What is vascular smooth muscle designed to do
regulate blood flow to active tissue maintain systemic blood pressure
What are the two primary sources of fluid loss?
urine Sweat
High intensity exercise produces enough heat to raise body temperature _____ every ______ minutes. within 20 minutes it is life threatening and 40 minutes fatal
1 degree celsius 4-5
A majority of the produced heat is transferred where via what
core, venous blood
Greater than what % BW lost from dehydration is considered extremely dangerous?
7%+
When the ambient temperature is higher than the skin, what are some unique sources of heat gain
Radiation convection conduction (If the skin was hotter than environment these would contribute to heat loss)
Core temperature is about _____ degrees celsius
37
Slight Dehydration can
significantly decrease VO2max and overall aerobic performance
Is thirst a reliable sign of fluid need
NO IT IS NOT
Dehydration is defined as
percentage loss of body weight
Signs of acclimatization
decreased HR ncreased Sweat rate
When should heat acclimatization occur
1-2 months precomp
most adaptations occur within
1-2 weeks
What ambvient temperatures will be ideal for acclimatization
38.5
Heat will move down a gradient via
radiation conduction convection
Allcimatizstion to exercise in the heat will
increase plasma volume
Sweat becomes ____ with acclimatization
diluted to preserve elecgtrolytes
You start sweating earlier or later when acclimatized
earlier
What are the two competing demands on the CVsystem during exercise
o2 and nutrient delivery
heat delivery to the periphrey for cooling
Sweat is largely derived from
PLASMA
What happens to venous return during exercise in the heat
increased HR to maintain cardiac output
What happens to plasma volume during exercise in the heat
decreases--> high blood pressure and sweat loss
As exercise intensity increases past 60W
heat production surpasses heat lost
The hypothalamus acts as the
thermostat Heatloss--> vasodilation Heat conservation--> vasoconstriction +shivering
With exercise what is the gold standard
rectal
Which method is relied on more heavily as ambient temperature increases
evaporation
What is counterproductive sweating
water loss without cooling in hot, humid environment
Evaporation is heavily influenced by
relative humidity (dryer the air the easier the sweat)
What is the major mechanism of heat loss
the EVAPORATION of sweat off the skin (NOT WIPING IT OFF)
Radiation accounts for ______ loss of heat in a neutral environment at rest
60%
What improves the effectiveness of convection
movement of water or air across skin
When the ambient temperature is higher than skin temperature how is heat lost
solely evaporation
When the ambient temperature is less than skin temperature
Heat is lost through evaporation, radiation, conduction and convection
What is heat exhaustion characterized by
rapid/weak pulse hypotension (fluid loss and vasodilation to skin and muscle) faintness profuse sweating
How is heat exhaustion treated?
Fluid replacement and cool environment
What is heat syncope?
loss of consciousness with cessation of exercise in the heat (independent or secondary to heat exhaustion)
What is heat stroke?
failure of the hypothalamic temp regulation--> decreased sweat rate-->massive heat storage
What is the mortality rate of heat stroke? Why is it so high?
20%+ Heart failure and cerebral edema
What is exercise associated hyponatremia?
The dilution of plasma Na+ below 135mmol/L
what are some symptoms of EAH
altered CNS function--> weakness, dizziness, lethargy, vomiting, headache, seizure
Is EAH more prevalent in competitive athletes vs recreational?
recreational
What is the largest predisposing factor of EAH
substantial weight gain from fluids
How is sweat rate calculated?
[BW chane + (Fluid intake-excretion)]/time as a fraction of an hour
What is the general recommendation for pre exercise hydration?
6mL H2O/kg BW every 2-3 hours in the days leading up to the event
Pre event hydration guidelines
16-24 fluid ounces 2 hours before 12 ounces 15 min before
Intraworkout hydration guidelines
8-12 ounces every 15 min during practice or event lasting longer than 1 hour (can be 6-8% CHO solution w some electrolytes)
What should be the target hydration after exercise
consume 1.5L for every Kg weight lost
Vascular smooth muscle vs skeletal muscle fibers
Smaller not striated contract more slowly capable of maintaining vascular tone with little energy
What are the three factors that control vascular smooth muscle
Local Humoral Neural
Why is there always slight vasoconstriction?
