I.

Conclusion

 In conclusion, your heart works like a pump which provides nutrients to every

organ, tissue, and cell throughout your body. In turn, your cells dump waste
products, like carbon dioxide, back into your blood to be returned to your heart.
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood back to the heart.
The cardiovascular system delivers oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other
important substances to cells and organs in the body. It plays an important role
in helping the body meet the demands of activity, exercise, and stress

II. Review Questions

1. Explain how pulmonary circulation differs from systematic circulation.

- Pulmonary circulation moves blood between the heart and the lungs. It
transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs to absorb oxygen and release carbon
dioxide. The oxygenated blood then flows back to the heart. Systemic circulation
moves blood between the heart and the rest of the body.

2. Identify the five major parts of the intrinsic conduction system of the heart in their
normal order, beginning with the pacemaker.

- The main parts of the system are the SA node, AV node, bundle of HIS, bundle
branches, and Purkinje fibers. Let's follow a signal through the contraction process.
The SA node starts the sequence by causing the atrial muscles to contract. That's why
doctors sometimes call it the anatomical pacemaker.

3. Define peripheral resistance. Explain several factors that cause it to increase and its effect
on arterial blood pressure.
- Peripheral resistance is determined by three factors: Autonomic activity:
sympathetic activity constricts peripheral arteries. Pharmacologic agents:
vasoconstrictor drugs increase resistance while vasodilator drugs decrease it. Blood
viscosity: increased viscosity increases resistance.

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