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82 Cards in this Set
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cardiovascular system |
1. heart
2. blood 3. blood vessels |
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Blood Path
1st half: Systemic circulation (must be able to trace blood path) |
1. left ventricle |
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2nd half: Pulmonary circulation |
1. right ventricle |
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closed circulatory system |
since there are no openings for blood to leave vessels
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left ventricle |
contacts with most force to propel blood through systemic circulation
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heart |
large muscle |
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Sinoatrial node (SA node) |
group of specialized cardiac muscle cells that automatically contracts heart |
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electrical synapses |
made from gap junctions |
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vagus nerve |
parasympathetic nervous system
innervates SA node to slow contractions |
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Atrioventricular node (AV node) |
located in wall of cardiac muscle between atria |
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bundle of His |
action potential travels from AV node to bundle of His
conductive fibers located in wall separating ventricles |
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purkinje fibers |
action potential travels from bundle of his and branches out through ventricular (location) fibers via purkinje fibers |
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arteries |
elastic and stretchable |
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arterioles |
very small
wrapped by smooth muscle constriction of arterioles can be used to regulate blood pressure and rerouting blood |
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capillaries |
microscopic blood vessels
walls are only 1 cell thick and diameter is equal to single red blood cell nutrient and gas exchange with any tissue other than vascular tissue takes place only across capillary walls (not across arterioles or venules) |
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4 methods of material to cross capillary walls |
1. pinocytosis
2. diffusion or transport through capillary cell membranes 3. movement through pores in cells called fenestrations 4. movement through space between cells |
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Capillary net fluid flow |
found close to all cells of body
as blood flows into capillary, hydrostatic pressure is greater than osmotic pressure, thus net fluid flow is out of capillary into interstitium osmotic pressure remains constant throughout capillary hydrostatic pressure drops from arteriole end to venule end osmotic pressure overcomes hydrostatic pressure at venule end of capillary and net fluid flow is into capillary and out of interstitium net result of fluid exchange by capillaries is 10% loss of fluid to interstitium |
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venules and veins |
similar in structure to arterioles and arteries
lumen is larger than comparable arteries contain greater volume of blood than arteries and arterioles veins/venules/venus sinuses hold about 64% blood of body at rest, act as reservoir for flood, compared to arteries/arterioles/capillaries which hold 20% of blood |
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Cross-sectional area |
veins is 4X that of arteries
capillaries >>> arteries or veins since blood volume flow rate is constant, blood velocity is inversely proportional to cross-sectional area blood moves slowest through capillaries |
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blood pressure |
increases near the heart
decreases to its lowest in capillaries |
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blood velocities |
blood flow: |
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blood flow |
arteries carry blood away from heart |
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Respiratory system / tract |
provides path for gas exchange between external environment and blood
Delivers O2 to blood and expels CO2 Prepares are by warming, moistening and cleaning.
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diaphragm |
contraction signaled by medulla oblongata of midbrain |
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nasal cavity |
space inside nose |
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coarse hair |
from of nasal cavity |
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mucus |
secreted by goblet cells |
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capillaries |
within nasal cavity |
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cilia |
moves mucus and dust back toward pharynx
Made of microtubles: so any problem in the production of microtubles would result in a problem with breathing. |
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pharynx |
throat |
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larynx |
voice box |
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epiglottis |
near larynx
cartilaginous member that prevents food from entering trachea during swallowing |
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trachea |
windpipe |
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bronchi |
2, left and right bronchi
each branches many times to become bronchioles |
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bronchioles |
terminate in grape-like clusters called alveolar sacs composed of tiny alveoli |
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alveoli |
oxygen diffuses into capillary where it's picked up by red blood cells
RBC release CO2, which diffuses into alveolus and is expelled upon exhalation |
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cilia location |
1. respiratory tract |
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Air: Gas Exchange |
inhaled air: 79% N and 21% O |
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hemoglobin |
protein that rapidly and reversibly binds 98% O in blood inside erythrocytes forming oxyhemoglobin |
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oxyhemoglobin |
O bound hemoglobin
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oxygen dissociation curve |
in arteries, room air, O saturation is 97% |
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CO2 carried by blood in 3 forms |
1. physical solution |
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carbonic anhydrase |
