9 Cardiovascular System Flashcards
The Cardiovascular System
A _ of the heart and blood vessels
- The heart pumps blood
- Blood vessels allow blood to circulate to all parts of the body
closed system
function of the cardiovascular
system
- to deliver oxygen and nutrients
- to remove carbon dioxide
and other waste products
location of heart
size?
- Thorax between the lungs
- Pointed apex directed toward left hip
About the size of your fist
double serous membrane cover of heart
Pericardium
Pericardium membranes
- visceral pericardium
- parietal pericardium
The Heart: CoveringsThe Heart: Coverings
Pericardium membrane Outside layer
Parietal pericardium
The Heart: CoveringsThe Heart: Coverings
Pericardium membrane Next to heart
Visceral pericardium
_ fills the space between the layers of pericardium
Serous fluid
The Heart: Heart Wall
3 Layers
- epicardium
- myocardium
- endocardium
The Heart: Heart Wall
- Outside layer
- This layer is the parietal pericardium
- Connective tissue layer
Epicardium
The Heart: Heart Wall
- Middle layer
- Mostly cardiac muscle
Myocardium
The Heart: Heart Wall
- Inner layer
- Endothelium
Endocardium
The Heart: Chambers
The Heart: Chambers
Receiving chambers
atria
1. Right atrium
2. Left atrium
The Heart: Chambers
Discharging chambers
ventricles
1. right ventricle
2. left ventricle
Allow blood to flow in only one direction in the heart
The Heart: Valves
The Heart: Valves
between atria and
ventricles
Atrioventricular valves
The Heart: Valves
what valves composes Atrioventricular valves
- bicuspid valve - left
- tricuspid valve - right
The Heart: Valves
valves between ventricle and artery
Semilunar valves
The Heart: Valves
Semilunar valves composes of valves?
- Pulmonary semilunar valve
- Aortic semilunar valve
The Heart: Valves
- Valves open as blood is pumped through
- Held in place by _ (“heart strings”)
- Close to prevent backflow
chordae tendineae
Operation of the AV valves
- Blood returning to the heart fills atria, putting _ against atrioventricular valves; the atrioventricular valves are forced open
- as the ventricles fill, atrioventricular valve flaps _ into ventricles
- atria contract, forcing additional blood into ventricles
- ventricles contract, forcing blood against atrioventricular valves _
- atrioventricular valves _
- chordae tendineae tighten, preventing valve flaps from _ into atria
pressure
hang limply
cusps
close
everting
Operation of the semilunar valves
- as the ventricles contract and _ rises, blood is pushed up against semilunar valves, forcing them open
- as the ventricles relax, and intraventricular pressure falls, blood flows back from arteries, filling the _ and forcing them to close
intraventricular pressure
cusps of semilunar valves
The Heart: Associated Great Vessels
Blood leaves left ventricle and go to what blood vessel?
Aorta
blood here is oxygen rich
its from the lungs
toward the body parts
The Heart: Associated Great Vessels
blood Leaves right ventricle and move to?
Pulmonary arteries
to lungs
The Heart: Associated Great Vessels
Vena cava
Enters right atrium
The Heart: Associated Great Vessels
Blood in Pulmonary veins (four) moves towards?
Enter left atrium
from the lungs to the body
Blood in the heart chambers does not nourish the myocardium
The heart has its own nourishing
circulatory system
* coronary arteries
* cardiac veins
Coronary Circulation
Coronary Circulation
Blood empties into the right atrium via the _
coronary sinus
It is a system where heart muscle cells contract, without nerve impulses, in a regular, continuous way
Intrinsic conduction system
(nodal system)
Conduction System
5 Special tissue sets the pace
- sinoatrial node - pacemaker
- atrioventricular node - in RA
- atrioventricular bundle - in RA
- bundle branches - middle; in between atrium; at septum
- purkinje fibers - below; at the septum
Heart Contractions
Contraction is initiated by the _
sinoatrial node
Heart Contractions
Sequential stimulation occurs at other _
autorhythmic cells