3-heart Flashcards
– – is where blood from WALLS of heart returns to the heart
Coronary sinus
Name the 3 layers of the heart wall from outermost to innermost
Epicardium
Myocardium - involuntary muscle
Endocardium
The coronary sinus opens into the – atrium on the – surface
Opens into right atrium on posterior surface
Which 3 vessels empty into the right atrium
Superior vena cava
Inferior vena cava
Coronary sinus
The – – is a shallow depression in the right atrium divides the heart into 2 and allows for efficient distribution of oxygenated blood thru body
Fossa ovalis
Tricuspid valve
Right atrioventricular valve (3 lobes)
The – atrium receives oxygenated blood from 4 pulmonary veins
Left atrium
Other names of left atrioventricular valve
Bicuspid & mitral
The AORTIC valve has – thin semilunar cusps
Three (the cusps look like a peace sign)
The – mm are parallel ridges in the atria wall
Pectinate
A thickly woven arrangement of cardiac m (same as pectinate mm)
Trabeculae carnae
The chordae tendinae are held by the – m
Papillary m
2 branches of the ascending aorta
Left and right coronary arteries
3 branches of Aortic Arch
- Brachiocephalic trunk - right common and carotid arteries
- Left common carotid artery
- Left subclavian artery
* heart is centered slightly to the left*
The – nerves are next to the esophagus
Vagus