Case Four: Dance Your Heart Out CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Case Four: Dance Your Heart Out CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CASE FOUR
VENOUS PRESSURE AND FLOW
VENOUS PRESSURE AND FLOW
Definition of Terms
Central venous pressure (Right atrial pressure)
Pressure in the right atrium Peripheral venous pressure
Pressure in the peripheral veins
Mean circulatory filling pressure
Without blood flow, the pressures everywhere in the circulation become equal after a minute or so. This equilibrated pressure level is called mean circulatory filling pressure.
Venous return
The quantity of blood flowing from the veins into the right atrium each minute.