Cardiovascular physiology
Cardiovascular physiology is the study of the cardiovascular system, specifically addressing the physiology of the heart and blood vessels.
These subjects are sometimes addressed separately, under the names cardiac physiology and circulatory physiology.
Although the different aspects of cardiovascular physiology are closely interrelated, the subject is still usually divided into several subtopics.
Heart
- Cardiac output
- * Stroke volume
- * Ejection fraction
- * Cardiac output is mathematically ` to systole
- * Inotropic, chronotropic, and dromotropic states
- * Cardiac input
- * Suction volume
- * Injection fraction
- * Cardiac input is mathematically ` to diastole
- Electrical conduction system of the heart
- * Electrocardiogram
- * Cardiac marker
- * Cardiac action potential
- Frank–Starling law of the heart
- Wiggers diagram
- Pressure volume diagram
Regulation of blood pressure
- Baroreceptor
- Baroreflex
- Renin–angiotensin system
- * Renin
- * Angiotensin
- Juxtaglomerular apparatus
- Aortic body and carotid body
- Autoregulation
- * Cerebral Autoregulation
Hemodynamics
Under most circumstances, the body attempts to maintain a steady mean arterial pressure.When there is a major and immediate decrease, the body can increase the following:
In turn, this can have a significant impact upon several other variables: