- Compare excitation-contraction coupling and relaxation in cardiac and skeletal muscles.
- Compare the structure and function of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscles
- Compare the action potentials of contractile cardiac muscle, autorhythmic cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle.
- Explain the Frank-Starling law of the heart.
- Describe the conductions of electrical signals through the heart.
- Describe the parts of the electrocardiogram (ECG) and explain how these electrical events are related to the mechanical events of the cardiac cycle.
- Explain the role of the autonomic divisions in control of heart rate at the cellular and molecular level.
- Describe in detail how baroreceptor reflex demonstrates the core concept of homeostasis.
- Explain how the Starling forces regulate bulk flow in the capillaries using the core concept of flow-down-gradients.
- Explain the pressure changes which occur during the cardiac cycle and their relationship to the flow of blood through the heart and blood vessels
- Explain the principles underlying the measurement of blood pressure using a sphygmomanometer
- Explain Poiseuille’s law.
- Explain how the autonomic nervous system influences the flow of blood to organs of the body. Make sure to include which adrenergic receptors are involved in this influence.
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