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Hemodynamics of the Peripheral Circulation
Physiology Test 3: Ch16
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Physiology
Graduate
10/26/2011

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Hydrostatics
Definition
fluids at rest
Term
Hyraulics
Definition
Fluids in motion
Term
Fluid
Definition
a substance that responds to shearing force by changes in shape
Term
Are incompressible
Definition
Fluids
Term
Viscosity
Definition
an internal resistance to flow or deformation
Term
Fluid pressure
Definition
force exerted per unit area
Term
dyne
Definition
the most common unit for force
Term

Give the name for these laws:

1. Pressure in a confined fluid is transmitted equally in all direction throughout the mass of that fluid.

2. Thre pressures at points lying in the same horizontal plane in a column of fluid are equal

3. In a fluid at rest, hydrostatic pressure increases in direction proportion to the depth below the free surface

Definition
Pascal
Term
Pressure really only varies with __
Definition
height
Term
U-shapped tube application
Definition
a pressure is aplied to one side amounts to the net difference in the levels of two columns of mercury, saline, or water measured directly in millimeters or centimeters
Term
1 mm Hg of mercury = __ of water
Definition
1.36cm
Term
1mm Hg of mercury = ___ of blood
Definition
1.29cm
Term
__ is often used to measure high pressures
Definition
mercury
Term
Newtonian fluid
Definition
viscosity remains constant when the velocity of flow chages
Term
Non-Newtonian fluid exhibits
Definition
anomalous viscosity
Term
T/F Blood is a non-Newtonian fluid
Definition
T
Term
In the cardiovascular system, blood behaves as though it were a ___
Definition
Newtonian fluid
Term
Pressure in a blood vessel is a combination of hydraulic pressure and __
Definition
hydrostatic pressure
Term
___ produces hydraulic pressure
Definition
heart
Term

The Poiseuille-Hagen Equation show relationship between all of the following except:

A. Flow

B. Volume

C. Pressure

D. Resistance

Definition
B
Term
I = E/R
Definition
Poiseuille Law
Term
According to the Poiseuille's law, the volume of liquid flowing through a system per unit time is directly proportional to the difference between  __ at the opposite ends of the system
Definition
pressures
Term
radius is proportional to __ in the Poiseuille-Hagen equation
Definition
4th power
Term
Length has what kind of effect on flow?
Definition
inverse
Term
Viscosity and length are directly proportional to __
Definition
resistance
Term
resistance is inversley proportional to __
Definition
fourth power of the radius
Term
peripheral resistance units is calculated by ___
Definition
dividing the total driving pressure by flow
Term
When is the total resistance in the circuit equal to the sum of the individual resistances?
Definition
resistors in a series
Term
In resistors in a series, the higher the resistance of a particular element, the __ the voltage drop across that element.
Definition
greater
Term
voltage divider
Definition
total voltage drop is divided among the resistances
Term
In parallel resistances, the toatl amount of current that flow is the __ of the individual currents
Definition
sum
Term
current divider circuit
Definition
the total current is divided among the individual resistors in inverse proportion to their resistance
Term
T/F In a parallel resistance circuit, the total resistance of the circuit is greater than the resistance of any one element alone
Definition
F
Term

capacitance and __ are inversley related

A. flow

B. height

C. resistance

D. pressure

Definition
C
Term
There is a __ in blood pressure from arteries to veins
Definition
decline
Term

Which of these does not command a larger portion of the cardiac output?

A. adrenal glands

B. Liver

C. GI

D. Kidneys

 

Definition
A
Term

Which set has the higest rate of blood flow?

A. Heart, brain, GI, muscles

B. GI, brain, heart, pancreas

C. Spleen, liver, GI, kidneys

D. kidneys, liver, heart, bain

Definition
D
Term

Pick the following that have the highest & second highest relative flow rates:

A. Carotid bodies

B. Brain

C. Thyroid

D. Kidneys

Definition
A & C
Term
Maximum __ is reached along the central axis of a tube with blood flowing through it.
Definition
velocity
Term
Resistance in a fluid system depends heavily upon ___
Definition
viscosity
Term
In a severe anamenia, the viscsity of the blood is low showing the relationship between viscosity and __
Definition
hematocrit
Term
A rise in hematocrit that will increase the viscosity (from 40% to 70%) twofold is seen in ___
Definition
polythemia
Term
True/False When the radius is smaller, the tension will be less
Definition
True
Term
A failing heart chamber (large radius) mus try to create a larger tension to balance the pressure so the heart chamber will get larger. This creates a __ cycle.
Definition
positive-feedback
Term
Streamline
Definition
laminar blood flow in a vessel
Term
The velocity of blood in the ascending portions of the canine aorta is about ___ cm/sec and will decrease in subsequent segments of the CV tree.
Definition
150
Term
When a fliud first enters a tube, flow is __
Definition
equal at all radial distances from the center of the tube
Term
Flow becomes more laminar as what happends?
Definition
flluid moves down a tube
Term
When is flow no longer streamlined?
Definition
critical velocity
Term
At flow rates above critical velocity stramline no longer exhists, but __ will.
Definition
turbulent flow
Term
True/False In turbulent flwo, the pressure energy is used chiefly to overcome the viscosity of the fluid
Definition
False -streamline flow would make the statement true
Term
Cross section area increases from arteries to __
Definition
capillaries
Term
Why wold we want lower velocity in capillaries?
Definition
for gas exchange to occur
Term

What are more likely to occue with turbulent flow?

A. murmurs

B. stenosis

C. tachycardia

D. blod clots

Definition
A & D
Term
Osborne Raynold's law
Definition
law that determines how the fluid behaves at flow rates above the critical velocity
Term

Laplace's law relates to (name all that are correct):

A. pressure

B. tension

C. velocity

D. radius

Definition
A, B, & D
Term
T = Pr
Definition
Laplace's law
Term
The greater the contractile activity of the __, the smaller the diameter
Definition
smooth muscle of the ateroile
Term
critical closing pressure
Definition
the point where blood flow ceases becuse the vessel is closed
Term
In __ the tissues already ischemic due to low flow and are further threatened with sudden complete cessation of flow to certain capillary beds
Definition
shock
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