Vocabulary
This term gives a recording of the heart's electrical activity.
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG)
This system controls your "fight or flight"
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Abnormally high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
These three things are the main functions of the cardiovascular system
What is transporting blood, oxygen, and nutrients to the body?
This shows the amount of blood pumped per minute
What is cardiac output (Q)?
This mechanism happens when the heart relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood
What is diastole?
These fibers rapidly conduct impulses through ventricles causing contraction
What are Purkinje Fibers?
This mechanism includes the Purkinje Fibers, AV node, AV bundle, and the SA node.
What is intrinsic mechanism?
Pressure-sensitive receptors that help regulate blood pressure
What is are baroreceptors?
This mechanism is defined as the pressure that actually drives blood to the tissues and organs.
What is Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)?