enzyme that governs bicarbonate ion formation (reversible reaction) |
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Chloride Shift |
carbonic anhydrase is inside RBC (not plasma) |
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CO2 & breathing rate |
acidosis (too much acid in blood): body compensates increasing breathing rate, expelling CO2, raising pH of blood
Haldane Effect: as hemo becomes saturated with O2 its capacity to hold carbon dioxide is reduced. |
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Note |
Nitrogen is stabke b/c of 3-bonds and doesn't react with chemicals in the blood. However, scuba divers need to be careful of the bends b/c as they dive pressure increases and N enters the blood they need to allow time for N to diffuse back out of blood and lungs, or it will form bubbles and block vessels. |
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lymphatic system |
collects excess interstitial fluid and returns it to blood |
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open system |
lymph system |
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interstitial fluid pressure |
slightly negative gauge pressure |
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lymph fluid flow |
intermittent valves allow for fluid flow in only 1 direction |
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thoracic duct & right lymphatic duct |
large veins in which lymph system empties
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lymph nodes |
secondary lymph tissue
contain large quantities of lymphocytes throughout lymphatic system |
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Blood |
connective tissue, contains cells and matrix |
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hematocrit |
% by volume of RBC
normally 30-50% greater in men than women |
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plasma |
contains matrix of blood |
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albumins |
transport fatty acids and steroids
regulate osmotic pressure of blood |
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immunoglobulins |
antibodies
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serum
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plasma in which clotting protein fibrinogen is removed
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erythrocytes |
RBC |
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leukocytes |
WBC |
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Stem cell |
blood cell precursor residing in bone marrow
blood cells differentiate from this precursor |
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platelets |
small portions of membrane-bound cytoplasm torn from megakaryocytes
tiny cells without nucleus, contain actin and myosin membrane is designed to adhere to injured endothelium and to each other, forming loose platelet plug half-life of 8-12 days in blood |
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coagulation |
involves many factors starting with platelets and including plasma proteins prothrombin and fibrin
1. dozen or so coagulation factors form complex called protrombin activator 2. protrombin activator catalyzes converstion of prothrombin (plasma protein) into thrombin 3. thrombin is enzyme that governs polymerization of plasma protein fibrinogen to fibrin threats that attach to platelets and form tight plug appears in seconds after small injuries and 1-2 minutes after large injuries |
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immune system |
protects from infectious microbes and toxins in 2 ways:
1. innate immune system 2. acquired immunity |
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innate immune system |
1. skin act as barrier to organisms and toxins
2. stomach acid and digestive enzymes destroy ingested organisms and toxins 3. phagocytotic cells 4. chemicals in blood |
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inflammation |
results with injury to tissue |
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acquired immunity |
1. humoral (B-cell) immunity
2. cell-mediated (T-cell) immunity |
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humoral immunity |
promoted by B lymphocytes, which differentiate and mature in bone marrow and liver
B cell capable of making single type of antibody (immunoglobulin) which displays on membrane |
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antibody |
immunoglobulin
made by B cell 1. recognized foreign particles 2. cause B cell differentiation to plasma cells and memory cells 3. cause mast cells to release histamine 4. activate complement 5. mark for phagocytosis 6. optimize 7. cause agglutination (accumulate, precipitate) 9. neutralization of toxins |
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antigens |
foreign particles recognized by antibodies of B cells
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helper T cell |
CD4+ T cell
assist B cell to differentiate into plasma cells and memory cells |
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plasma cells |
synthesize free antibodies
release free antibodies into blood |
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primary response |
1st time immune system is exposed to antigen
requires 20 days to reach full potential |
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secondary immune response |
faster more potent response because of memory B cells during reinfection
requires 5 days to reach full potential |
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Cell-mediate immunity |
involves T lymphocytes which mature in thymus
T cells have T cell receptor, similar to antibody on B cells |
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helper T cells |
assist in activating B cells as well as killer and suppressor T cells
cells attacked by HIV |
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memory T cells |
similar function to memory B cells
prime immune system for secondary immune response |
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suppressor T cells |
play negative feedback role in immune system
keep immune system from over reacting |
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killer T cells (cytotoxic t-cells) |
bind to Ag-carrying cell and kill them |
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NOTE |
Single antibody is specfic for a single antigen and that a single B lymphocyte produces only ONE antibody type. |
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blood types |
identified by A and B surface antigens |
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Rh factors |
surface proteins on RBC first identified in Rhesus monkeys |