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Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 7 pot
... through the
capillary loops and the venous plexus. In addi-
tion to sympathetic neural control, the resis-
tance vessels and AV anastomoses are very
sensitive to ␣-adrenoceptor-mediated vaso-
constriction ... Plexus
Vein
AV anastomosis
FIGURE 7- 1 4 Anatomy of the cutaneous circulation. Arteries within the subcutaneous tissue give rise to either arte-
rioles that travel into...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 5 pot
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Carotids ... baroreceptors) enter the medulla at the nucleus trac-
tus solitarius (NTS), which projects inhibitory interneuron...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 8 pot
... required to switch over to anaerobic gly-
colysis for the production of ATP. Acidosis
stimulates peripheral and central chemore-
ceptors, leading to increased sympathetic ac-
tivity to the systemic ... shock.
The following discussion specifically ad-
dresses compensatory mechanisms in hy-
potension caused by hemorrhage-induced hy-
povolemia.
The baroreceptor reflex is the firs...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 10 pot
... 11
afterload (particularly aortic diastolic pres-
sure) enables the end-systolic volume to de-
crease slightly, but not enough to overcome
the decline in end-diastolic volume.
Therefore, the net effect ... be-
cause of the large stroke volume ejected into
the aorta. As long as the ventricle is not in fail-
ure, normal end-systolic volumes can be sus-
tained; however, the end...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 1 doc
... gradient, to enter the cell.
As the m-gates open, the h-gates begin to
close; however, the m-gates open more rapidly
than the h-gates close. The difference in the
opening and closing rates of the two ... (°K).
The equilibrium potential is the potential dif-
ference across the membrane required to
maintain the concentration gradient across
the membrane. In other...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 2 pdf
... and
calcium, across the cell membrane and by
the relative conductances of the membrane
to these ions.
• The resting membrane potential is very
close to the potassium equilibrium poten-
tial (calculated ... heading di-
rectly toward the positive electrode, gives the greatest
positive deflection. As the vector moves around the axis
to the left, and therefore moves away...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 3 pdf
... causes the end-diastolic pressure-
volume curve to shift up and to the left, as shown in Figure 4-2 7. This shift will reduce
the end-diastolic volume and increase the end-diastolic pressure at the ... occurs because the total energy of
the blood within the ventricle exceeds the to-
tal energy of blood within the aorta. The total
energy of the blood is the s...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 6 docx
... cardiac systole and increase
during diastole (Fig. 7- 7 ). Therefore, most of
the blood flow to the myocardium occurs dur-
ing diastole. The reason that coronary flow is
influenced by the cardiac ... 
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creases (via vascular ␣
1
and ␣
2
-adrenocep-
tors) systemic vascular resistance, depend-
ing upon the plasma concentration.
• The renin-angiotensin-aldoste...
Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - part 9 ppsx
... PHYSIOLOGICAL
ACTIONS OF ENDOTHELIN-1
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is synthesized from an
endothelin precursor (big ET-1 or pro-ET-1)
and cleaved to ET-1 by endothelin convert-
ing enzyme (ECE) found on the endothelial
cell ... are the same in the pre- and post-
stenotic segments). Therefore, KE is the same
in the post- and pre-stenotic segments. There is,
however, an additional loss of PE...
MIT.Press.Introduction.to.Autonomous.Mobile.Robots Part 7 pot
... importantly,
the circuitry next to each pixel consumes valuable real estate on the face of the light-detect-
ing array. Many photons hit the transistors rather than the photodiode, making the CMOS
chip ... figure 4.19.
The basic formula governing image formation relates the distance of the object from the
lens, in the above figure, to the distance from the lens...