Cardiovascular System

The Cardiovascular System A closed system of the heart and blood vessels The function of the cardiovascular system is to deliver oxygen and nutrients and to remove carbon dioxide and other waste products

Heart Facts Your heart is about the same size as your fist. An average adult body contains about five quarts of blood. All the blood vessels in the body joined end to end would stretch 62,000 miles or two and a half times around the earth. The heart circulates the body's blood supply about 1,000 times each day. The heart pumps the equivalent of 5,000 to 6,000 quarts of blood each day.

Where is the Heart? Location: Thoracic Cavity Parts of the heart 4 chambers: 2 atria: thin walled upper chambers which receive blood 2 ventricles: muscled lower chambers which pump the blood out

What protects the Heart? The Pericardium 2 layers Parietal Pericardium Visceral Pericardium Fluid between to reduce friction Pericarditits: reduced serous fluid. Sticks, heart can’t move.

What is the Heart made of? Cardiac muscle Cells are elongated and cylindrical, striated, & only have one nucleus. They have rapid, involuntary, rhythmic contractions Cardiac muscle cells form an intercalated discs containing gap junctions, which bridge cells.

The Heart Valves Job: blood flow in one direction. Semilunar valves: between the arteries and ventricles Pulmonary semilunar valve Aortic semilunar valve Atrioventricular valves: between the atria and ventricles Tricuspid valve (right) Bicuspid (mitral) valve (left)

How do valves work? Valves open as blood is pumped through Held in place by chordae tendineae (“heart strings”) Close to prevent backflow

What causes the sound your heart makes? The 1st heart sound (lub) is caused by the closure of the Tricuspid and Mitral Valves. The 2nd sound (dub) is caused by the closure of the Pulmonary and Aortic Valves.

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Review: What causes the Heart beat? SA Node begins the signal (pacemaker) AV Node (bundle of His) works as a resistor and slows the signal down. Finally goes to the Purkinji fibers

Myocardial Infarction: Open Topic What is a heart attack? What are the signs? What should you do if you see someone experiencing symptoms?

Warning Signs of Heart Attack Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain. Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach.   Shortness of breath. Often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort.   Other symptoms. May include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness. Videos Testimonials

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What is done after a heart attack? Many things depending on the problem. Medication Coronary Bypass surgery Angioplasty More specific surgeries: correcting the physical cause behind the heart attack. Watch this Video! Open Heart Corrective Surgery Mitral Valve With Robotic Surgery

What techniques do you know of to diagnose heart attacks? EKG: monitors the electrical system of the heart. Only one that can diagnose attack. Heart ultrasound: diagnoses heart damage or deformities when patient is stable. Stress Test: Tests how well your heart is doing. Sphynometer: BP kit

Now that we understand what a myocardial infraction is and how it’s diagnosed…How can it be treated? Go To Surgery & Video on Heart Check out exterior/interior heart

But what can be done to prevent a heart attack? Angioplasty But what can be done to prevent a heart attack? Prevent arteries from occluding. Must open up arteries and veins in order to allow the blood to flow. Procedure: Angioplasty

Lets Review! The Flow of Blood

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Differences Between Blood Vessel Types Walls of arteries are the thickest Lumens of veins are larger Skeletal muscle “milks” blood in veins toward the heart Walls of capillaries are only one cell layer thick to allow for exchanges between blood and tissue

Variations in Blood Pressure Human normal range is variable Normal 140–110 mm Hg systolic 80–75 mm Hg diastolic Hypotension Low systolic (below 110 mm HG) Often associated with illness Hypertension High systolic (above 140 mm HG) Can be dangerous if it is chronic