Where is the volume of blood the greatest and cross sectional area?
When diameter of a vessel is halved what happens to the flow?
When diameter of a vessel is doubled what happens to flow?
As viscosity goes down, resistance goes ___.
As viscosity goes down, resistance goes down.
How does an increased hematocrit impact flow (if other variables are constant)?
It decreases flow
Resistance beds in series will ____ resistance and resistance beds in parallel will ___ total resistance.
Resistance beds in series will increases resistance and resistance beds in parallel will decrease total resistance.
Where is the site of greatest control of blood flow and TPR?
arterioles
What does an increase in sympathetic stimulation cause with TPR and vessel diameter?
What is reynolds number?
How does blood generally flow?
Laminar flow, all cells move in the same direction
What is turbulent flow?
What is compliance?
How does aging and atherosclerosis impact compliance?
What is one theory for what happens when sm mm of veins contracts?
Smooth muscle effect on veins?
Smooth muscle contracting in veins is going to redistribute blood to arteries
What is pulse pressure?
What is MAP?
Plulse pressure is dependent on _____ a decrease in this will cause pulse presssure to ____.
Plulse pressure is dependent on arterial compliance, a decrease in this will cause pulse presssure to increase.
(Systolic pressure would also increase)
How does arteriosclerosis change blood pressure?
How does aortic stenosis change blood pressure?
“rules of thumb” for venous pressure?
Where does the a wave occur on an EKG?
Where does the C wave occur on an ekg?
When does the V wave occur?