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Which part of the circulatory system is responsible for delivering blood to the lungs for oxygenation?
Which part of the circulatory system is responsible for delivering blood to the lungs for oxygenation?
- Lymphatic vessels
- Systemic circulation
- Pulmonary circulation (correct)
- Coronary circulation
What is the function of the systemic circulation?
What is the function of the systemic circulation?
- Deliver blood to the lungs for oxygenation
- Move oxygenated blood to body tissues and deliver waste products to the lungs, kidneys, and liver (correct)
- Move lymphocytes and leukocytes between different components of the immune system
- Collect fluids from the interstitium and return the fluids to the circulatory system
What is the role of the lymphatic vessels in the circulatory system?
What is the role of the lymphatic vessels in the circulatory system?
- Move oxygenated blood to body tissues and deliver waste products to the lungs, kidneys, and liver
- Deliver blood to the lungs for oxygenation
- Move lymphocytes and leukocytes between different components of the immune system
- Collect fluids from the interstitium and return the fluids to the circulatory system (correct)
How many chambers does the heart consist of?
How many chambers does the heart consist of?
What is the function of the coronary circulation in the heart?
What is the function of the coronary circulation in the heart?
What drives the low-pressure pulmonary circulation in the circulatory system?
What drives the low-pressure pulmonary circulation in the circulatory system?
What is the role of the lymphatic system in the movement of lymphocytes and leukocytes?
What is the role of the lymphatic system in the movement of lymphocytes and leukocytes?
What is the function of the fibrous skeleton in the heart?
What is the function of the fibrous skeleton in the heart?
Which vessels enter the atria and ventricles of the heart?
Which vessels enter the atria and ventricles of the heart?
What drives the higher pressure systemic circulation in the circulatory system?
What drives the higher pressure systemic circulation in the circulatory system?
What are the components of the circulatory system?
What are the components of the circulatory system?
What is the function of the conduction system in the heart?
What is the function of the conduction system in the heart?
Which layer of the heart wall is responsible for generating pressure for circulation?
Which layer of the heart wall is responsible for generating pressure for circulation?
Which valves ensure one-way blood flow in the heart?
Which valves ensure one-way blood flow in the heart?
What structure separates the right and left sides of the heart?
What structure separates the right and left sides of the heart?
Through which structure does unoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation enter the right ventricle?
Through which structure does unoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation enter the right ventricle?
Where does oxygenated blood from the lungs enter the heart?
Where does oxygenated blood from the lungs enter the heart?
What is the pumping action of the heart composed of?
What is the pumping action of the heart composed of?
Which structure generates electrical impulses in the heart?
Which structure generates electrical impulses in the heart?
How are collateral arteries formed in the heart?
How are collateral arteries formed in the heart?
What is the rate at which the SA node generates electrical impulses?
What is the rate at which the SA node generates electrical impulses?
Through which structure does oxygenated blood enter the coronary arteries?
Through which structure does oxygenated blood enter the coronary arteries?
Where does deoxygenated blood return to the right atrium?
Where does deoxygenated blood return to the right atrium?
Which layer of the heart wall is a double-walled sac that encloses the heart?
Which layer of the heart wall is a double-walled sac that encloses the heart?
Which layer of the vessel wall contains a greater proportion of elastic fibers in arteries close to the heart?
Which layer of the vessel wall contains a greater proportion of elastic fibers in arteries close to the heart?
Where does venous blood flow into larger and larger veins until it reaches before entering the right atrium?
Where does venous blood flow into larger and larger veins until it reaches before entering the right atrium?
Which vessels receive capillary blood and then allow the venous blood to flow into larger veins?
Which vessels receive capillary blood and then allow the venous blood to flow into larger veins?
Which vessels eventually branch into arterioles and capillaries, the smallest of the arterial vessels?
Which vessels eventually branch into arterioles and capillaries, the smallest of the arterial vessels?
Where do oxygen, nutrients, and other substances needed for cellular metabolism pass from the capillaries into the interstitium?
Where do oxygen, nutrients, and other substances needed for cellular metabolism pass from the capillaries into the interstitium?
What is the inner layer of the vessel wall called?
What is the inner layer of the vessel wall called?
In general, which layer of the vessel wall contains a greater proportion of smooth muscle fibers in distributing arteries farther from the heart?
