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BIO 202 Heart test

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Location of the heart in the body   mediastinum; anterior to vertebral column, posterior to sternum  
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Pulmonary circuit   right atrium-tricuspid valve-right ventricle-pulmonary arteries-lungs-pulmonary veins-left atrium  
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Systematic circuit   left atrium-bicuspid valve-left ventricle-aorta-body tissues-superior and inferior vena cava-right atrium  
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Double walled sac around the heart   Pericardium  
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3 layers of the pericardium   fibrous layer, parietal layer, visceral layer  
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Separates the visceral and parietal layers of the serous pericardium   pericardial cavity  
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Fibrous pericardium   connective tissue, outer fibrous sac around heart  
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Serous pericardium   parietal layer, visceral layer  
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Parietal layer of pericardium   internal surface of fibrous pericardium (cavity wall)  
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Visceral layer of pericardium   (Epicardium)lines the surface of the heart  
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Protects and anchors the heart and prevents overfilling of the heart with blood   Pericardium  
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Layer that coronary blood vessels travel through   Epicardium  
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Muscle layer of the heart   myocardium  
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Allows heart to work in a relatively friction free environment   Pericardium  
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Smooth lining for chambers of the heart, valves, and continuous lining of large blood vessels   Endocardium  
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Receive blood in the heart   Right and left atria  
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Pump blood into the arteries   right and left ventricles  
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Functional blood supply to the muscle itself   coronary circulation  
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Ensure blood delivery to the heart   collateral routes  
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Left coronary artery divides into:   anterior IV artery, circumflex artery  
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Right coronary artery divides into:   Posterior IV, marginal arteries  
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Supplies blood to IV septum and anterior wall of ventricle   Anterior IV artery  
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supplies left atrium and posterior wall of left ventricle   circumflex artery  
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supplies posterior ventricle walls   posterior IV artery  
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supplies lateral right chambers   marginal artery  
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Coronary veins   Great cardiac, anterior cardiac, small cardiac, and middle cardiac  
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All coronary veins drain into:   Coronary sinus  
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Where does the coronary sinus empty   The right atrium  
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Take blood from the body to the heart   Veins  
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Take oxygenated blood to the heart   arteries  
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Prevent backflow into atria when ventricles contract   AV valves  
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Right AV valve   3 cusps; tricuspid valve  
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Left AV valve   2 cusps; mitral, bicuspid valve  
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Anchor AV valves to papillary muscles   Chordae tendinae  
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lie between ventricle and aorta   Aortic semilunar valve  
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lie between right ventricle and pulmonary trunk   pulmonary semilunar valve  
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Prevent backflow of blood into the ventricles   semiular valves  
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Where do the atria receive blood from   superior and inferior vena cava and coronary sinus  
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Remnant of foramen ovale   Fossa ovalis  
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Blood enters left atria from?   pulmonary veins  
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internal ridges of myocardium in the right atrium   pectinate muscles  
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Mark ventricular walls   papillary muscles and trabeculae carnae  
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Pumps blood into the pulmonary trunk   right ventricle  
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Pumps blood into the aorta   left ventricle  
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When the bicuspid valve is open, the papillary muscles are ____   relaxed  
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When the atria contract, the AV valves are?   open  
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When the ventricles are relaxed, the AV valves are?   closed  
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What happens when the atria contract   blood flows from atria to ventricles  
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What happens to the ventricles when atria contract   They are relaxed and pressure drops  
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When the ventricles contract, the AV valves?   close  
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What causes the AV valves to close during ventricular contraction   papillary muscles contract and pull on chordae tendinae  
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What happens to the semilunar valves when ventricles contract   they remain open  
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What happens to pressure when ventricles contract   Pressure rises  
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How is blood prevented from flowing from ventricle back into atria   Papillary muscles contract and chordae tendinae tighten so valve flaps can't evert into atria  
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Striated, short, fat, branched, interconnected muscle   cardiac muscle  
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Cardiac muscle has that no other type of muscle has   Intercalated discs  
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Intercalated discs   anchor cardiac cells together and allow free passage of ions  
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Mitochondria in cardiac muscle   large to resist fatigue  
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Stimulates cardiac muscle   nerves and self-excitable cells  
