3/4- Heart (Exam 2) Flashcards
What are gap junctions?
Connects cytoplasm of one cell to the cytoplasm of another cell
Things can move from cell to cell
Ions are in motion
Movement of charges are electrical current
All interconnected
What side of the heart do you see with the left and right wrist?
Left wrist- left side
Right wrist- right side
What is a calibration wave?
Direct measure of how much electricity is produced
Height and depths
Very beginning or very end
Millivolts
What is the bottom of the heart called?
Apex
What is the top of the heart called?
Base
What is the groove between the atriums and the ventricles?
Atrioventricular sulcus
Or
Coronary sulcus
What is the groove between the ventricles called?
Inter-ventricular sulcus
What layer of the heart wall is the white material in the ventricles?
Endocardium
What is the layer of the heart wall that is the interventricular septum?
Myocardium
What is the layer of the heart wall on the surface of the heart?
Epicardium
What is the right auricle?
The outside of the right atrium
What is the left auricle?
Outside of left atrium
What is the wall that divides the 2 ventricles?
Interventricular septum
What is the valve between the right atrium and ventricle?
Tricuspid
What is the valve between the left atrium and ventricle?
Bicuspid