Anatomy Flashcards
Where does the apex point?
Towards the left hip
During diastole atria and ventricles are
Relaxed
During systole the atriums and ventricles
Contract
What muscles are in the atriums?
Pectinate muscles ( mostly located in the RA)
What vessels drain into the RA?
SVC
IVS
CS
What vessels enter into the LA?
Pulmonary veins (4) they enter the posterior part of the chamber.
What does LAA stand for?
Left atrial appendage
What kind of oxygen does pulmonary veins carry?
Oxygenated blood from the lungs
Which ventricle has the greater wall thickness?
Left ventricle
What does IAS stand for?
Interatrial septum
What is an atrial septal defect?
- when do the usually close?
Is a hole in the septum that allows blood to flow from one atrium to the other.
- during childhood.
What does PFO stand for?
What is it?
“Patent foremen ovale“
- occurs when the foremen ovale does NOT seal after birth
What is the foremen ovale?
A natural shunt that allows blood to enter the left atrium to the right atrium. Usually close a year after child birth
Regions of IAS
- sinus venosus= at the roof of both atrias
- septum secundum= mid portion
- septum primum= inferior adjacent to the AV valves
Which septum is thicker?
IVS
What is the membranous septum of the IVS?
A thin portion of the IVS located superiorly (basal portion between the ventricular outflow tracts)
Regions of IVS
- Inlet= Inferior to membranous septum
- trabecular = largest region. Extends from the membranous septum to apex
- infundibular = superior to trabecular septum and inferior to great vessels
What is the coronary sulcus?
A groove of the heart that lies between the RA and RV
What is the atrioventricular groove?
A groove that separates the atria from the ventricles
What is the crux of the heart ?
Located at the posterior basal surface where 4 chambers meet (the crux)
Valves open the close in response to _____ changes in the heart.
Pressure
Valves are what kind of flow?
Unidirectional
where are AV valves located?
Between the atriums and the ventricles
AV valves allow blood to flow between the atria and ventricles during ______.
Diastole
What valve is the only bicuspid valve of the heart?
Mitral valve
What does the mitral valve divide?
The LA and LV
What are the 2 leaflets of the MV?
Anterior and posterior connected by chordae tendonae to each pap muscle
Which leaflet of the MV is the largest?
Anterior leaflet
What valve is the largest of the heart?
Tricuspid valve
There are three leaflets for the TV what are they?
- largest?
- smallest?
- where does the septal attach to?
Anterior, Posterior , Septal
- anterior
- posterior
- IVS
How many pap muscles are there? And how are they divided in the ventricles?
- 5 total
- 3 in the right
- 2 in the left
Where do the pap muscles attach to?
The cusps of the AV valves via Chordae tendonae
Where are SL valves located?
Between the ventricles and the great vessels
Where is the pulmonic valve located?
In the RVOT
How many cusps does the PV have?
3
Anterior
Right and left
Which valve is the most anterior heart valve?
Pulmonic valve
How many cusps does the AV have?
- what are they?
3 cusps based on the origins of the coronary arteries
- right coronary cusps (RCC)
- left coronary cusps (LCC)
- non coronary cusps (NCC)
Function of AV valve during diastole and systole
Diastole= closes
Systole = opens
What is the Eustachian valve ?
Is a ridge of variable thickness in the Inferior right atrium. Remnant of fetal structures
What veins are the only veins that carry oxygenated blood?
Pulmonary veins
What kind of blood does the pulmonary veins carry?
Oxygenated from the lungs
Name the 4 pulmonary veins
- right superior
- right inferior
- left superior
- left inferior
Which view is the best to Doppler the pulmonary veins?
4 chamber