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What are the names of the right and left AV valves?   Tricuspid on the right and bicuspid or mitral on the left  
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What is the function of the AV valves?   Prevent blood return back into the atria  
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What is the name of the vessel exiting from the right ventricle?   The pulmonary trunk or pulmonary artery  
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What is the name of the vessel exiting from the left ventricle?   The aorta  
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What is the function of the aortic and pulmonary valves?   Prevent blood return into the ventricles  
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The right atrium receives blood from the?   Systemic circulation and the heart muscle (coronary circulation)  
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The coronary sinus returns blood from the?   Muscle of the heart (coronary circulation)  
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The left atrium receives blood from?   Pulmonary circulation via the pulmonary vein  
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The pulmonary veins carry?   Oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium  
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What are the chordae tendineae?   The chordae Tendineae attach the cusps of the AV valves to the papillary muscles.  
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What are the papillary muscles?   Extensions of the ventricular myocardium that attach to the chordae tendineae.  
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The pulmonary system is a _________pressure system.   Low  
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The systemic system is a __________ pressure system.   High  
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The venous system is a ____________pressure _____________ volume system.   Low pressure, High volume  
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The arterial system is a ______________pressure ___________ volume system.   High pressure, Low volume  
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Oxygen rich blood leaves the aorta and enters the two coronary arteries, the _______ ____ ________ arteries.   Left and right coronary  
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The right coronary artery branches off into the _____________________   Posterior descending and marginal branches  
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The left coronary artery branches into the ________ artery and the ______________.   Circumflex and left anterior descending arteries  
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What is the epicardium?   Very thin serous layer covering the surface of the heart  
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What is the myocardium?   Muscle of the heart  
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What is the endocardium?   Internal lining of the heart  
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Do arteries or veins have thicker walls?   arteries  
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What is attached to the free-edges of the cusps of the tricuspid valve and mitral valves?   Chordae tendineae  
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The chordae tendineae attached to the myocardium at modified sites called __________muscle.   papillary  
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What prevents the cusps from moving into the atrium?   The CT/PM  
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What is valve prolapse?   Displacement of the valve into the atria  
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Which valve is most likely to prolapsed?   Mitral  
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Do the right and left ventricles normally pump the same volume of blood?   yes  
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What is an electrocardiogram?   A recording of the electrical activity of the heart  
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How many leads are normally used in a diagnostic ECG/EKG?   12  
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Where is the sinoatrial node located?   Right atrial myocardium  
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What is the function of the SA node?   Pacemaker of the heart  
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What is a cardiac cycle?   One heart beat or one filling and ejection phase of the heart  
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What depolarizes after the SA node initiates an impulse?   Atrial myocardium  
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What results from atrial depolarization?   Atrial contraction (systole)  
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Where is the atrioventricular (AV) node located?   Inferior portion of the interatrial septum  
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When does the AV node depolarize?   Along with the last portion of the atrial myocardium  
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From the AV node list in sequence the structures that depolarize.   Bundle of His, Bundle branches, purkinje fibers ventricular myocardium  
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What is the result of the depolarization of the ventricular myocardium?   Ventricular systole  
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When does the P wave begin and what does it represent?   Begins with depolarization of the sa node and represents depolarization of the atrial myocardium  
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What does the QRS complex represent?   Depolarization of the ventricular myocardium  
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What does the T wave represent?   Ventricular repolarization  
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What is the P-R interval?   Time beginning with depolarization of the sa node to the beginning of ventricular depolarization  
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What is the Q-T interval?   Time from the beginning of ventricular depolarization through repolarization  
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What is the S-T segment?   Time when the ventricles are completely depolarized and early repolarization  
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What characterizes a normal sinus rhythm?   Three sequential waves P QRS T in their normal intervals and shapes with arrange of 60 to 100 bpm  
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The normal heart rate is ______ to _______beats per minute. On average that is __________BPM.   60 to 100, 75  