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Makes electrical event longer in the heart muscle   Calcium  
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Contracts as a unit   cardiac muscle  
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Cardiac muscle contraction is similar to ______ contraction   skeletal muscle  
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What makes myocardial contraction different from skeletal contraction   action potential, calcium ions, and plateau  
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Action potential   long absolute refractory period  
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What does the action potential rely on   Na+, K+, and Ca2+ channels  
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Prevents wave summation and tetany   absolute refractory period  
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Ensures the ventricles contract long enough to eject blood   plateau  
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What happens before rapid depolarization   Na+ channels open  
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Required rest between electrical impulses   Absolute refractory period  
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What happens before repolarization occurs   Na+ channels close, Ca2+ channels open, K+ channels open, Ca2+ channels close  
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Internal system of the heart   intrinsic conduction system  
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Cardiac cells that initiate and distribute impulses to ensure orderly depolarization   nodal cells  
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Pacemaker potential   cell always fires on its own  
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What sets up depolarization   Na+ leaks into the cell  
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Each depolarization=?   one heart beat  
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Pacemaker that initiates heartbeat   Sinoatrial (SA) node  
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Electrical gateway to ventricles   Atrioventricular (AV) node  
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Delays the impulse by .1 second   AV node  
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Impulses pass from atria to ventricles via _____   Atrioventricular bundle  
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Av bundle splits into 2 pathways in interventricular septum:   bundle branches  
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Carry impulse toward apex of heart   bundle branches  
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carry impulse to heart apex and ventricular walls   Purkinje fibers  
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Happens to get muscle contractions   cardiac intrinsic conduction  
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all action potentials of nodal and myocardial cells detected, amplified, and recorded by electrodes   ECG  
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Sets the sinus rhythm   SA node  
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Records electrical activity of the heart   ECG  
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QRS complex=?   one heartbeat  
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P wave   SA node fires, atrial depolarization, Atria contract  
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Initiated by SA node firing   P wave  
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Ventricles repolarize at apex and relaz   T wave  
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Reach apex of heart at wave __   Q  
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QRS complex   AV node fires, ventricular depolarization, ventricular systole (atrial repolarization and distole)  
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Striated, short, fat, branched, interconnected muscle   cardiac muscle  
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Cardiac muscle has that no other type of muscle has   Intercalated discs  
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Intercalated discs   anchor cardiac cells together and allow free passage of ions  
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Mitochondria in cardiac muscle   large to resist fatigue  
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Stimulates cardiac muscle   nerves and self-excitable cells  
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Makes electrical event longer in the heart muscle   Calcium  
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Contracts as a unit   cardiac muscle  
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Cardiac muscle contraction is similar to ______ contraction   skeletal muscle  
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What makes myocardial contraction different from skeletal contraction   action potential, calcium ions, and plateau  
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Action potential   long absolute refractory period  
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What does the action potential rely on   Na+, K+, and Ca2+ channels  
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Prevents wave summation and tetany   absolute refractory period  
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Ensures the ventricles contract long enough to eject blood   plateau  
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What happens before rapid depolarization   Na+ channels open  
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Required rest between electrical impulses   Absolute refractory period  
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What happens before repolarization occurs   Na+ channels close, Ca2+ channels open, K+ channels open, Ca2+ channels close  
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Internal system of the heart   intrinsic conduction system  
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Cardiac cells that initiate and distribute impulses to ensure orderly depolarization   nodal cells  
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Pacemaker potential   cell always fires on its own  
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What sets up depolarization   Na+ leaks into the cell  
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Each depolarization=?   one heart beat  
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Pacemaker that initiates heartbeat   Sinoatrial (SA) node  
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Electrical gateway to ventricles   Atrioventricular (AV) node  
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Delays the impulse by .1 second   AV node  
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Impulses pass from atria to ventricles via _____   Atrioventricular bundle  
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Av bundle splits into 2 pathways in interventricular septum:   bundle branches  
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Carry impulse toward apex of heart   bundle branches  
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carry impulse to heart apex and ventricular walls   Purkinje fibers  
