Final    Exam  Cardio Physiology  205 

 

1.        Actional potentials in cardiac  muscle

2.        Why the long action potential and the plateau?

3.        Velocity of conduction in cardiac muscle

4.        Refractory period of cardiac muscle

5.        Systole and diastole

6.        Relationship of the  ECG to the cardiac cycle

7.        Function of the Ventricles as pump

8.        Function of the Valves

9.        Emptying of the ventricles during systole

10.     Relationship of the Heart sounds to heart pumping

11.     Mechanical events of the cardiac cycle:  preload, afterload,contractility, heart rate

12.     The aortic pressure curve

13.     The Frank-Starling Mechanism

14.     Graphical Analysis of ventricular Pumping

15.     Control of the heart by the sympathetic and parasympathetic Nerves

16.     Effect of the Heart rate on function of the heart as a pump

17.     Effect of potassium and Calcium Ions on heart function

18.     Sinus Node

19.     Rhythmicity of the sinus fibers

20.     Mechanism of sinus nodal rhythmicity

21.     Self-excitation of Sinus Nodal Fibers

22.     A-V node

23.     Delay in impulse conduction from the atria to the ventricles

24.     Control of conduction and excitation in the heart

25.     Characteristics of the normal ECG

26.     Voltage and time calibration of the ECG

27.     ECG leads

28.     Vectorial analysis of the normal ECG

29.     The mean electrical axis of the ventricular QRS

30.     Abnormal sinus rtythms

31.     Abnormal rhythms that result from impulse conduction block

32.     Premature contractions

33.     Basic theory of circulatory function

34.     Interrelationship between flow, pressure, resistance

35.     Blood flow, blood pressure, resistance to blood flow

36.     Blood hematocrit and viscosity

37.     Effect of the pressure on vascular resistance and Tissue Blood flow

38.     Vascular  Distensibility

39.     Vascular Capacitance

40.     Veins and their functions

41.     Structure of the microcirculation and capillary system

42.     Exchange of substances between the blood and interstitial fluid

43.     Role of lymphatic system in controlling interstitial fluid protein concentration, interstitial fluid volume ,interstitial fluid pressure

44.     Variations in blood flow in different tissues and organs

45.      Blood flow control by the local tissues

46.     Acute control of local blood flow

47.     Long term blood flow regulation

 

 

48.     Vasoconstrictor agents, vasodilator agents

49.      Effects of ions and other chemical factors on vascular control

50.     Sympathetic vasoconstrictor system .

51.     Sympathetic vasodilator system

52.     Rapid control of arterial pressure by the nervous system

53.     Reflex mechanisms for maintaining normal arterial pressure

54.     Control of arterial pressure by the chemoreceptors

55.     Role of the kidneys in long term regulation of AP

56.     Normal values for cardiac output.

57.     Control of CO.

58.     Factors that causes a hypoeffective and hypereffective heart

59.     Physiologic anatomy of the coronary blood supply

60.     Normal coronary blood flow and control of CBF

61.     Definition of cardiac failure

62.     Left heart failure(  causes, pathophysiology), backward and forward effect

63.     Right heart failure( causes, pathophysiology),backward and forward effect

64.     Sympathetic response to heart failure

65.     Cardiogenic Shock ( causes, pathopysiology)

66.     Classification of  circulatory shock.