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In the interval following the T wave and prior to the initiation of the next cardiac cycle that isoelectric period is called the ______________ period.   resting  
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Atrial depolarization , shown on the ECG by the ________ wave, results in ____ ________________   P atrial contraction  
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The QRS complex represents the _____________ of the ventricles and results in ______________ _____________________   Depolarization, Ventricular contraction  
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The pacemaker/SA node has the property of ________________, but the rate is impacted by the _________________.   Automaticity, ANS  
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The Bundle of His, the bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers have the property of _____________.   Conductivity  
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Cardiac arrhythmias are classified by ________________ and _________________.   Location and activity  
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The cardiac muscle has the property of _______________________.   Excitability  
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What is cardiac output?   Volume of blood ejected by each ventricle in one minute  
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How is cardiac output calculated?   Stroke volume X HR  
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What is stroke volume?   Volume of blood ejected by each ventricle by a single cardiac cycle or heart beat  
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How is stroke volume calculated?   Subtracting end systolic volume from end diastolic volume  
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What is end diastolic volume?   Volume of blood in each ventricle at the end of its relaxation and filling phase  
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What is end systolic volume?   The Volume of blood remaining in each ventricle at the end of its contraction phase  
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What 2 factors affect the end diastolic volume and how?   Filling time and venous return  
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The slower the heart rate the longer the filling time and the greater volume returns   Venous return is affected by blood pressure, vascular resistance, skeletal muscle pumping and heart rate  
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What is preload?   A measure of the volume filling the ventricles prior to contraction  
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According to ______________ law of the heart ____________ blood is ejected when the myocardium is stretched.   Starling more  
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What is contractility?   The intrinsic ability of the heart muscle to squeeze  
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What are 3 factors that affect contractility?   SNS, hormones (epinephrine), electrolyte balance  
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What is afterload?   The tension the ventricles must produce to overcome the resistance in the vessels  
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What determines afterload?   The amount of resistance in the vessels  
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The greater the pressure in the exiting vessels of the ventricles, the ____________the afterload.   higher  
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What is the primary factor that influences afterload?   Increased resistance of circulation  
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Heart rate is primarily controlled by the ____________________________________   The ANS  
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What is the function of the Parasympathetic nervous system?   Decrease blood pressure and heart rate  
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What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?   Increase blood pressure and heart rate  
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The parasympathetic system innervates the heart via the _______________________________.   Vagus  
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What impacts the chemoreceptors?   Oxygen and CO2 (hypoxia and hypercapnea)  
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What impacts the baroreceptors?   Pressure  
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What impacts the stretch receptors?   Stretch on the ventricles  
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In addition to the ANS, other factors that influence heart rate are______________________   Hormone levels (epi, thryoxine etc) and electrolyte balance  
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What is the RAAS?   Renin angiotensin aldosterone system  
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How does the RAAS influence blood pressure and perfusion?   Vasoconstriction, salt and water retention  
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What are the 4 compensatory mechanisms of the body?   Starling law, RAAS, SNS, ventricular hypertrophy  
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Bradycardia is________________________   Heart rate less than 60  
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Tachycardia is________________________   Heart rate great than 100  
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What is laminar flow?   Smooth layered flow in the vessels  
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What is turbulent flow?   Chaotic flow in the vessels causing more friction  
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What electrolytes affect the action potentials?   Ca, K, Na  
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What is systole?   Ventricular contraction  
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What is diastole?   Ventricular filling  
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__________ is the measure of preload.   CVP  
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Ejection fraction is______________________.   % of blood ejected with each cardiac cycle  
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Mean arterial pressure is__________________, and is calculated by______________________________.   The “average” pressure in the systemic arterial system, SBP + 2(DBP)/3  
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Autoregulation is_________________________.   Intrinsic ability of the organs of the body to regulate blood flow  
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Which organs have the best autoregulation? Which the least?   Brain skin  
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What is the name of the central region of the thorax?   Mediastinum  
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