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what are 3 'systems' of blood circulation that we discussed in class? - ANSWER -
pulmonary system
systemic system
coronary system
during ventricular systole, what is happening to the blood volume within the
ventricle? - ANSWER -first, there is no change-once pressure is great enough and
the semilunar valves one, volume drops
what 3 veins empty into the right atrium - ANSWER -superior vena cava, inferior
vena cava, coronary sinus
an individual has an increase in afterload, what effect would this have on MAP -
ANSWER -an increase in afterload=decrease in SV=decrease in CO=decrease in
MAP
what are two unique structures the fetus heart has and not the adult heart? -
ANSWER -foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus
which chamber of the heart has the thickest walls? - ANSWER -left ventricle
during the cardiac cycle, the heart experiences two isovolumetric states- when do
these occur? - ANSWER -the beginning of ventricular systole and beginning of
ventricular diastole
during ventricular systole, what happens to the pressure within the ventricles? -
ANSWER -it increases
where do heart sounds come from? - ANSWER -closing of valves
where is the atrial repolarization located on an EKG - ANSWER -it is masked by
the QRS complex
what chambers are contracting to cause the p-wave on an EKG - ANSWER -the
left and right atria