The Cardiovascular & Adaptations to Pregnancy

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1. There is an Increased load on maternal cardiovascular system from the growing fetus, how does the heart adapt to this?

  • physiologically it doesn't change but BPH will increase
  • It increases in size and changed position
  • It decreases in size to make room for the growing fetus
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2. Match. Stoke volume -

  • vol of blood leaving the ventricles after contraction of heart
  • vol of blood entering the arteries after contraction of the heart

3. Stoke volume increases progressively during the BLANK and BLANK trimester to about BLANK more than in the non pregnant state.

  • 1st, 2nd, 30%
  • 2nd, 3rd, 50%

4. Match. Geriatric Pregnancy:

  • both systolic and diastolic BP decrease.
  • systolic BP remains constant but diastolic BP increases.
  • little change in systolic BP but diastolic falls, (lowest mid-pregnancy) then rises to approx. pre-pregnancy at term.

5. Match. Veins and venules -

  • connect the arteries and the veins
  • transport deoxygenated blood away from the cells
  • carry oxygenated blood to the cells

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