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Happens to get muscle contractions   cardiac intrinsic conduction  
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all action potentials of nodal and myocardial cells detected, amplified, and recorded by electrodes   ECG  
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Sets the sinus rhythm   SA node  
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Records electrical activity of the heart   ECG  
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QRS complex=?   one heartbeat  
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P wave   SA node fires, atrial depolarization, Atria contract  
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Initiated by SA node firing   P wave  
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Ventricles repolarize at apex and relaz   T wave  
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Reach apex of heart at wave __   Q  
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QRS complex   AV node fires, ventricular depolarization, ventricular systole (atrial repolarization and distole)  
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When does atria contraction occur   P-Q segment  
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When does ventricular contraction occur   S-T segment  
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Where do the ventricles begin to depolarize   Apex  
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Auscultation   listening to valve function  
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Contraction of heart muscle is also called:   Systole  
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Relaxation of heart muscle is also called:   Diastole  
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First sound of heart sounds   AV valves close  
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Signifies beginning of systole   AV valves close  
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Second sound of heart sounds   SL valves close  
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Beginning of ventricular diastole   SL valves close  
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All events associated with blood flow through the heart   Cardiac cycle  
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During atrial systole, ventricle is ____   diastole  
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Phase of the cardiac cycle where atria contract   ventricular filling  
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Phase of cardiac cycle   j  
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Phase of cardiac cycle where heart pressure is low and AV valves are open   Ventricular filling  
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Blood enters atria and flows into ventricles, then atrial systole occurs   Ventricular filling  
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Another name for isovolumetric contraction   ventricular systole  
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Tension and pressure build during what phase of the cardiac cycle   Ventricular systole  
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Phase of the cardiac cycle that opens the semilunar vavles   Ventricular ejection  
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What phase of the cardiac cycle do atria relax   Ventricular systole  
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During what phase of the cardiac cycle is blood moving/flowing   Ventricular ejection  
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Early diastole, where ventricles relax   Isovolumetric relaxation  
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Phases of the cardiac cycle   ventricular filling, ventricular systole (contraction), ventricular ejectoin, isovolumetric relaxation  
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Relaxed ventricle volume (blood occupying the relaxed ventricles)   EDV  
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Blood remaining in each ventricle after systole   ESV  
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Amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in one minute   cardiac output  
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The amount of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each beat   Stroke volume (SV)  
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End diastolic volume (EDV) - end systolic volume (ESV)   SV  
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Heart rate x stroke volume   cardiac output  
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Difference between resting and maximal CO   cardiac reserve  
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Unbalanced ventricular output can lead to:   pulmonary edema (fluid in lungs)  
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Amount ventricles are stretched by blood before they contract   preload  
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Increased preload causes ____ contraction strength   increased  
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Contraction force for a given preload (the strength of the heart)   Contractility  
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Achieving big EDV   Preload  
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Increases stroke volume   preload and contraction force  
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Decreases stroke volume   afterload  
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Back pressure exerted by blood in the large arteries leaving the heart   Afterload  
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Detect changes in physical activity and feedback to medulla and adjust heart rate to what's appropriate   Proprioceptors  
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Sense pressure in aorta and send real-time signals to cardiac center   Baroreceptors  
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Sense blood pH, CO2, and O2   Chemoreceptors  
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Stimulates the heart   cardioacceleratory center of the medulla  
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Inhibits the heart   cardioinhibitory center of medulla  
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Stimulates the vagus nerve   cardioinhibitory center  
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Sympathetic center in medulla   cardioacceleratory center  
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increase in contractility comes from:   positive inotropic factors  
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Increase in contractile strength, independent of stretch and EDV   contractility  
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Negative inotropic factors   increased extracellular K+, calcium channel blockers  
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Positive inotropic factors   epinephrine, glucagon, thyroxine; Ca2+, some drugs  
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Effect of epinephrine and thyroxine on contraction force   Makes harder contractions  
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Determines heart rate   rate of depolarization in autorhythmic cells  
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Slows heart rate   Parasympathetic innervation  
