5: Pericardium & Heart Flashcards
Pericardium surrounds
The heart and root of great vessels
Pericardium fuses with
The tunica adventitia of the superior vena cava, ascending aorta, pulmonary arteries
Pericardium fuses inferiorly with
Central tendon of diaphragm
Pericardium is reinforced by
2 sternopericardial ligmants
Sternopericardial ligaments keep the heart in position and limit
Cardiac dissension
Pericardium is overlapped by
The pleural sacs and lungs
Where the pleural sacs deviate the pericardium contacts
The posterior surface of the sternum and 4th and 5th intercostal spaces
What is sandwiched in between the mediastinal pleura and the pericardium
- Phrenic nerve
- Pericardiacophrenic artery
- Pericardiacophrenic vein
Posteriorly the pericardium contacts
- esophagus
- descending thoracic aorta
- Main bronchi
What is the outer layer of the pericardium called
Fibrous pericardium
What is the inner layer of the pericardium called
Serous pericardium
Components of serous pericardium
Parietal and visceral layers
Pericardial cavity contains film of fluid to allow for
A Frictionless environment
The fibrous pericardium functions iin
- Retaining position
2. Prevents overfilling
Visceral pericardium is also known as
Pericardium
describe the Development of the heart and pericardial sinuses
- Heart tube folds
- venous end move posterior and up.
- Venous and arterial ends are separated by transverse sinus
- As veins grow and expand, oblique sinus is formed on posterior side
What are the pericardial sinuses and where are they
Transverse: at the pulmonary trunk and aorta
Oblique: at venous end where SPV and IVC enter the heart
What supplies blood to the pericardium
- Pericardiacophrenic artery
- Musculophrenic
- Branches of thoracic aorta (bronchial, esophageal, superior phrenic )
- Coronary - visceral only
What supplies the visceral pericardium
Coronary arteries
Describe venous drainage of pericardium
- Pericardiacophrenic veins
- Internal thoracic artery
- Azygos
All back to the SVC
What provides somatic sensory innervation to the fibrous and parietal layers of the pericardium
Phrenic nerves
What provides visceral sensory innervation to the epicardium
Cardiac plexuses
Pericarditis
Layer of pericardium rub against one another
Pericardial effusion and Pericardiocentesis
To remove fluid from pericardium
Names of atrioventricular valves
Tricuspid
Mitral/biscuspid
The right atrium can be divide in to what two parts
- Sinus venarum
2. Pectinte muscles including auricle
What is the sinus venarum
Smooth thin walled posterior part of right atrium