INDEX 



743 



Cardiopneumot^ram 



brachial pulse recording and, 564 

 Cardiovascular sounds : see Cardiac acous- 

 tics; Heart sounds; Heart murmurs; 

 Phonocardiography 

 Cardiovascular system 

 capacity of, 59 



cell and plasma distribution, 29-36 

 control 



CNS stimulation and, 547 

 integrated local mechanisms of, 547 

 mechanisms of, 547-548 

 response 



to activity, 539 

 to exertion, 543-545 

 to stimuli, 539 

 spontaneous adjustments, 538-542 

 volume distribution, 35 

 see also Blood volume 

 Carotid artery 



perfusion pressure, ventricular func- 

 tion curve and, 520, 52 i 

 pulse 



cardiac acoustics and, 704 

 cardiac disease and, 704 

 phonocardiography and, 691 

 time delay and, 704 

 Carotid sinus 



cardiac performance and, 519 

 function, 524 



nerve stimulation, atrial contraction 

 and, 522, 523 

 Carotido-atrial reflexes 



cardiac performance, 522 

 Carotido-sympatho-atrial reflex 



cardiac performance, 523 

 Carotido-ventricular reflex 

 cardiac performance, 519 

 hemodynamic changes, 519 

 Carrier 



definition, 621 

 Castration 



blood volume and, 54 

 Cat 



electrocardiographic data, 402 

 Catecholamines 



cardiac cycle and, 518 



cardiac response to exercise and, 545 



ot heart, stellate ganglion stimulation 



and, 505-506 

 ventricular contraction and, 508 

 ventricular function and, 491 

 see also Epinephrine; Norepinephrine 

 Catenary systems 

 definition, 621 

 Catrie 



electrocardiographic data, 402 

 QRS deflection in, 401 

 CCP: see Critical closing pressure 

 Cell membrane 

 as insulator, 240 

 equivalent circuits, 247 



permeability 



glycosides and, 188 



Na, K and Ca, 169 



sodium ion and, 159 

 structure, 239 



transport, cardiac glycosides and, 184 

 see also Membrane 

 Central nervous system 



cardiac control and, 519, 503-550 

 Centrally exchanging systems: ,if<; Parallel 



systems 

 Cesium 



physiological effects of, 1 65 

 Chloride 



measurement of cardiac extracellular 



space, 158 

 resting cell membrane and, 239 

 Chromium 



isotopic, as cell label, 42 

 Circulation 



adaptation to hypoxia, 477 

 architecture, 2 



of regulation, 526 

 arterioles of, 3-4 

 capillary blood flow, 4-5 

 changes occurring at birth, 438 

 constricting force. 87 

 data, 1-2 



determination of equilibrium, 95 

 distending force, formula, 87 

 distributing system, 2-3 



diagram of parallel circuits and 

 resistances, 2 

 distribution 



of blood, 98 



of cells and plasma, 29-36 

 dynamics of arterial, 3-4 

 elastic diagrams, 94 

 fetal, 437-438 

 fourth power law and, 86 

 function, 2 

 Hooke's law and, 92 

 instability of vessels under constrictor 



tone, 98 

 mixing in, 24-29 

 normal, 437-441 

 of heart muscle, 200 

 resistance, formula for, 86 

 technique of evaluating, 1-2 

 tensions in wall, 90 

 thick -walled vessels and, 89 

 time 



definition, 586 



indicator-dilution methods, 585 

 transmural pressures, 86 

 veins and venous return, 5-6 

 Circulation, physical principles 

 "blowout," 95-96 

 calculation of tension-length, 92 

 critical closing active tension, 97 

 critical closing pressure, 97 



as an index of vasomotor tone, 97-98 



minimum values : residual, 1 00 



physiological range, 1 00 

 distensibility of vessels, 86-87 

 elastic and active tensions, 90-91 

 elastic tension in vessel walls, 92-93 

 equilibrium 



for the longitudinal tension, 89 



of vessel wall, 87 



under active tension, 96 



under elastic tension, 94-95 

 plus active tension, 96-97 

 experimental verification of critical 



closing pressures and critical closing 



active tensions, 98-100 

 FShraeus-Lindqvist effect, 86, 144 

 instability under constrictor tone, 98 

 law of Laplace, 87-88 



for thick-walled vessels, 89-90 

 measurement of active tension, 102-104 

 "plug" flow of dog blood, 143-144 

 pressure gradient through vessel wall, 



104-105 

 shape of elastic diagrams of vessels, 94 

 size of vessels, 85-87 

 total tension in walls, 91-92 

 vessel closure at critical pressures, 100 

 Circulatory mixing 



correction for loss of label, 25-26 

 criteria of uniformity, 26 

 distribution, 619-620 

 intravascular, 619 

 observed time 



for cells, 27 



for plasma, 27-28 

 predicted time requirement, 26-27 

 sequestration of cells and plasma, 28-29 

 Climate 



blood volume and, 56 

 CoA-AH : see Coenzyme A 

 Coarctation of aorta 



arterial pulse contours and, 442 

 blood flow in, 443 

 blood pressure in, 441 



characterization of, 418 

 femoral arterial pulse wave, 441 

 hemodynamic alterations, 441-442 

 radial artery pressure, 441 

 surgical treatment, 443 

 Coenzyme A 



in cardiac muscle, 21 1 

 Cold 



diffusion of intracellular potassium 



and, 158 

 Compartments 



definition, C21 

 Conditioning 



cardiovascular responses and, 539 

 Conductance 



at constant voltage, 254 

 chord, in heart, 266 

 ionic 



as function of time, 256 



