BPK 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cardiac Output, Stroke Volume, Fick'S Laws Of Diffusion

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Blood flow and gas transport: cardiac output during exercise, cardiac output and oxygen transport. Cardiac output (q) - the amount of blood pumped by either the left or right ventricle of the heart per minute. Both the left and right ventricles must have the same cardiac output so that blood flow through the pulmonary and systemic circuits is maintained equally. Stroke volume - the amount of blood pumped by either the left or right ventricle per beat. Cardiac output = heart rate x stroke volume. Since the blood transports oxygen, when cardiac output increases in exercise more oxygen will be transported to the working muscles. This relationship can be expressed by the fick equation: Vo2 = hr x sv x (a-vo2) diff where: vo2 = oxygen uptake or utilization by the tissues in the body (a-vo2) diff = arterial-mixed venous oxygen difference.

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