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Approximate blood pressure in Aorta:
100mmHg
Type of tissue visceral pericardium is made up of:
Simple squamous and areolar.
Part of myocardium supplied by interventricular artery:
Right and left ventricles.
Events occuring during repolarization of atria:
Potassium leaving cells.
Anastomosis
Connection between blood vessels providing an alternate pathway.
Endocardium tissue made up of:
Simple squamous
Base of heart
Superior of heart with large blood vessels.
What creates right border of heart?
Right atrium.
Events occuring during depolarization of atria:
Sodium rushing into cells.
Pressure in pulmonary artery:
22-25 mmHg
Importance of GAP junctions in heart:
Important for communication between cells.
Cardiac tamponade
Compression of heart caused by blood/fluid build up in space between myocardium and pericardium.
Auscultation
Listening to internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope.
Thrombocytosis
Too many platelets.
Thromboxane A2
Prostaglandin responsible for platelet aggregation
MNC proteins
Responsible for White blood cell self-recognition.
Fibrinolysis
Essential for breakdown of Fibrin to fibrinogen.
Heparin
Blocks thrombin (anticoagulant)
Antigen
Protein that causes an immune response.
Hemophilia
Results from lack of clotting factor.
Serum
Plasma without clotting factor
Pernicious anemia
Caused by lack of B12, intrinsic factor
Prostacyclin
Blood vessel lining, keeps platelets from sticking.
Syneresis
Retraction of fibrin clot, pushes out serum.
Aplastic anemia
Loss of hematopoeitic stem cells
B lymphocytes
make antibodies
Which mineral is essential for clotting?
Calcium
Polycythemia
increase in red blood cells
Megakaryocyte
Breaks apart to form platelets.
Leukocytosis
Too many white blood cells.
Anaphylactic shock
Systemic degranulation of basophils
Number of platelets in blood
200,000-400,000/mm3
Number of reticulocytes in blood
Less than one.
Normal hemoglobin range
12-18g/dl
Normal hematocrit
38-55%
Average size of RBC
7um
Ratio of RBCs to WBCs--RBCs to platelets?
1000:1/ 10:1
Units that cardiac output is measured in
ml/min and L/min
Normal value for stroke volume
70 ml
What condition associated with left congestive heart failure?
Pulmonary edema.
A heart beat of less than 50-60 bpm is indicative of what?
Bradycardia
Cardiac reserve
Amount above normal cardiac output to be increased.
What affect would vagal stimulation have on Cardiac output?
Decrease.
Positive inotropic drug
Increases force of contraction of heart.
Cor pulmonale
Right sided heart failure--caused by pulmonary disease.
Normal range for EDV
120-130 ml
Positive chronotropic drug
Adrenaline
Point in systemic contraction when all four valves are closed
Isovolumetric contraction.
What condition associated with right congestive heart failure?
Systemic edema
Vessel with only endothelium and smooth muscle:
Endothelium
Which vessel is considered leaky capillary?
Sinusoid
Pressure in arterioles
30-80 mmHg
Chemicals that relax precapillary sphincters:
CO2, H+
Amount of time it would take one drop of blood to go through pulmonary and systemic circuits:
one min.
Hydrostatic pressure in a capillary:
15-30 mmHg
Osmotic pressure of blood:
22 mmHg
Where are chemo and baroreceptors found?
In cartoid sinus and aortic arch.
Which vessels have slowest blood flow?
Capillaries.
In which vessels does nutrient exchange take place?
Capillaries.
Places in body that do not contain capillaries:
Cornea, lens, epithelium, and cartilage.
Heart rate in compensated shock/ decompensated shock:
High/Low