To guarantee adequate blood pressure and flow
What is rate of blood flow determined by?
Blood pressure
What is total peripheral resistance
the resistance to flow in the circulation
What is TPR equal to
BP=Q * TPR
Increased TPR leads to
hypertension
When CO (Q) is constant (steady state, rest) blood flow (BP) is regulated by
changes in TPR via vasoconstriction or dilation
What is Poiseuilles equation (describes flow in a tube)
Flow= (Pressure of Blood leaving heart- Pressure at distant site)piR^4/8LV
What effect will increasing the radius of a blood vessel have on blood flow?
Vasodilation-->increase BF
What effect will increasing the pressure difference have on blood flow
increased BF
Length is
unchanged
What effect will being well hydrated have on blood flow?
being well hydrated leads to an increase in blood flow due to a lower viscosity
How do you accomplish a 10-15 fold increase in blood flow to active skeletal muscle during exercise?
Increase Cardiac Output Vasodilation of active muscles Maintain hydration status
What are some local vasodilatory metabolites?
Increased H+ (dec. pH) Inc. K+ Inc. Adenosine and Lactate Inc. PCO2
Blood flow varies to the ___ power of radius
4th power (small changes in radius lead to big changes in blood flow)
A _% reduction in radius will lead to a __% reduced flow
16/50
During active exercise where does blood flow get restricted to in order to give the active muscles blood
The gut gets reduced BF
What percentage of blood goes to muscles during exercise
80-85%
During exercise you vasoconstrict ______ and vasodilate at _______
gut, active muscle
Local control is only
vasodilatory
What provides the signal to link local metabolism to blood flow?
sympathetic innervation @ adrenal medulla
Blood flow increases exponentially with
increased rate of metabolism
Vasodilators
increased adenosine, lactate, hydrogen ion, potassium, PCO2 Decreased PO2
Endothelium likely potentiates local vasodilation via the release of
Nitric Oxide
What causes NO release
shear stress Response to CATS
What increases NO secretion
endurance training
Reactive hyperemia is an example of
local vasodilation
Reduced blood flow through the kidney leads to the secretion of what
renin
What is the function of renin
splits angiotensinogen from the liver to produce angiotensin I
What is the function of ACE (angiotensin converting enzymes)
from the lungs converts angiotensin I into Angiotensin II and III
What is angiotensin II
a potent vasoconstrictor
What hormone is secreted by the adrenal cortex in response to Angiotensin II
aldosterone---> increased water retention by the kidneys
Overall dehydration leads to
increased blood pressure (this same effect from the renin angiotensin system can result from huge loss of blood)
Humoral control of blood flow results in
both vasodilation and constriction
Neural control is almost exclusively
vasoconstrictor
Do sympathetic nerve fibers innervate capillaries
NO (they innervate all other blood vessels)
Neural control results in
large unrefined changes
Two medications that are vasodilators
ACE inhibitors ARB (angiotensin receptor blocker---> blocks AII receptor)
What parts of the body are most heavily innervated ? (blood vessel wise)
Kidney, gut, spleen
What parts of the body are least innervated ?( blood vessel wise)
muscle, heart and brain
Neural pushes blood flow to skeletal muscle generally, what pushes it to the active site
local control
Does neural control distinguish between active/inactive skeletal muscle
No it does not
Spinal cord injury may result in
lack of neural control so BP drops during exercise due to local vasodilation without compensatory vasoconstriction from neural
The left ventricle gets blood from
left coronary artery
The right ventricle gets blood from
right artery
Myocardial BF may increase ______ from rest to max exercise because of
3x bc of a 5-20% NO primarily, secondarily from humoral/neural
Diastolic BP should stay same or
decrease during exercise
Ultimate goal of neural regulation of heart is
to maintain arterial blood pressure
The ______ nervous system has primary neural control of the cardiac function
autonomic (heart is innervated by both sympathetic and parasympathetic)
Sympathetic vasoconstriction (low-level input from vasoconstrictor area) is partially responsible for
resting BP
Which division of the autonomic nervous system innervates the SA and AV node and atria (usually lowers the HR by inihibiting SA node)
Parasympathetic NS (dominant at rest)
Which division of the autonomic system innervates the SA AV and ventricular myocardium (increase HR and SV)
Sympathetic NS