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1. Describe the controls of heart rate and describe how heart rate relates to cardiac output. What is the role of the medulla oblongata in controlling heart rate?
2. Define stroke volume and describe how it relates to cardiac output.
3. Define end-diastolic and end-systolic volume and the factors that influence each.
4. List some factors that influence cardiac function.
5. Describe the basis for electrocardiography and be able to interpret a normal ECG.
6. Describe the waves of a normal ECG and what each wave represents.
Unit 4: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - BLOOD VESSELS/CIRCULATION
1. Describe the relationship of mean arterial pressure, cardiac output, and total peripheral resistance. How does peripheral resistance impact arterial pressure?
2. Understand how baroreceptors and chemoreceptors can be stimulated to result in arterial pressure changes.
3. Describe the effects of angiotensin, epinephrine, ADH and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone interaction on arterial pressure/blood pressure.
4. Describe how blood volume influences arterial pressure and describe the factors that influence blood volume.
5. Define venous return and describe influencing factors.
6. Describe the movement of blood through veins. Similarly, be able to describe the effects of gravity on the cardiovascular system and what compensatory mechanisms exist to counteract these effects.
7. Explain the primary purpose of systemic circulation. Define systemic. Be ready to contrast this with the purpose of the pulmonary and coronary circuits.
8. Be able to describe how nutrients and gases are exchanged between blood and tissues. Understand how hydrostatic and osmotic pressure affect this exchange rate.