Heart. Closed Circulation Blood never leaves vessels Blood never leaves vessels.

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Closed Circulation

Blood never leaves vessels

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Double Circulatory System

- In mammals, birds and reptiles, the blood is pumped twice before returning to its origin

- Fish, and other lower organisms pump the blood only once

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Four Chambered Heart

oxygenated and deoxygenated blood do not mix in the heart

septum separates the right and left sides

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Heart Chambers

The top chambers are called atria (sing. Atrium)

These collect blood from major veins and pump it into the bottom chambers

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Ventricles

Much larger and more muscular than atria

Pump blood into arteries for distribution to body (and lungs)

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Vessels Arteries – carry blood away from

heart

Veins – carry blood toward heart

Systemic circulation – blood flow to and from body organs (not lungs)

Pulmonary circulation – blood flow to and from lungs

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Atrioventricular Valves Separate the atria and ventricles

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Atrioventricular valves have:– Chordae tendinae

prevent flaps from everting (opening backward)

– Papillary muscles to attach chordae tendinae to ventricle wall

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The Bicuspid Valve (AV)

Also called the mitral valve

On the left side of the heart

Has two flaps

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Tricuspid Valve (AV)

On the right side Has three flaps

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Semilunar Valves

At the entrance to the major arteries are smaller valves with no muscular attachments

These have three flaps each and prevent backflow into the ventricles

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Pericardium

Membrane around heart which prevents friction between heart and lungs

Also helps isolate infection

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Coronary Arteries

The aorta branches and one of the branches comes back to serve the heart muscle (myocardium)

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Coronary Circulation

These arteries can become blocked with plaque (cholesterol and calcium deposits) and clots can occur causing:

– pain: angina pectoris– Heart muscle death: myocardial

infarction (heart attack)

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Coronary Circulation

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Risks for Heart Disease

Genetics Male Smoking Obesity Diet (saturated

fat and cholesterol)

Lack of exercise

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Heart Beats

Cardiac Muscle: striated, branched

Is myogenic muscle: can contract without nerve impulse

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Heart Beats

Chemoreceptors in aorta and carotid (neck) arteries detect high carbon dioxide levels in blood (lesser extent – oxygen is also monitored)

nerves carry this information to the heart

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Heart Beats

The heart beat is controlled by the sympathetic (stimulating) and parasympathetic (relaxing) branches of the nervous system.

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Heart Beats

Tempo is set by the sinoatrial node (SA node) : the pacemaker

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Heart Beats

Electrochemical impulses from the S.A. node cause contraction of atria muscle

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Heart Beats

the impulse travels to another cluster of nervous tissue – the Atrioventricular node (A.V. node)

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Heart Beats

The A.V. node sends impulses through Purkinje fibers to all parts of the ventricles

Ventricles contract simultaneously

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Heart Beats Heart muscle then ‘rests’ before the

cycle begins again

‘systole’ – phase of heart contraction

‘diastole’ – phase of heart relaxation

‘lub – dub’ – heart sounds caused by valves slamming shut

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Heart Beats

Normal Heart Rate – 80 beats/minute

Bradycardia - < 50 beats/min

Tachycardia - > 100 beats/min

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Monitoring Heart Beat

EKG (or ECG) – electrocardiogram Uses electrical activity in heart

muscle to diagnose problems

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EKG

P wave – depolarization preceding atrial contraction

QRS complex – precedes ventricular T wave – repolarization of

myocardium

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Ventricular Fibrillation

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Defibrillator

Used to shock hearts into proper rhythm

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Other Abnormal Rhythms

tachycardia

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Bradycardia

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Heart Technology

Artificial pacemakers – use batteries to produce a coordinated signal when ‘real’ pacemaker malfunctions

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Heart Technology

Valve Replacement : routinely done to fix valves scarred by infections, etc.

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Cardiac Catheterization a thin catheter is inserted into a

blood vessel, usually an artery in the leg or arm, and passed through the blood vessel to the heart.

Dye is injected to make the coronary arteries and other structures visible on X-rays.

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Heart Technology

Angioplasty: using a catheter and ‘balloon’ to open up blocked arteries

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Heart Technology

Coronary bypass: heart operation to use a vein from leg to bypass blockage

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Heart Transplant

Often miraculous results

Shortage of organs

Person must take immunosupressants for life

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Xenotransplants

Dismal failures when whole heart is transplanted

Pig arteries and valves have been used for years

New genetic research hopes to produce pigs with human proteins

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Artificial Heart

Some success as a bridge to transplant