Anatomy Flashcards
What is the surface anatomy of the upper right border of the heart?
The third costal castigate , 1cm from the sternum
What is the surface anatomy of the lower right corner of the heart?
The 5th/6th costal cartilage parasternally
What is the surface anatomy of the upper left corner of the heart?
The 2nd intercostal space, 2cm from the sternum.
What is the inferior attachment of the heart?
The central tendon of the diaphragm
What is the anterior attachment of the heart?
The sternum cardiac ligament
What separates the reflection of the parietal pericardium around the arteries from the reflection around the veins?
The transverse sinus
What is the name of the blind ended space that is the reflection of the parietal pericardium around the veins?
The oblique sinus
Which layer of the pericardium is sensitive?
The parietal and fibrous layers
What angle does the axis of the heart point at?
70 degrees
What is the name of the grooves between heart chambers?
Silvio
Where does the sinus venarum run?
Between the svc and ivc in the ra
What is the name of the smooth depression in the right atrial wall?
Fossa ovalis
What is the name of the smooth area of the right ventricular wall?
Infindibulum
What is the moderator band?
It is the bundle passing from the septum to the anterior papillary muscle.
What is the sympathetic innervation of the SAN
Three cervical ganglia and T1-T4