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What does the cardiovascular system consist of?

❤️ the blood


❤️ the heart


❤️ blood vessels

What is the size of your heart? (Roughly)

Your fist

Where is your heart located?

The heart rests on the diaphragm, near the midline of the thoracic cavity

What is the path of blood into the systemic and pulmonary circulations?

1. Right atrium (deoxygenated blood) ➡️➡️



➡️➡ tricuspid valve ➡️➡️



2. Right ventricle ➡️➡️



➡️➡️ pulmonary valve ➡️➡️



3. Pulmonary trunk & pulmonary arteries ➡️➡️



4. to lungs (in pulmonary capillaries, blood loses CO2 and gains O2 ➡️➡️



5. Pulmonary veins (oxygenated blood) ➡️➡️



6. Left atrium ➡️➡️



➡️➡️ bicuspid valve ➡️➡️



7. Left ventricle ➡️➡️



➡️➡️ aortic valve ➡️➡️



8. Aorta & systemic arteries ➡️➡️



9. In systematic capillaries, blood loses O2 & gains CO2 ➡️➡️



10. ➡️superior vena cava➡️


➡️inferior vena cava➡️


➡️coronary sinus➡️



➡️➡️ returns to 1. And repeat

Heart murmurs are often heard in individuals w/ abnormalities of the ____ of the heart

Valves

What do increased potassium levels in plasma lead to?

Decreased heart rate

What do increased potassium levels in plasma lead to?

Decreased heart rate

Cardiac muscle fibers are electrically connected to neighboring fibers by what??

Gap junctions

Which is the thickest chamber of the heart?

Left ventricle

Which is the thickest chamber of the heart?

Left ventricle

What anatomical region extends from the sternum to the vertebral column, from the first rib to the diaphragm?

Mediastinum

What is composed of tough, inelastic, dense irregular connective tissue?

Fibrous percardium

Before birth the foramen ovals, allows most blood entering the ____ atrium to pass into the ____ atrium.

Right, left

Heart murmurs are often heard in individuals with abnormalities of the _____ of the heart

Valves

The second heart sound (dupp) closely follows the _____ closing

Semilunar valves

The second heart sound (dupp) closely follows the _____ closing

Semilunar valves

Definition: the period of time during cardiac cycle when contraction of chambers occurs and pressure within the chamber rises

Systole

The second heart sound (dupp) closely follows the _____ closing

Semilunar valves

Definition: the period of time during cardiac cycle when contraction of chambers occurs and pressure within the chamber rises

Systole

Definition: is a network of specialized cardiac muscle fibers that provide a path for each cycle of cardiac excitation to progress through the heart

Cardiac conduction system

Definition: a large piece of the patients own skeletal muscle is partially freed from connective tissue attachments and wrapped around the heart leaving the blood and nerve supply intact

Cardiomyoplasty

What is cardiac output?

The volume of blood ejected from the left or right ventricle into the aorta or pulmonary trunk each minute

What is cardiac output?

The volume of blood ejected from the left or right ventricle into the aorta or pulmonary trunk each minute

What is the correct list of the sequence of structures that a cardiac action potential follows in order to excite normal contraction of part.

1. Sinoatrial (SA) node


2. atrioventricular (AV) node


3. Atrioventricular (AV) bundle (bundle of his)


4. Right and left bundle branches


5. Purkinje fibers

What is the name of the membrane that surrounds and protects the heart

Pericardium

What is the slippery secretion of the pericardial cells that reduces friction between the layers of the serous pericardium as the heart moves?

Pericardial fluid

What is the slippery secretion of the pericardial cells that reduces friction between the layers of the serous pericardium as the heart moves?

Pericardial fluid

What is responsible for the pumping action of the heart and is composed of cardiac muscle tissues?

The myocardium

What is the slippery secretion of the pericardial cells that reduces friction between the layers of the serous pericardium as the heart moves?

Pericardial fluid

What is responsible for the pumping action of the heart and is composed of cardiac muscle tissues?

The myocardium

The cardiac output equation is

The stroke volume (mL/beat) multiplied by the heart rate (beats/min)

Which of the following terms identifies the anatomical region found between the lungs that extends from the sternum to the vertebral column and from the first run to the diaphragm?

Mediastinum

The membrane that surrounds and protects the heart is called the ...

Pericardium

The membrane that surrounds and protects the heart is called the ...

Pericardium

The outermost layer of the pericardium, which consists of inelastic dense irregular connective tissue, is called the ...

Fibrous pericardium

Which of the following is used to reduce friction between the layers of membranes surrounding the heart?

Pericardial fluid

Which of the following is used to reduce friction between the layers of membranes surrounding the heart?

Pericardial fluid

Which layer of the heart wall consists of cardiac muscle tissue?

Myocardium

Cardiac muscle fibers are electrically connected to neighboring fibers by ...

Gap junctions

Cardiac muscle fibers are electrically connected to neighboring fibers by ...

Gap junctions

Which network of specialized cardiac muscle fibers provide a path for each cycle of cardiac excitation to progress through the heart?

