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Functions of the Circulatory system

1) transportation


a. Respiratory gases, nutrients, and waste


2) regulation


a. Hormonal and temperature


i.e. water- ICF => interstitial fluid; temp => pH


3) protection


a. Clotting and immunity


I.e. infection, bleeding

What's the job of cardiovascular system?

Circulate the blood

Blood

Tissue type: connective epithelial tissue


Consist of:


Formed elements= WBC, RBC, PLT


Plasma

Cardiovascular system ( circulatory system)

a. Heart: four-chambered pump


b. Blood vessels: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins

Lymphatic system (circulatory system)

Lymphatic vessels, lymphoid tissues, lymphatic organs (spleen, thymus, tonsils, lymph nodes)

Arterial blood

Leaving the heart; bright red, oxygenated except for blood going to the lungs

Venous blood

Entering the heart; dark red deoxygenated except for blood coming from the lungs

Constituents of blood

Albumin (plasma proteins)

Creates Osmotic pressure to help draw water from tissues into the capillaries to maintain blood volume and pressure.


*big protein

Globulins (plasma proteins)

1) alpha and beta globulins - transport lipids and fat soluble vitamins


2) gamma globulins - antibodies that function in immunity.

Fibrinogen (plasma proteins)

Helps in clotting after becoming fibrin


1) serum - blood without fibrinogen

Plasma volume

a. Regulatory mechanisms maintain plasma volume to maintain blood pressure.


b. Osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus cause the release of ADH from the posterior pituitary gland if fluid is lost.

Erythrocytes RBC (formed elements of the blood)

a. Flattened, biconcave discs


b. Carry oxygen


c. Lack nuclei and mitochondria


d. Count - approx 5mil/mm blood


e. Have 120 day lifespan


f. Each contains about 280 million hemoglobin molecules


g. Iron heme is recycled from the liver and spleen; carried by transferrin in the blood to the red bone marrow


h. Anemia - abnormally low hemoglobin or RBC count

Leukocytes (white blood cells- WBC)

a. Have nuclei and mitochondria


b. Diapedesis- movement through the capillary wall into connective tissue


c. Count- approx 5k-9k/mm blood


e. Types of leukocytes: granular, agranular

Types of leukocytes ( WBC)

1) granular leukocytes: neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils


2) agranular leukocytes whole in monocytes and lymphocytes

Blood cells and platelets

Formed elements

Neutrophil (granulocytes)

*multilobed nucleus (PMNL); inconspicuous cytoplasmic granules; diameter 10 to 12


* Phagocytize bacteria


*Very phagocytic - "bacteria slayers"


increase during acute bacterial infection and infection in general


Neutrophilia: increased # of neutrophils


Neutopenia: decreased # of neutrophils

Eosinophil ( granulocytes)

*Bilobed nucleus; red cytoplasmic granules; diameter 10-14


*Kill parasitic worms; complex role in allergy and asthma


* Releases enzymes to digest parasitic worms


Eosinophilia: increased # of eosinophils


Eosinopenia: decreased # of eosinophils

Basophil (granulocyte)

* Dial of nucleus; large purplish black cytoplasmic granules; diameter 10-14


* Release histamine and other mediators of inflammation; contains Heparin, an anticoagulant


*Rarest WBC


*Basophilia: increase number of basophils


*histamine: inflammatory chemical that acts as vasodilator to attract wbc's to inflamed sites


*Are functionally similar to mast cells

Lymphocytes ( agranulocytes)

* spherical or indented nucleus; pale blue cytoplasm; diameter 5-17


*Mount immune response by direct cell attack or via antibodies


*Act against virus-infected cells and tumor cells (cell mediated immunity)


*B lymphocytes (b cell) give rise to plasma cells, which produce antibodies (antibody mediated immunity or humoral immunity)


*Lymphocytosis: ⬆️ # of lymphocytes


*Lymphopenia: ⬇️# of lymphocytes


• increased in viral and fungal infection

Monocyte (agranulocyte)

* U or kidney-shaped nucleus; gray blue cytoplasm; diameter 14-24


* Phagocytosis; develop into macrophages in the tissues


*Largest leukocyte


*Highly phagocytic


*the circulation enter tissues, and differentiate into macrophages


* Monocytosis: increased monocytes

Platelets (thrombocytes)

a. Smallest form element, fragment of large cells called megakaryocytic


b. Lack of nuclei


c. Very short-lived (5- 9 days)


d. Clot blood with several other chemicals and fibrinogen


e. Release serotonin that stimulates vasoconstriction


F. Count= 130k-49000


Haematopoiesis (hemopoiesis)

1. Process of the blood cell formation


a. Hematopoietic stem cells space embryonic cells that give rise to all blood cells


b. Process occurs in myeloid tissue (red bone marrow) and lymphoid tissue


c. As cells differentiate, they develop membrane receptors for chemical signals

Erythropiesis

a. Formation of red blood cells


b. Red bone marrow produces about 2.5 million rbc's/sec


c. Regulation of erythropoiesis


1) process stimulated by the way through erythropoietin from the kidneys that respond to low blood Erythopoietim evels


2) process takes about three days

Erythropoiesis

*Lose nucleus and become concave


Stages=> [hemocytoblast (stem cell) -> Proerythroblast ->{Stimulated by erythropoietin} Erythroblast-> Normoblast->Reticulocyte ~ in bone bone marrow] =[Erythrocytes ~released into blood]

