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Cardiovascular II. Outline. Cardiac Cycle Cardiac Output Stroke Volume Heart Rate Fetal Circulation Blood Vessels Blood Flow Blood Pressure Circulatory System Response to Exercise. Cardiac Cycle. Cardiac cycle refers to all events associated with blood flow through the heart.
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Outline • Cardiac Cycle • Cardiac Output • Stroke Volume • Heart Rate • Fetal Circulation • Blood Vessels • Blood Flow • Blood Pressure • Circulatory System Response to Exercise
Cardiac Cycle • Cardiac cycle refers to all events associated with blood flow through the heart
Phases of the Cardiac Cycle Figure 19.19b
Phases of the Cardiac Cycle Figure 19.19a
Cardiac Output (CO) and Reserve • CO is the amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in one minute • CO = HR x SV
Factors Affecting Stroke Volume • Preload • Contractility • Afterload
Afterload • The pressure that must be overcome for the ventricles to eject blood • Can be important in people with high blood pressure because it reduces the ability of the ventricles to eject blood
Chemical Regulation of the Heart • The hormones epinephrine and thyroxine increase heart rate • Intra- and extracellular ion concentrations must be maintained for normal heart function
Ion Imbalances • Hypocalcemia • Hypercalcemia • Hypernatremia • Hyperkalemia
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) • Congestive heart failure (CHF), caused by: • Coronary atherosclerosis • Increased blood pressure in aorta • Successive myocardial infarcts • Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
Generalized Structure of Blood Vessels Figure 20.1b
Resistance • Resistance – opposition to flow • Measure of the amount of friction blood encounters as it passes through vessels • Generally encountered in the systemic circulation • Referred to as peripheral resistance (PR) • The three important sources of resistance are blood viscosity, total blood vessel length, and blood vessel diameter
Resistance Factors: Viscosity and Vessel Length • Resistance factors that remain relatively constant are: • Blood viscosity – thickness or “stickiness” of the blood • Blood vessel length – the longer the vessel, the greater the resistance encountered
Blood Pressure (BP) • Force per unit area exerted on the wall of a blood vessel by its contained blood
Systemic Blood Pressure Figure 20.5
Venous Blood Pressure • Venous BP is steady and changes little during the cardiac cycle • The pressure gradient in the venous system is only about 20 mm Hg • A cut vein has even blood flow; a lacerated artery flows in spurts
Control of Blood Pressure • Affecting Total Peripheral Resistance • Affecting Cardiac Output • Affecting Stroke Volume • Affecting Heart Rate • Affecting Total Blood Volume