\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{system made up of {\bf{vessels}} that {\bf{transport O`2`, CO`2`, nutrients and waste products}} through the body} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{CLOSED SYSTEM}}:} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- blood never touches liquid between cells} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- exchange through capillaries} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VESSELS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{ARTERIES}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- vessels that bring blood {\bf{from the heart to the organs}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{(usually oxigenated blood with nutrients)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{VEINS}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- vessels that bring blood {\bf{from the organs to the heart}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{(usually not oxigenated)} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{CAPILLARIES}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- {\bf{small}} blood vessels {\bf{around the organs}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- {\bf{delivery of oxygen and nutrients}} to the organs} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{- {\bf{absorb and carry out waste}} products} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.052 cm} x{2.584 cm} x{2.964 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{BLOOD VESSEL ARCHITECTURE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{ARTERIES}} & {\emph{=}} & {\emph{VEINS}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{TUNICA ADVENTITIA}}= & external layer & {\bf{fibrous connective tissue}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{TUNICA MEDIA}}= & middle layer & {\bf{smooth muscle}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{TUNICA INTIMA}}= & internal layer & {\bf{endothelium}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} between layers of tunica= & & {\bf{elastic tissue}}: elastine \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & {\emph{≠}} & \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{bigger smooth muscle}} & & {\bf{VALVE}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & & {\bf{stops the blood from going down}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{CAPILLARIES}}} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{endothelial cell}} & thin for exchange of substances & \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{smooth muscle cell}} & small layer & \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{PERICYTE:}} & {\bf{feeds endothelial cells}} & -{}-\textgreater{} like connective tissue \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.128 cm} x{3.496 cm} x{1.976 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CIRCULATION SYSTEMS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{SMALL CIRCULATION}}= & connects the heart and the {\bf{lungs}} & pulmonary \seqsplit{circulation} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{BIG CIRCULATION}}= & connects the heart and the {\bf{organs}} & systemic \seqsplit{circulation} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{HEARTH}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/etac26_1678897531_2.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{BLOOD CIRCULATION}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{RIGHT ATRIUM}} gets {\bf{not oxigenated}} blood from the {\bf{SUPERIOR and INFERIOR VENA CAVA}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{blood passes {\bf{through TRICUSPID VALVE into}} the {\bf{RIGHT VENTRICLE}}, most of the blood passes while the {\emph{hearth is relaxed (passive filling)}}, then {\emph{small contraction}} for the {\emph{last drop}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{CONTRACTION pushes the blood into the {\bf{PULMONARY ARTERIES}} through the {\bf{PULMONARY VALVE}}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{lungs where the blood exchange carbon dioxide for oxigen} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{LEFT ATRIUM}} gets {\bf{oxigenated}} blood from the {\bf{PULMUNAR VEINS}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{blood passes {\bf{through BICUSPID or MITRAL VALVE into}} the {\bf{LEFT VENTRICLE}}, most of the blood passes while the {\emph{hearth is relaxed (passive filling)}}, then {\emph{small contraction}} for the {\emph{last drop}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{CONTRACTION pushes the blood into the {\bf{AORTA}} through the {\bf{AORTIC VALVE}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{BLOOD CIRCULATION}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/etac26_1678897314_1.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.584 cm} x{2.432 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{WALLS OF THE HEART}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{three+ one layer} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{EPICARDIUM}}= & thin external membrane & {\bf{connective tissue}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{MYOCARDIUM}}= & pumping action, most present & {\bf{cardiac muscle tissue}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ↳gets nutriment and oxigen from: & {\bf{CORONARY ARTERIES}} & \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{ENDOCARDIUM}}= & thin internal layer & {\bf{endothelium}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{PERICARDIUM}}= & {\bf{protective, fluid-fille sac}} that {\bf{surrounds}} the heart & ↳ provides {\bf{lubrification}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ↳ protect the heart from {\bf{infections}} & ↳ hold the heart in {\bf{place}} & ↳ keep the heart {\bf{from expanding}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CARDIAC CYCLE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{DIASTOLE}}= & myocardio relaxed, atrium-ventricular valves open, blood circulates in atrio and ventricle, semilunar valves closed \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{ATRIAL SISTOLE }}= & contraction of the atries \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{VENTRICULAR SISTOLE }}= & ventricles starts to contract, pressure grows, atrioventricular valves closes, semilunar valves open \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CARDIAC CYCLE AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAM}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} PACEMAKER= & SINOATRIAL NODE= generates a signal that spreads through the heart \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} SISTOLE= & relaxation \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} DIASTOLE= & CONTRACTION \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{ATRIAL SISTOLE} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} P wave= & depolarization of the atrias with the spread of first signal \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & atrial contraction→ increase the pressure→ pushes the blood into the ventricle \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{ISOVOLUMETRIC VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} QRS complex= & depolarization of the ventricles with the spread of signal \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & ventricular contraction \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & ventricle contracts but the blood in the ventricle stays the same \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 4) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} first sound: atrioventricular valves shutting & valve are closed until the increase in the pressure is bigger thanthe pressure in the aorta \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CARDIAC CYCLE AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (cont)}} \tn % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} EJECTION FASE & rapid ejection: high pressure and first blood \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} & slow ejection: slower pressure and resistance from the vessels \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} T wave= & polarization of the ventricle for a new signal \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} ISOLVOLUMETRICAL VENTRICLE RELAXATION & ventricle relax \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & pressure goes down \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} & valve closes and second sound \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CARDIAC CYCLE}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/etac26_1678913944_3.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{respiratory sistem}}= & get rid of CO2 and capture O2 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{digestive system}}= & bring nutrition to all the organs \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{kidneys and urinary system}}= & filtration of waste (nitrogenous substances) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{temperature control}}= & vasodilatation to cool down \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CAUSES OF HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{excessive smoking}} and & {\bf{consumption of alcohol}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{diabetes}} & {\bf{cholesterol too high}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{overweight}} & {\bf{hypertension}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{genes}} & {\bf{stress}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{atherosclerosis}}= & {\bf{build up}} in vessels of {\bf{platelets}}: they think {\bf{fat}} is like an injury that has to be {\bf{closed}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{blood clot}}= & vessels closed by a {\bf{group of red cells}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{trauma or injury}}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DISEASES}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{heart disease}} & {\bf{vascular disorders}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{congenital heart defects}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{strokes}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{STROKES (ictus)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{TIA}}= & {\bf{symptoms}} only last for a {\bf{short amount of time}}, {\bf{temporary blocage}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{ischaemic stroke}}= & {\bf{blockage cutting off the blood supply}} to the {\bf{brain}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{haemorrhagic stroke}}= & {\bf{bleeding in or around the brain}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.96 cm} x{5.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{HEART DISEASE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{cardiac failure}}= & heart {\bf{fails to circulate blood}} properly \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{heart attack}}= & one of the{\bf{ coronary arteries}} becomes {\bf{blocked}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{cardiac arrest}}= & {\bf{hearth doesn't work}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{cardiac arrhythmia}}= & problem with the {\bf{rate or rhythm of heartbeat}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{VASCULAR DISORDERS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{aneurysm}}= & weak or expanded part of an artery \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{atherosclerosis}}= & buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{thrombosis}}= & blood clots block veins or arteries \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}