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Exercise Physiology
Circulatory responses to exercise
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Physiology
Undergraduate 1
10/24/2013

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Term
Purposes of the cardiorespiratory system
Definition
transport o2 and nutrients to tissues

Removal of co2 wastes from tissues

Regulation of body temperature
Term
2 major adjustments of blood flow during exercise
Definition
Increased cardiac output

redistribution of blood flow
Term
Heart
Definition
Creates pressure to pump blood
Term
Arteries and arterioles
Definition
carry blood AWAY from heart
Term
Cappilaries
Definition
exchange of o2 co2 and nutrients with tissues
Term
Veins and venules
Definition
carry blood TO the heart
Term
Pulmonary circuit
Definition
right side of the heart

pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs and returns oxygenated blood back
Term
Systemic circuit
Definition
Left side of heart

pumps oxygenated blood throughout body

brings deoxygenated blood back to heart
Term
Layers of the heart wall
Definition
Epicardium

Myocardium

Endocardium
Term
Myocardial Infarction
Definition
Blockage in coronary blood flow results in heart muscle damage

exercise training protects against muscle and cell damage during it
Term
Exercise training and heart
Definition
Exercise is cardioprotective

less heart attacks

better survival rate during heart attacks

More capillaries means more blood can get around heart
Term
Systole
Definition
contraction phase

ejection of blood
Term
Diastole
Definition
relaxation phase

filling of blood
Term
Exercise's effects on systole and diastole
Definition
decreases the amount of time spent in phases
Term
Pressure changes in Diasole Cardiac cycle
Definition
low pressure in ventricles

allows blood to come in
Term
Pressure changes in Systole cardiac cycle
Definition
High pressure in ventricles

pushes blood out
Term
Lub (heart sounds)
Definition
Closing of AV valves
Term
Dub (heart sounds)
Definition
closing of aortic and pulmonary valves
Term
Normal blood pressure
Definition
120/80 mmHg
Term
Systolic pressure
Definition
pressure during ventricle contration
Term
Diastolic pressure
Definition
pressure during cardiac relaxation
Term
Pulse pressure
Definition
Systolic pressure - Diastolic pressure
Term
MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure)
Definition
Average pressure in the arteries

Diastolic BP + .33(Pulse Pressure)

Average is ~83 mmHg
Term
Hypertension
Definition
Blood pressure above 140/90mmHg

Risk factor for:
Left ventricular growth
atherosclerosis and heart attack
Kidney damage
stroke
Term
Factors that influence Arterial Pressure
Definition
Cardiac Output
Total Vascular resistance
Term
Cardiac Output
Definition
Output of blood per minute

Heart rate X Stroke volume
Term
Vascular Resistance (VR)
Definition
How big arteries are

effects how much blood goes through them
Term
Short term regulation of Blood Pressure
Definition
sympathetic system

Baroreceptors in aorta and carotid arteries
Term
Sympathetic nervous system effects on Blood pressure
Definition
Vasoconstriction

Increase in BP= decreased Sympathetic

Decrease in BP= increased sympathetic
Term
Long term regulation of Bloop pressure
Definition
controlled by kidneys (controls volume of blood in body)
Term
What does contraction of heart depend on
Definition
Electrical stimulation of the myocardium
Term
Conduction system in heart
Definition
SA node (sinoatrial)
AV node (atrioventricular)
Bundle Branches
Purkinje Fibers
Term
SA node
Definition
pacemaker, initiates depolarization in heart
Term
AV node
Definition
passes depolarization to ventricles

brief delay (AV delay) to allow ventricles to fill with blood
Term
Bundle branches
Definition
splits the branches of heart nerves to the left and right ventricle
Term
Purkinje fibers
Definition
superhighway of heart nerves that go throughout ventricles
Term
ECG (electrocardiogram)
Definition
Records the electrical activity of heart

indicates abnormalies to find heart disease of malfunction
Term
P wave
Definition
atrial depolarization
Term
QRS complex
Definition
Ventricle depolarization and atrial repolarization
Term
T wave
Definition
Ventricular repolarization
Term
How long is the normal heart electrical cycle?
Definition
8 seconds
Term
Myocardial Ischemia
Definition
Lack of Oxygen to heart muscle
Term
What does a ST segment depression mean?
Definition
suggests myocardial ischmemia
Term
What pressure increases during exercise?
Definition
Systolic pressure increases
Term
How can blood pressure be increased?
Definition
increase in blood volume

increase in heart rate

increase in blood viscosity

increase in stroke volume

increase in Vascular resistance
Term
Heart rate
Definition
Number of Heart beats per minute
Term
Stroke volume
Definition
amount of blood ejected per beat

regulated by:
EDV
Blood Pressure
Strength of ventricle contraction
Term
Parasympathetic nervous system
Definition
Via vagus nerve

Slows HR by inhibiting SA and AV node
Term
Sympathetic nervous system
Definition
via cardiac accelerator nerves

increases HR by stimulating SA and AV nodes
Term
Parasympathetic withdrawl
Definition
first step when heart starts to increase

raises heartbeat to ~100 beats/min

need sympathetic stimulation to get more BPM
Term
Beta-Blockers
Definition
reduce heart rate and workload on heart

decrease HR during exercise
Term
EDV (end diastolic volume)
Definition
Volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole

Dependent on venous return

"pre-load"
Term
Frank-Starling mechanism
Definition
Greater EDV results in more forceful contraction

due to stretch of ventricles

"Rubber Band"
Term
What is Venous return increased by?
Definition
Vasocontriction (Sympathetic stimulation)

Respiratory pump
Term
Respiratory pump
Definition
changes in pressure in chest cavity due to volume of lungs

Increased volume of lungs= decrease in pressure
Term
What happens when venous return is increase?
Definition
Increase in stroke volume

More EDV

increase in blood volume that can push out of heart
Term
how long can stroke volume be increase?
Definition
only until heart rate is 40% of max

blood doesn't have enough time to rush in

HR must increase after
Term
What does a increase in MAP mean?
Definition
A decrease in stroke volume

An increase in "Afterload"
Term
Plasma
Definition
liquid portion of blood

contains ions, proteins, and hormones
Term
Red blood cells
Definition
contain hemoglobin to carry oxygen
Term
White Blood cells
Definition
important in preventing and fighting infection
Term
Platelets
Definition
important particles in blood for clotting
Term
Hematocrit
Definition
% of blood composed of cells
Term
Blood flow
Definition
right atrial pressure / resistance
Term
Pressure
Definition
proportional to the difference between MAP and right atrial pressure
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