The Heart And Blood Vessels

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Leaving Certificate Biology (The Heart And Blood Vessels) FlashCards sobre The Heart And Blood Vessels, criado por eimearkelly3 em 21-10-2013.
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Two types of circulatory system: Open and closed
Open-circulatory system The heart pumps blood into open-ended vessels. The blood leaves these vessels and flows all around all of the cells of the animal's body. The blood flows back to the heart, entering it through openings in the heart wall e.g. crabs, lobsters, insects, spiders, slugs, snails
Closed circulatory system Blood remains in a continuous system of blood vessels, i.e. blood is always enclosed in blood vessels Exchange of material is possible through the thin capillary walls e.g. earthworms, humans
Reasons for a closed system being more efficient: Allows the blood to be pumped around the body faster --> higher metabolic rate, faster exchange of material Allows the blood flow to different organs to be increased or decreased
3 components of the circulatory system blood, blood vessels, heart
3 types of blood vessels Arteries Veins Capillaries
Arteries Carry blood away from the heart, divide into smaller vessels called arterioles, oxygenated blood with the exception of the pulmonary artery
Veins Carry blood to the heart, divide into smaller vessels called venules, deoxygenated blood with the exception of the pulmonary vein
Capillaries Tiny vessels that link arteries and veins
Tough, inelastic protein in arteries and veins Collagen (prevents walls from over-expansion)
Middle layer in arteries and veins Muscle and elastic fibre
Inner single layer of living cells surrounding the lumen Endothelium
Vein
Artery
Capillary walls are _____ and are made of ______ permeable ; single layer of endothelium cells
Blood pressure The force the blood exerts against the wall of a blood vessel
Function of valves To prevent the backflow of blood
systolic contraction
diastolic relaxation
average systolic pressure 110 -140 mm Hg
average diastolic pressure 75-80 mm Hg
Device used to measure blood pressure Sphygmomanometer
Location of the heart Between the two lungs (slightly to the left side of the chest) just above the diaphragm in the thoracic cavity.
Muscle of the heart Cardiac muscle
Double membrane surrounding the heart Pericardium
Fluid in the pericardium Pericardial fluid
Cardiac muscle is Slow to fatigue
What type of pump is the heart? A double pump
Which ventricle is thickest? Left (pumps blood all around the body)
Wall that divides the heart Septum
Four chambers of the heart Two atria Two ventricles
Thickness of walls in the atria Thin
Tough chords / heart strings Tendons
Tendons are attached to the heart wall by projections called papillary muscles
Valve on the right side of the heart Tricuspid valve
Valve on the left side of the heart Bicuspid valve
Valves that allow blood to flow into the aorta and pulmonary artery Semilunar valves
Lord Left oxygenated Right deoxygenated
Deoxygenated blood enters the heart through the Venae Cavae
Blood flows out of the heart to the lungs through the pulmonary artery
Oxygenated blood enters the heart through the pulmonary veins
The oxygenated blood flows out of the heart and around the body through the aorta
What is a portal system? A blood pathway that begins and ends in capillaries
The cardiac muscle is supplied with blood from the coronary/cardiac arteries branching from the aorta at the point where it leaves the heart, just beyond the semilunar valve
Blockage of the coronary arteries can result in a heart attack
chest pains often preceding a heart attack angina
two circuits Pulmonary circuit Systemic circuit
Pulmonary circuit the blood is pumped to the lungs to lose carbon dioxide and gain oxygen and is then returned to the heart
Systemic circuit heart - body - heart
Heartbeat is controlled by the Pacemaker
What is the pacemaker and where is it located? A small bundle of specialised tissue located close to the entry of the superior vena cava within the right atrium wall
The pacemaker sends out regular electrical impulses
AV node atrio-ventricular node
function of the pacemaker to control the rate of the heartbeat
A record of the electrical activity of the heart ECG (electrocardiogram)
Nerves connecting the pacemaker to the brain (one reduces rate of heartbeat, the other increases) Medulla oblongata
SA node / pacemaker Sino-atrial node
noise made when the bicuspid and tricuspid valves close lub
noise made when the semilunar valves close dub
filling phase diastole (approx 0.4 secs) -relaxation (passive)
emptying phase systole (approx 0.4 secs) 1. Atrial systole (0.1 secs) 2. Ventricular systole (0.3 secs)
heart murmur an abnormal sound associate eith the heartbeat, may indicate damage to one or more of the valves
Smoking Causes heart disease (nicotine increases blood pressure and carbon monoxide interfere with the transport of oxygen in the body's cells - high levels cause the hardening of the arteries)
Diet A build up of cholesterol from animal fats can lead to a blockage in the cardiac artery leading to a heart attack, eating less fatty meats and fatty dairy products can reduce this risk)
Exercise increases heat rate which strengthens the cardiac muscle making it more efficient at pumping blood, this improve the oxygen supply to the cardiac muscle and reduces blood pressure

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