In general, which layer of the vessel wall contains a greater proportion of smooth muscle fibers in distributing arteries farther from the heart?
What are the smallest veins called?
What are the smallest veins called?
Which vessels allow the blood to enter the right atrium of the heart?
Which vessels allow the blood to enter the right atrium of the heart?
Which layer of the vessel wall is responsible for the distensibility and recoil of arteries close to the heart?
Which layer of the vessel wall is responsible for the distensibility and recoil of arteries close to the heart?
Where do the vessel walls consist of three layers: the tunica intima, the tunica media, and the tunica externa?
Where do the vessel walls consist of three layers: the tunica intima, the tunica media, and the tunica externa?
Where do capillaries absorb products of cellular metabolism from the interstitium?
Where do capillaries absorb products of cellular metabolism from the interstitium?
What factors affect blood flow?
What factors affect blood flow?
What does Poiseuille's law describe?
What does Poiseuille's law describe?
What does resistance to blood flow depend on?
What does resistance to blood flow depend on?
What factors regulate arterial blood pressure?
What factors regulate arterial blood pressure?
What governs coronary circulation?
What governs coronary circulation?
What is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults?
What is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults?
What are the most common cardiovascular conditions in older adults?
What are the most common cardiovascular conditions in older adults?
What physiologic changes occur in aging with respect to the cardiovascular system?
What physiologic changes occur in aging with respect to the cardiovascular system?
What influences blood flow?
What influences blood flow?
What is the evaluation of cardiovascular function likely to include?
What is the evaluation of cardiovascular function likely to include?
Where are lymphatic vessels located in relation to arteries and veins?
Where are lymphatic vessels located in relation to arteries and veins?
How is vein blood flow assisted and prevented?
How is vein blood flow assisted and prevented?
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Study Notes
The Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart
- The heart wall is composed of three layers: the epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
- The pericardium is a double-walled sac that encloses the heart.
- The myocardial layer of the ventricles is stronger than that of the atria due to its role in generating pressure for circulation.
- The interatrial septum and interventricular septum separate the right and left sides of the heart.
- Unoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation enters the right atrium and passes through the right AV valve into the right ventricle.
- Oxygenated blood from the lungs enters the left atrium and passes through the left AV valve into the left ventricle.
- The heart valves that ensure one-way blood flow are the atrioventricular valves and semilunar valves.
- Oxygenated blood enters the coronary arteries through the semilunar valves, and deoxygenated blood returns to the right atrium through the coronary sinus.
- The pumping action of the heart consists of two phases: diastole and systole, making up one heartbeat.
- The SA node generates electrical impulses, and the conduction system transmits these impulses to stimulate contraction.
- Collateral arteries are formed through arteriogenesis and angiogenesis, stimulated by shear stress and the production of growth factors.
- The cardiac action potentials are the sum of all cardiac cell depolarizations and are generated by the SA node at a rate of 60-100 impulses per minute.
Cardiovascular System Overview
- Capillary blood flow is regulated by smooth muscle bands and the endothelium, which produces prostaglandins.
- Vein blood flow is assisted by skeletal muscle contractions and prevented by one-way valves.
- Blood flow is affected by blood pressure, resistance, viscosity, vessel characteristics, and compliance.
- Poiseuille's law describes the relationship between blood flow, pressure, and resistance.
- Resistance to blood flow depends on vessel length, radius, and blood viscosity.
- Total peripheral resistance depends on vessel lengths, radii, and arrangement in series or parallel.
- Blood flow is influenced by neural stimulation, autonomic features, and various hormones.
- Arterial blood pressure is regulated by factors affecting cardiac output, resistance, and blood volume.
- Various hormones and mediators alter vasomotion.
- Coronary circulation is governed by cardiac dynamics and autoregulation.
- Lymphatic vessels run in the same sheaths as arteries and veins, and lymph is absorbed by lymphatic venules.
- Evaluation of cardiovascular function includes history, physical examination, ECG, stress tests, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization.
Aging and the Cardiovascular System
- Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults.
- The most common cardiovascular conditions in older adults are hypertension and coronary atherosclerosis.
- Physiologic changes in aging include myocardial and blood vessel stiffening, changes in neurogenic control, increased occurrence of atrial fibrillation, and loss of exercise capacity.
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