Leukopoiesis

a. Formation of white blood cells


b. Cytokines stimulate the production of the different subtypes


1) multipotent growth factor-1


2) interleukin-1


3) interleukin-3


4) granulocyte colony-stimulating factor


5) granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor


Antigens (RBC antigens and blood typing)

Found on the surface of cells to help immune system recognize self cells

Antibodies (RBC antigens and blood typing)

Secreted by lymphocytes in response to foreign cells

ABO system (RBC antigens and blood typing)

Antigen or erythrocyte cell surface


a. Type A has the A antigen


b. Type B has the B antigen


c. Type AB has both A and B antigens


d. Type O has neither the A nor the B antigen

Plasma contains antibodies against the antigens not present on the RBC

Type A has anti B antibodies


Type B has anti a antibodies


Type A B has no antibodies (universal recipient)


Type O has anti A and anti-B antibodies (universal donor)

Transfusion reaction if a person receives the wrong blood type, antibodies bind to a Erythrocytes and cause ??

Agglutination

Blood clotting

1) hemostasis: cessation of bleeding when a blood vessel is damaged


2) damaged exposes collagen fibers to hold, producing:


a.Vasoconstriction


b. Formation of platelet plug


c. Formation of fibrin protein web

Mother Rh (-) & baby Rh (+)

1st pregnancy(father Rh+) there is no issue because no antibody were made


*Hemolytic anemia of newborn baby


2nd pregnancy (father Rh+) the mother has an antibody against baby

How to prevent hemolytic anemia in newborn

Giving mother rhogam

Structure of the heart

Four chambers


Right atrium: receives deoxygenated blood from the body


Left atrium: receives oxygenated blood from the lungs


Right ventricle: pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs


Left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to the body

Fibrous skeleton (Structures of the heart)

a. Separates Atria from ventricles. The Atria there for work as one unit, while the ventricles work as a separate unit.


b. Forms that annuli fibrosi rings, which hold in heart valves

Pulmonary (pulmonary and systemic circulations)

Between heart and lungs


Higher CO2


a. Blood pumps to lungs via pulmonary arteries


b. Blood returns to heart via pulmonary veins

Systemic (pulmonary and systemic circulations)

Between heart and body tissues


Higher O2


a. Blood pumps to body tissues via aorta.


b. Blood returns to heart via Superior and inferior venae cavae

Arteries

Away from the heart

Veins

Back to the heart

A/V atrioventricular valves

Tricuspid=> right atrium and ventricle


Bicuspid (mitral)=> left atrium and ventricle


Papillary muscles and chordae tendineae prevent the valves from everting

Semi-lunar valves

Pulmonary: right ventricle and pulmonary trunk


Aortic left ventricle and aorta

Stethoscope positions for heart sounds (All Patient take medicine)


Aortic area right


Pulmonic area (nipple) left


Tricuspid area left


Bicuspid (Mitral) area right

Cardiac cycle

Repeating pattern of contraction and relaxation of the heart

Systole (cardiac cycle)

Contraction of heart muscles

Diastole (cardiac cycle)

Relaxation of heart muscles

End-diastolic volume (cardiac cycle)

Total volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole

End-systolic volume (cardiac cycle)

The amount of blood left in the left ventricle after systole (1/3 of the end-diastolic volume)

AV valves close during

Systole

AV valves open during

Diastole

Conduction systems of the heart

Sa node => AV node =>Atrioventricle bundle ( bundle of his)=> purkinje fibers

P wave

Atrial depolarization

PQ interval

Atrial systole

QRS wave

Ventricular depolarization

ST segment

Plateau phase, ventricular systole

T wave

Ventricular repolarization

Isovolumetric contraction (systole)

Volume of blood is the same

Isovolumetric relaxation ( diastole)

Same amount

At the end of the diastole how much blood is there?? (EDV)

120cc

At the end of the systole how much blood is there?? (ESV)

40cc

What is the difference between EDV ESV is known as

Stroke volume

Incompetent valves (heart murmur)

Do not close properly


1) maybe due to damage papillary muscle


2) mitral valve prolapse most common cause of chronic mitral regurgitation

Septal defects (heart murmur)

Holes in interventricular or interatrial septa which allows blood to cross the sides.

Artery structure (tunica of blood vessels )

Tunica externa- outer layer; composed of connective tissue


Tunica Media - middle layer => composed of smooth muscle for vasoconstriction/dialation


Tunica interna =>inner layer; composed of simple squamous endothelium on a basement membrane and elastic fibers.

Elastic arteries

Aorta


Closer to the heart; allow stretch as blood is pumped into them and recoil when ventricles relax

Muscular arteries

Farther from the heart; have more smooth muscle in proportion in diameter; also have more resistance do two smaller lumina

Arterioles

Smallest


20-30 um and diameter; provide the greatest resistance; control blood flow through the capillaries

Capillaries (microcirculation)

Smallest blood vessel


Single layer of simple squamous epithelium tissue in wall


Where are gases and nutrients are exchanged between the blood and tissues


Blood flow to capillaries is regulated by


a. Vasoconstriction and vasodilation of arterioles


b. Precapillary sphincter