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Makes heart rate faster   Sympathetic innervation/ epinephrine  
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Determines stroke volume   force of contraction in ventricular myocardium  
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Influences stroke volume   contractility, length-tension relationship of muscle fibers  
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Congestive heart failure   pumping efficiency is so low that blood circulation can't meet the needs of tissue  
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Opening connecting the two atria to bypass pulmonary circuit   foramen ovale  
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Becomes fossa ovalis in an adult   Foramen ovalis  
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Connects aorta and pulmonary trunk   Ductus arteriosus  
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Becomes ligamentum arteriosum in adult   ductus arteriosus  
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Three major types of vessels   arteries, capillaries, veins  
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Carry blood away from the heart   arteries  
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Carry blood toward the heart   veins  
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Contact tissue cells and serve cellular needs   Capillaries  
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Arteries that feed directly into capillary beds   Arterioles  
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Three tunics of arteries and veins   tunica intima/interna, media, externa  
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Central blood containing space   Lumen  
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Vessels composed of one layer   capillaries (endothelium)  
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Tunica that is an endothelial layer lining lumen   Tunica inerna  
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Tunica that is a smooth muscle and elastic fiber layer   Tunica media  
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Tunica that reduces friction   Tunica interna  
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Controls vasoconstriction/dilation of vessels   Tunica media  
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Tunica regulated by sympathetic nervous system   Tunica media  
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Tunica that is collagen fibers   Tunica externa  
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Strengthens blood vessels and prevents blood pressure from rupturing them   Tunica media  
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Protect and reinforce vessels   tunica externa  
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Anchors vessels and provides passage for small nerves and lymphatic vessels   Tunica externa  
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Thick media and no vavles   Arteries  
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Contains valves and has large lumen   vessels  
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Most of the blood in the body is in the ____ at any given time   Veins  
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Capacitance vessels   veins  
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Conduct blood to big regions of the body   elastic (conducting) arteries  
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Thick-walled arteries near the heart   elastic arteries  
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Why are arteries sometimes called resistance vessels   They have relatively strong, resilient tissue structure that resists high blood pressure  
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Vessels that resist high blood pressure   arteries  
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Resistance vessels   arteries  
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Deliver blood to body organs   Muscular arteries  
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Thich tunica media with more smooth muscle and active in vasosconstriction   Muscular arteries  
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Muscular arteries branch into:   arterioles  
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Smallest arteries that lead to capillary beds   arterioles  
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Control flow into capillary beds via vasodilation/constriction   arterioles  
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The smallest blood vessels   capillaries  
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Walls consisting of thin tunica interna one cell thick   capillaries  
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Stabilize capilarry walls and can contract to regulate blood flow   Pericytes  
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Diffuse easily through capillaries   lipid soluble substances (steroid hormones, O2, CO2  
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3 structural types of capillaries:    
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Filtrated out of capilarries   O2, H2O, glucose, electrolytes, hormoens  
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Reabsorbed into capillaries   CO2, metabolic waste, H2O, hormones  
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Capillaries that are abundant in skin and muscles   Continuous capillaries  
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Found wherever active capillary absorption or filtration occurs   Fenestrated capillaries  
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Where are fenestrated capillaries located   Small intestines, endocrine glands, and kidneys  
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Fenestrated capillaries in small intestines   absorb lots of nutrients  
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Fenestrated capillaries in endocrine glands   taking/giving hormones  
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Fenestrated capillaries in kidneys   filter blood/reabsorption  
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Characterized by an endothelium riddled with pores   Fenestrated capillaries  
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Highly modified, leaky capillaries   Sinusoids  
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Capillaries with large lumens   Sinusoids  
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Capillaries found in liver,bone marrow, spleen, lymphoid tissue, and some endocrine organs   Sinusoids  
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Capillaries that allow large molecules to pass between blood   Sinusoids  
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Capillaries where blood flows sluggishly   Sinusoids  
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Cuff of smooth muscle that surrounds each true capillary   Precapillary sphincter  
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Regulates blood flow into the capillary   Precapillary sphincter  
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Capacitance vessels   veins  
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Vessels with a greater capacity for blood containment   Veins  
