1st and 2nd year Flashcards
What are the branches of the arch of the aorta?
Brachiocephalic trunk
Left common carotid artery
Left subclavian artery
3 parts of the top of the aorta
Ascending aorta
Aortic arch
Descending aorta
What do the pulmonary arteries receive?
Deoxygenated blood from right ventricle and deliver it to the lungs for gas exchange to take place
What level does the pulmonary trunk split and what does it split into?
T5-T6
Right and left pulmonary arteries
What do the pulmonary veins receive?
Oxygenated blood from the lungs, delivering it to the left side of the heart to be pumped around the body
What part of the heart is posterior and forms the posterior surface of the heart?
Left atrium
What is the most anterior part of the heart forming the anterior surface?
Right ventricle
What are attached to the papillary muscles?
Chordae tendinae
What nerves are found over the heart?
Purkinje fibres
Layers of the heart
Endocardium
Myocardium
Pericardium
Two layers of pericardium around the heart
Fibrous on outside
Serous parietal
Serous visceral
Nerve roots of phrenic nerve
C3-C5
Where is tricuspid valve found?
Between right atrium and ventricle
Where is mitral valve found?
Between left atrium and ventricle
Veins of the heart
Small cardiac vein
Great cardiac vein
What is at the end of the right coronary artery?
Right marginal artery
What does the left coronary artery split into?
Left anterior descending artery
Left marginal artery
How many lobes do the lungs have?
Right - 3
Left - 2