Anatomy 2 test Flashcards
Components of the pulmonary circulation
Pulmonary circulation includes a vast network of arteries, veins, and lymphatics that function to exchange blood and other tissue fluids between the heart, the lungs, and back
Components of systemic circulation
Systemic circulation carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle, through the arteries, to the capillaries in the tissues of the body. From the tissue capillaries, the deoxygenated blood returns through a system of veins to the right atrium of the heart.
Heart location
mediastinum
- thoracic cavity
- medial between two lungs
- sits in pericardium
Pericardium
protects heart from damage; tight pillow case
1. pericardium
2. fibrous pericardium/serous pericardium
3. parietal pericardium/ visceral pericardium
4. pericardial cavity
Heart wall
- epicardium (outer)
- vicseral pericardium
- lubricates/protect the outside of heart - myocardium (middle)
- trabeculae carneae
- composed of cardiac muscle, makes up majority/mass of heart - endocardium (inner)
- majority of thickness comes from myocardium
- keeps blood from sticking to the inside of the heart
Major heart vessels
- superior vena cava
- inferior vena cava
- pulmonary trunk
- pulmonary veins
- aorta
Major heart chambers
L/R atrium
- blood collecting chambers
L/R ventricles
- pump blood out of the heart
R- deoxygenated blood
L- oxygenated blood
Heart valves
- tricuspid
- pulmonary
- bicuspid/ mitral
- aortic
Myocardium
composed of cardiac muscle
- makes up majority/mass of heart
Systole
the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.
Diastole
the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.
Electrical conducting system of the heart
- Sinoatrial node (SA)
- Atrioventricular node (AV)
- Atrioventricular bundle (AV)
- Purkinje fibers
Resting membrane potential
heart sitting at -95
Action potential
+30 mV
Stroke volume
the volume of blood pumped out of the left ventricle of the heart during each systolic cardiac contraction.
Chemoreceptors
special nerve cells or receptors that sense changes in the chemical composition of the blood.