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Vessels with then walls and less muscular and elastic tissue   Veins  
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Vessels with steady blood flow   Veins  
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Vessels with relatively low blood pressure   veins  
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Where is blood pressure the lowest   superior vena cava  
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Formed when venules converge   Veins  
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Circulatory route   heart-arteries-arterioles-capillaries-venules-veins  
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Blood flows through 2 consecutive capillary networks before returning to heart   Portal system  
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The point where 1 blood vessels merge   Anastomoses  
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Blood flow = ?   CO in vessels  
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Most important to influence blood pressure   resistance in valves  
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Blood flow is directly proportional to?   difference in blood pressure between 2 different points in circulation  
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Force per unit are exerted on the wall of a blood vessel by its contained blood   Blood pressure  
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Provides driving force that keeps blood moving from higher to lower pressure areas   differences in BP within vascular system  
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Blood pressure is extremely high in:   aorta  
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3 important sources of resistance   blood viscosity, total blood vessel length, and vessel radius  
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Most powerful influence over blood flow   Vessel radius  
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Major determinants of peripheral resistance   small-diameter arterioles  
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Pressure results when?   flow is opposed by resistance  
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Systematic pressure is highest in:   aorta  
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Steepest change in blood pressure occurs in:   arterioles  
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Arteriole blood pressure reflects 2 factors of arteries close to heart:   elasticity and amount of blood forced into them  
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Pressure exerted on arterial walls during ventricular contraction   systolic pressure  
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diastolic pressure   pressure remaining in vessels  
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Pressure sensitive to peripheral resistance   diastolic pressure  
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Blood pressure that is steady and changes little during the cardiac cycle   Venous BP  
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Pressure changes created during breathing   respiratory pump  
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Required to maintain blood pressure   cooperation of heart, vessels, and kidneys; supervision of the brain  
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Main factors influencing blood pressure   CO, PR, BV  
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Blood pressure = ?   CO x PR  
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2 things that determine CO   venous return, neural and hormonal controls  
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Resting heart rate controlled by   cardioinhibitory center via vagus nerves  
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Stroke volume controlled by   venous return  
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Increases heart rate and stroke volume under stress   cardioacceleratory center  
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3 short term controls of blood pressure   local, neural, hormonal  
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Long term control of blood pressure   regulate blood volume  
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Ability of tissues to regulate their own blood supply   Autoregulation  
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What happens to vessles when wastes are removed   they constrict  
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If blood supply is cut off and then restored blood flow...   increases above normal  
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Reactive hyperemia   blood flow cut off then restored, BF increases above normal  
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Angiogenesis   growth of new blood vessels  
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Local control of BP:   autoregulation, reactive hyperemia, angiogenesis  
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Neural control of BP:   CNS and ANS; medulla oblongata  
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Exerts sympathetic control over blood vessels throughout body   vasomotor center of Medulla oblongata  
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Stimulates most vessles to constrict   medulla oblongata  
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Dilates vessels in skeletal and cardiac muscle to meet demands of exercise   medulla oblongata  
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Increased blood pressure causes ___ baroreceptor signals   increased  
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Baroreceptors stimulate cardioinhibitory center to cause:   vasodilation, decrease HR, CO, PR, BP, decrease sympathetic tone  
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Decreased BP stimulates cardioacceleratory center to:   increase CO and PR, increase sympathetic tone and vasoconstriction  
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Epinephrine and norepihephrine on lood pressure   increase short term  
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Hormone that increases blood pressure long term   Aldosterone  
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Promotes water retention and raises BP   ADH  
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Generates angiotensin II   release of renin from kidneys  
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Hormonea that cause vasoconstriction   Angiotensin II, ADH  
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Hormones that increase BP   ADH, AG2, Aldosterone, epinephrine  
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Chemicals that decrease BP   ANP, NO, inflammatory chemicals, alcohol  
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Antagonist to aldosterone that decreases BP   ANP  
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Increases urinary sodium excretion to cause BV and pressure to decline   ANP  
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Chemical that is a brief but potent vasodilator   NO  
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Inhibits ADH and causes BP to drop   alcohol  
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Adapt to chronic high or low BP   baroreceptors  
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