Cardiac conduction system

Cardiac muscle fibers are electrically connected to neighboring fibers by ...

Gap junctions

Which network of specialized cardiac muscle fibers provide a path for each cycle of cardiac excitation to progress through the heart?

Cardiac conduction system

Which of the following correctly lists the sequence of structures that a cardiac action potential follows in order to excite a normal contraction of the heart?

SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinje fibers

The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle into the aorta each minute is called the ...

Cardiac output

The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle into the aorta each minute is called the ...

Cardiac output

Which term refers to the period of time during a cardiac cycle when the contraction of a chamber occurs and pressure within the chamber rises?

Systole

The second heart sound (dupp) closely follows which of the events listen below?

Semilunar valves closing

The second heart sound (dupp) closely follows which of the events listen below?

Semilunar valves closing

Which of the following would lead to a decreased heart rate?

Increased potassium levels in plasma

The second heart sound (dupp) closely follows which of the events listen below?

Semilunar valves closing

Which of the following would lead to a decreased heart rate?

Increased potassium levels in plasma

Cardiac output is the volume of blood ejected from the ____ ventricles into the _____ each minute.

Left or right, aorta or pulmonary trunk

What is the function of the foramen ovale during fetal life?

Prevents back flow of blood from pulmonary trunk into the right ventricle

Isovulmetric contraction is the phase of the cardiac cycle in which ...

Ventricular pressure increases and ventricular volume remains the same

Isovulmetric contraction is the phase of the cardiac cycle in which ...

Ventricular pressure increases and ventricular volume remains the same

Which of the following chambers of the heart is surrounded by the thickest layer of myocardium?

Left ventricle

Isovulmetric contraction is the phase of the cardiac cycle in which ...

Ventricular pressure increases and ventricular volume remains the same

Which of the following chambers of the heart is surrounded by the thickest layer of myocardium?

Left ventricle

Heart murmurs are often heard in individuals with abnormalities in the ____ of the heart.

Valves

Isovulmetric contraction is the phase of the cardiac cycle in which ...

Ventricular pressure increases and ventricular volume remains the same

Which of the following chambers of the heart is surrounded by the thickest layer of myocardium?

Left ventricle

Heart murmurs are often heard in individuals with abnormalities in the ____ of the heart.

Valves

In comparison to a sedentary individual, a well-trained athlete will usually have all the following characteristics EXCEPT..

A higher resting cardiac output

Isovulmetric contraction is the phase of the cardiac cycle in which ...

Ventricular pressure increases and ventricular volume remains the same

Which of the following chambers of the heart is surrounded by the thickest layer of myocardium?

Left ventricle

Heart murmurs are often heard in individuals with abnormalities in the ____ of the heart.

Valves

In comparison to a sedentary individual, a well-trained athlete will usually have all the following characteristics EXCEPT..

A higher resting cardiac output

A corrective cardiac procedure in which a large piece of a patients own latissimus dorsi muscle is wrapped around the heart and stimulated by an implanted pacemaker to assist the pumping action of a damaged heart .

Cardiomyoplasty

Isovulmetric contraction is the phase of the cardiac cycle in which ...

Ventricular pressure increases and ventricular volume remains the same

Which of the following chambers of the heart is surrounded by the thickest layer of myocardium?

Left ventricle

Heart murmurs are often heard in individuals with abnormalities in the ____ of the heart.

Valves

In comparison to a sedentary individual, a well-trained athlete will usually have all the following characteristics EXCEPT..

A higher resting cardiac output

A corrective cardiac procedure in which a large piece of a patients own latissimus dorsi muscle is wrapped around the heart and stimulated by an implanted pacemaker to assist the pumping action of a damaged heart .

Cardiomyoplasty


True or false (correct if false) : Red blood cells are also known as leukocytes

False: white blood cells

True or false? (Correct if false) : white blood cells with granules in their cytoplasm are known as agranulocytes

False: granulocytes

True or false? (Correct if false) : the granulocytes include the neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils

True

True or false? (Correct if false) : white blood cells with granules in their cytoplasm are known as agranulocytes

False: granulocytes

True or false? (Correct if false) : the granulocytes include the neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils

True

True or false? (Correct if false) : Erythrocytes carry oxygen through the body on the protein hemoglobin

True

True or false? (Correct if false) : white blood cells with granules in their cytoplasm are known as agranulocytes

False: granulocytes

True or false? (Correct if false) : the granulocytes include the neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils

True

True or false? (Correct if false) : Erythrocytes carry oxygen through the body on the protein hemoglobin

True

True or false? (Correct if false) : Both lymphocytes and monocytes are granulocytes

False: agranulocytes

True or false? (Correct if false) : white blood cells with granules in their cytoplasm are known as agranulocytes

False: granulocytes

True or false? (Correct if false) : the granulocytes include the neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils

True

True or false? (Correct if false) : Erythrocytes carry oxygen through the body on the protein hemoglobin

True

True or false? (Correct if false) : Both lymphocytes and monocytes are granulocytes

False: agranulocytes

True or false? (Correct if false) : platelets are fully formed cells involved in blood clotting

False: fragments