7. The Circulatory System Flashcards
The circulatory system or cardiovascular system is the transportation system of the body. There are actually two parts:
- The pulmonary
- The systemic
that conveys blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
The pulmonary
that carries blood from the heart to all body tissues and cells (except some parts of the lungs) and back to heart
The systemic
is a muscular pump that propels blood either to the lungs or to other body tissues
Heart
are distributing vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Arteries
are distributing vessels that carry blood away from the heart to all body tissues
Aorta
are distributing vessels that carry blood away from the heart to to the lungs
Pulmonary trunk
are the small final branches of the smallest arteries, and are present in tissues that are supplied with the blood
Arterioles
are very minute microscopic hairlike vessels that form networks between the small arterioles and the venules
Capillaries
Functions: exchange of blood and tissue constituents place through the capillary walls
Capillaries
are the smallest veins and correspond to the arterioles
Venules
are collecting vessels that bring back to the heart
Veins
drains upper half of body
Superior vena cava
drains lower half of body
Inferior vena cava
drains the lungs, all emptying into the heart
Four pulmonary veins (2 from each lung)
is a colorless fluid that collects in lymphatic vessels
Lymph
minute vessels which begin as very small vessels
Lymph capillaries
are formed by union of capillaries that unite to form larger and larger vessels
Lymph vessels
are connected with the larger lymph vessels
Lymph nodes
Trunk Lymph vessels are:
- Thoracic Duct
- Right Lymph Duct
draining whole body except the upper right
Thoracic Duct
draining the right upper limb, right thorax, and right side of head and neck
Right Lymph Duct
form a second collecting system
lymphatics
Reticuloendothelial structures
bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, liver and thymus gland
Internal coat or layer
tunica intima
Layer of flat cobblestone like cells that form a lining membrane, with connective tissue and elastic tissue
tunica intima
Middle coat
tunica media
A layer of visceral muscle, the fibers encircling the vessel, with considerable elastic tissue as well
tunica media
Outer layer
tunica adventitia
A layer of connective tissue outside the middle coat
tunica adventitia
bluntly pointed end that is directed to the left anteriorly
Apex
the broad end that is directed to the right, posteriorly and cranially to the right of the right sternal border
Base
lies posterior to the sternum
Sternocostal surface
rest upon the diaphragm
Diaphragmatic surface
The heart has __ coverings forming its wall, a septum, __ chambers or cavities, __ openings and __ sets of functioning valves
3 coverings,
4 chambers,
11 openings,
4 valves
this layer forms the lining membrane of the heart
Endocardium
muscular layer of the heart and consists of a special type of muscle found only in the heart, cardiac muscle
Myocardium
thin covering and is applied to the outer surface of the muscular layer
Visceral Pericardium or epicardium
Serous pericardium layers
- Visceral layer
- Parietal layer
outer covering of the heart
Visceral layer
forms the lining of a sac that encloses the heart
Parietal layer
A thick layer of fibrous connective tissue
Fibrous pericardium
Surrounds the parietal pericardium to form the outer layer of the pericardial sac
Fibrous pericardium
is a bag with the heart within it, consisting of the parietal serous pericardium and the fibrous pericardium
Pericardial sac
is a potential space between the inner surface of the pericardial sac and the visceral pericardium
Pericardial cavity
The Four Chambers of Cavities of the Heart
- Left atrium
- Right atrium
- Left ventricle
- Right ventricle
is that part of the partition between the right and left atria
Interatrial septum
is the partition between the right and left ventricles
Interventricular septum
is the opening between the left atrium and left ventricle
left atrioventricular opening (ostium)
is the opening between the right atrium and right ventricle
right atrioventricular opening (ostium)
are two ear shaped pouches, one forming part of each atrium
auricles
prominent anterior part of the right ventricle where it opens into the pulmonary trunk
Conus arteriosus
is a groove on the surface of the heart marking the junction of the atria and the ventricles
Coronary sulcus
It completely encircles the heart
Coronary sulcus
anterior and posterior are the grooves where the ventricles meet each other anteriorly and posteriorly
Interventricular sulci
There are eleven openings into or within the heart
(2) atrioventricular opening (left and right)
(1) pulmonary opening
(1) aortic opening
(1) opening of the inferior vena cava
(1) opening of the superior vena cava
(4) two right and two left pulmonary veins
(1) opening of the coronary sulcus
The Valves of the Heart
- Left atrioventricular valve or mitral or bicuspid valve
- Right atrioventricular valve or tricuspid valve
- Aortic valve
- Pulmonary valve
Blood Supply to the Heart
The right and left coronary arteries, the first branches of the aorta, supply blood to the heart. These vessels run along the coronary sulcus and the interventricular grooves on the surface of the heart giving off branches “en route”
drain blood from the cardia capillaries
Cardiac veins