A&P 2 Unit 16 (Lab) [The Heart, Part 1] Flashcards
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Describe the location of the heart within the thoracic cavity.
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- Located in the mediastinum
- 2/3 of heart’s mass lies to the left of the midline.
- Apex points towards the left hip.
- Great Vessels are attached to heart’s base.
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Medisstinum
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An area in the throacic cavity between the lungs
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Pericardial Cavity
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- The heart is surounded by a fluid-filled pericardial cavity, created by serous membrane.
- Pericardial Fluid is the fluid in the pericardialcavity. It acts as a lubricant.
- Composed of fibrous pericardium & parietal pericardium
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The serous membranes of the pericardial cavity.
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- Parietal Pericardium
- Visceral Pericardium
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Parietal Pericardium
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- Parietal Layer of Serous Membrane
- There is fluid between it and the heart
- Secretes serous fluid (pericardial fluid)
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Visceral Pericardium
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- Visceral Layer of Serous Membrane
- Attached directly to the heart
- Secretes serous fluid (pericardial fluid)
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The 3 Layers of the Heart Wall
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- Endocardium
- Myocardium
- Epicardium
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Endocardium
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- Inner most layer of the cardiac wall.
- Type of simple squamous epithelium called endothelium
- It is continuous with the endothelium lining all blood vessels in the body.
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Myocardium
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- The cardiac muscle.
- The middle myocardoium is the actual muscle of the heart.
- Consists of cardiac muscle tissue & its fibrous skeleton
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Epicardium
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- Visceral Layer of Serous Membrane
- Outer most layer of the heart wall
- Consists of a layer of epithelial tissue & loose connective tissue.
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Cardiac Muscle Histology
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- Cells are short, branched, & striated, usually with a single nucleus; cells are interconnected by intercalated discs.
- Located in the heart
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Functions:
- Circulates blood
- Maintains blood (hydrostatic) pressure
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Fibrous Pericardium
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- Full of collagen fibers and doesn’t stretch
- Prevents the heart from over stretching
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Desmosomes
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- Strong intercellular junctions
- Much like rivots
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Intercalated Discs
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- The area where one cardiac muscle cell joins to another cardiac muscle cell.
- Contain desmosomes & gap junctions
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Gap Junctions
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- Allow depolarization to spread from cell to cell.
- Little proteins are what connect the cells
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The 2 Circuatory Systems of the Body
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- Pulmonary Circulation
- Systemic Circulation
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Pulmonary Circulation
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- The right side of the heart pumps blood into the pulmonary circulation.
- Gas exchange occurs between pulmonary capillaries and air: O2 enters the blood & CO2 leaves the blood
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Systemic Circulation
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- The left side of the heart pumps blood into the systemic circulation.
- Gas exchange occurs between systemic capillaries & interstitial fluid: O2 leaves the blood & CO2 enters the blood.
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Oxygenated Blood’s Location in the Heart
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- Left side of the heart.
- Receives from lungs, pumps to rest of the body
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Deoxygenated Blood’s Location in the Heart
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- The right side of the heart
- Receives blodd from the body, pumps to the lungs.
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Right Atrium
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Right Ventricle
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Left Ventricle
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Left Atrium
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2 Atria
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- Upper
- Smaller capacity
- Receive blood
- Left & Right
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2 Ventricles
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- Lower
- Larger capacity
- Receive blood from atria
- Pumps blood out
- Left & Right
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Right Atrium
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- The right atrium is the superior right chamber.
- It receives deoxygenated blood from the body’s main veins- the superior vena cava, and the coronary sinus.
- These veins drain a series of blood vessels collectively called the systemic circuit, in which gases & nutrients are exchanged between the blood & the tissue cells.
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Right Ventricle
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- The right ventricle is a larger chamber inferior to the right atrium, from which it receives deoxygenated blood.
- It ejects blood into a vessel called the pulmonary trunk, or the pulmonary artery.
- The pulmonary trunk branches into right & left pulmonary arteries, which deliver deoxygenated blood to the lungs through a series of vessels collectively called the pulmonary circuit.
- Within the pulmonary circuit, gases are exchanged, & the blood becomes oxygenated.