Anatomy Flashcards
Atrial wall consist of mix of ordinary cardiac muscle and purkinje fibers
True/false
True
What are the internodal conduction paths?
1 anterior internodal path
2 middle internodal path
3 posterior internodal path
Describe the anterior internodal path
leaves the anterior end of SA node & passes anterior to SVC opening.
It descends on the atrial septum & ends in the atrioventricular node.
True or false middle internodal pathway descends through crista terminalis & the valve of IVC to the AV node.
False
leaves the posterior end of SA node & passes posterior to SVC opening.
Alarm
True or false
Middle internodal pathway leaves the anterior end of SA node.
False
Posterior
Posterior internodal pathway?
leaves the posterior part of SA node & descends through crista terminalis & the valve of IVC to the AV node.
Describe the five steps of impulse conduction through the heart?
STEP 1:
SA node activity and atrial activation begin.
Time = 0
STEP 4:
The impulse travels along the interventricular septum within the AV bundle and the bundle branches to the Purkinie fibers and, via the moderator band, to the papillary muscles of the right ventricle.
Elapsed time = 175 msec
STEP 2:
Stimulus spreads across the atrial surfaces and reaches the
AV node.
Elapsed time = 50 msec
AV node
STEP 5:
The imputse is distributed by Purkinje fibers and relayed throughout the ventricular myocardium. Atrial contraction is completed, and ventricular contraction begins
Elapsed time = 225 msec
Purkinie fibers
AV bundle
I STEP 3:
There is a 100-msec delay at the AV node. Atrial contraction begins.
Elapsed time = 150 msec6
What is the time taken for the stimulus to reach AV node?
50msec
How long does is the delay in the AV node?
100msec
How longer does impulse conduction in the heart take?
225msec
The AV node is the only route by which the cardiac impulse can spread from the atria to the ventricles.
A. True
B. False
B false av bundle
What is the most common cause of defective conduction through the bundle or its branches?
Atherosclerosis of coronary arteries
Failure of the bundle to conduct the normal impulses results in:
Arrhythmia
What will happen if complete AV bundle block occurs?
complete dissociation between the atria & ventricular rates of contraction.
What is commotio cordis?
an often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart at a critical time during the cycle of a heart beat causing cardiac arrest.
Commotio cordis caused by mechanical damage
T/F
False, it’s ventricular fibrillation
The fatality rate in commotio cordis is about —-%even with prompt CPR & defibrillation, & more than ——% without.
65%
80%
Commotio cordis occurs mostly in old men
T/F
False, it occurs mostly in boys and young men
From where do right and left coronary arteries arise?
Ascending aorta
Right and left coronary arteries arise from the ascending aorta immediately below the aortic valve.
T/F
False, above the valve
The coronary arteries & their major branches are distributed over the surface of the heart, lying within ————- connective tissue.
subepicardial