Topics
- 95Heart location, coverings, chambers and great vesselsNot practicedLessonNotes
- 96Heart valves, septa and internal structureNot practicedLessonNotes
- 97Blood flow through the heart and the two circuitsNot practicedLessonNotes
- 98Cardiac muscle cells and their action potentialNot practicedLessonNotes
- 99The conduction system and pacemaker cellsNot practicedLessonNotes
- 100The electrocardiogramNot practicedLessonNotes
- 101The cardiac cycleNot practicedLessonNotes
- 102Structure of blood vesselsNot practicedLessonNotes
- 103The major systemic arteriesNot practicedLessonNotes
- 104The major systemic veinsNot practicedLessonNotes
- 105Blood pressure, flow and resistanceNot practicedLessonNotes
- 106Cardiac output and its controlNot practicedLessonNotes
- 107Capillary exchangeNot practicedLessonNotes
- 108Short-term blood pressure regulationNot practicedLessonNotes
- 109Long-term blood pressure regulationNot practicedLessonNotes
- 110Hypertension, heart failure and shockNot practicedLessonNotes
Practice this chapter
Chapter quizQuestions from this chapter's 16 topics.
System examA timed exam on the whole chapter, up to 40 questions.
Tools for this chapter9 lab sets, 10 prediction scenarios, 4 pathways and more.
In this chapter's tools
Lab practical image sets 9
- Heart external anterior and posterior
- Heart internal frontal section
- Heart valves from above
- Coronary vessels
- Conduction system
- Histology station: artery vs vein
- Major arteries
- Major veins
- Pulse points
Prediction scenarios 10
- Level 2 a beta blocker, predict heart rate, contractility, cardiac output
- Level 2 increased venous return, predict EDV, SV, CO
- Level 2 standing up quickly
- Level 4 hemorrhage, immediate and after compensation
- Level 3 exercise
- Level 2 aortic valve stenosis
- Level 2 arteriole vasodilation
- Level 2 plasma protein falls (edema)
- Level 3 dehydration
- Level 3 heart failure
Pathways 4
- Blood through the heart and body
- The cardiac conduction system
- Phases of the cardiac cycle
- Baroreceptor reflex steps
Feedback loops 2
- Baroreceptor reflex: pressure falls and pressure rises
- Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone and blood pressure
Graphs 9
- Ventricular muscle action potential
- Pacemaker potential
- ECG waves and intervals
- The cardiac cycle (Wiggers diagram)
- Pressure–volume loop
- Frank–Starling curve
- Pressure along the vascular tree
- Velocity vs cross-sectional area
- Capillary pressures along a capillary
Calculators 5
- Cardiac output (HR × SV)
- Stroke volume and ejection fraction
- Mean arterial pressure
- Flow and resistance in vessels
- Net filtration pressure in a capillary
Comparison tables 8
- Arteries vs capillaries vs veins
- AV valves vs semilunar valves
- Pulmonary vs systemic circuit
- Contractile cell vs pacemaker cell action potential
- Skeletal vs cardiac muscle action potential
- Short-term vs long-term blood pressure control
- Types of shock
- Left-sided vs right-sided heart failure