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The Cardiovascular System Chapter 11a

The Cardiovascular System Chapter 11a. The Cardiovascular System. A closed system of the heart and blood vessels The heart pumps blood Blood vessels allow blood to circulate to all parts of the body

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The Cardiovascular System Chapter 11a

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  1. The Cardiovascular SystemChapter 11a

  2. The Cardiovascular System • A closed system of the heart and blood vessels • The heart pumps blood • Blood vessels allow blood to circulate to all parts of the body • The function of the cardiovascular system is to deliver oxygen and nutrients and to remove carbon dioxide and other waste products

  3. The Heart • Location • Thorax between the lungs • mediastinum • Pointed apex directed toward left hip • At 5th rib • Posteriosuperior = base (top) • At 2nd rib • About the size of your fist

  4. The Heart Figure 11.1

  5. The Heart: Coverings • Pericardium – a double serous membrane • Visceral pericardium • Next to heart • Parietal pericardium • Outside layer • Anchors heart to diaphragm & sternum • Serous fluid fills the space between the layers of pericardium • Decreases friction

  6. The Heart: Heart Wall • Three layers • Epicardium • Outside layer • This layer is the parietal pericardium • Connective tissue layer • Myocardium • Middle layer • Mostly cardiac muscle - twisted • Endocardium • Inner layer • Endothelium – continues into vessels

  7. External Heart Anatomy Figure 11.2a

  8. The Heart: Chambers • Right and left side act as separate pumps • Four chambers • Atria • Receiving chambers • Right atrium • Left atrium • Ventricles = pumps • Discharging chambers • Right ventricle • Left ventricle Figure 11.2c

  9. Septum – divide longitudinally • interatrial • Interventricular • Double pump • Right – pulmonary • Oxygen-poor blood through superior & inferior vena cava & out pulmonary trunk (right & left arteries)  lungs • Left – systemic • Left ventricle is more muscular

  10. Blood Circulation Figure 11.3

  11. The Heart: Valves • Allow blood to flow in only one direction • Four valves • Atrioventricular valves – between atria and ventricles • Bicuspid valve (left) – mitral (2 flaps) • Tricuspid valve (right) – (3 flaps) • Semilunar valves between ventricle and artery • Pulmonary semilunar valve – between right ventricle & pulmonary arteries (3 flaps) • Aortic semilunar valve – between left ventricle & aorta (3 flaps)

  12. Valves stop backflow of blood • AV valves • Open – heart relaxation • Closed – ventricles contract • SL valves • Closed – heart relaxation • Open – ventricles contract

  13. The Heart: Valves • Valves open as blood is pumped through • Held in place by chordae tendineae (“heart strings”) • Close to prevent backflow • Stenosis – bad or stiff valves; can be replaced

  14. Operation of Heart Valves Figure 11.4

  15. The Heart: Associated Great Vessels • Aorta • Leaves left ventricle • Pulmonary arteries • Leave right ventricle • Vena cava • Enters right atrium • Pulmonary veins (four) • Enter left atrium

  16. Coronary Circulation • Blood in the heart chambers does not nourish the myocardium • The heart has its own nourishing circulatory system • In coronary sulcus = atrioventricular groove • Coronary arteries from aorta • Fill when heart relaxes • Cardiac veins • Blood empties into the right atrium via the coronary sinus

  17. The Heart: Conduction System • Intrinsic conduction system (nodal system) • Heart muscle cells contract, without nerve impulses, in a regular, continuous way • Spontaneous • Heart rate controlled by autonomic nervous system and intrinsic conduction system • 6L of blood is pumped through heart >1000 times /day

  18. Angina pectoris • Decreased oxygen to myocardium  infarct (dead cells)  myocardial infarction

  19. The Heart: Conduction System • Special tissue sets the pace – causes depolarization from atria  ventricles & contracts heart 75x/minute • Sinoatrial node – right atrium • Pacemaker • Atrioventricular node – junction of atria & ventricles • Atrioventricular bundle = bundle of His • Bundle branches – right & left; in interventricular septum • Purkinje fibers – in muscle of ventricle

  20. Heart Contractions • Contraction is initiated by the sinoatrial node • Sequential stimulation occurs at other autorhythmic cells • Ejects blood superiorly into large arteries leaving heart • Ventricles contract from apex up toward atria

  21. Heart Contractions Figure 11.5

  22. Filling of Heart Chambers – the Cardiac Cycle Figure 11.6

  23. The Heart: Cardiac Cycle • Atria contract simultaneously • Atria relax, then ventricles contract • Systole = contraction of ventricles • Diastole = relaxation of ventricles

  24. Ischemia – lack of blood supply to heart • Fibrillation – rapid uncoordinated shuddering of heart muscle; heart is useless • Tachycardia – rapid heart rate; >100/minute • Bradycardia – slow; <60/minute

  25. The Heart: Cardiac Cycle • Cardiac cycle – events of one complete heart beat; 0.8 seconds • Mid-to-late diastole – blood flows into ventricles; heart is relaxed • Ventricular systole – blood pressure builds before ventricle contracts, pushing out blood; AV valves closed; semilunar valves then open • Early diastole – atria finish re-filling, ventricular pressure is low

  26. Heart sounds • “lub” – louder & longer; closing of AV valves • “dub” – semilunar valves close at end of systole • Murmurs – abnormal heart sounds

  27. The Heart: Cardiac Output • Cardiac output (CO) • Amount of blood pumped by each side of the heart in one minute • CO = (heart rate [HR]) x (stroke volume [SV]) • Stroke volume • Volume of blood pumped by each ventricle in one contraction

  28. Cardiac output = 75 beats/minute x 70ml/beat = 5250ml/minute • Normal volume of blood = 5L, so entire blood supply through heart/minute

  29. Cardiac Output Regulation Figure 11.7

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