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Anatomy and Development of the Heart Flashcards

1
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What makes up the right border of the heart?

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Right atrium

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What makes up the left border of the heart?

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Mostly left ventricle and also the upper portion of the left atrium

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What makes up the anterior surface of the heart?

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Mostly the right ventricle with some right atrium on the right and some left ventricle on the left

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What makes up the posterior surface of the heart?

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Left atrium

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What makes up the diaphragmatic surface of the heart?

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Mostly the left ventricle with some right ventricle on the right side

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Located behind the right third costal cartilage, 1/2 inch to the right of the sternum

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Upper right corner of the heart

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Located behind the right sixth costal cartilage, 1/2 inch from the sternum

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Lower right corner of heart

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Located behind the left second costal cartilage, 1/2 inch to the left of the sternum

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Upper left corner of heart

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Located behind the left fifth intercostal space, 3 1/2 inches to the left of the sternum

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Lower left corner of heart

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What are three surface landmarks of the heart?

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  1. ) Coronary sulcus
  2. ) Anterior interventricular sulcus
  3. ) Posterior interventricular sulcus
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Separates the atria from the ventricles

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Coronary sulcus (atrioventricular sulcus)

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12
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The coronary sulcus contains what 4 blood vessels?

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  1. ) Right coronary artery
  2. ) Circumflex branch of left coronary artery
  3. ) Coronary sinus
  4. ) Great cardiac vein
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Separate the right and left ventricles on the anterior and posterioinferior surface of the heart

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Anterior and posterior interventricular sulci

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Which two blood vessels does the anterior interventricular sulcus contain?

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  1. ) Anterior interventricular artery (left anterior descending artery) - branch of the left coronary artery
  2. ) Great cardiac vein
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Which two blood vessels does the posteriointerventricular sulcus contain?

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  1. ) posterior interventricular artery (right posterior descending) - branch of right coronary artery
  2. ) Middle cardiac vein
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The heart cycle is divided into

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Systole and Diastole

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The period during which the heart chamber is contracting

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Systole

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The period in which the heart chamber is relaxing

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Diastole

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Atrial systole precedes ventricular systole by about

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0.15 seconds

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When we just use the terms systole and diastole, we are referring to the

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Ventricular cardiac cycle

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What are the two AV valves?

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  1. ) Tricuspid

2. ) Mitral (Bicuspid)

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AV valve between the right atrium and right ventricle

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Tricuspid

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AV valve between the left atrium and left ventricle

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Mitral (Bicuspid)

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24
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What are the two outflow valves?

-semilunar valves

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  1. ) Pulmonic

2. ) Aortic

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Valve between the right ventricle and pulmonary trunk

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Pulmonic valve

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Valve between the left ventricle and ascending aorta

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Aortic valve

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The first heart sound (S1) is the sound of

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Closure of the AV valves at the start of ventricular systole

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The second sound (S2) is the sound of the

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Closure of the outflow valves at the start of ventricular diastole

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Normal valve sounds are heard best by placing the stethoscope on the anterior chest wall over the region

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Distal (downstream) to the valve

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30
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Heard best over the right ventricle in the left fifth intercostal space at the left sternal margin

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Tricuspid valve

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Heard best over the left ventricle in the left fifth intercostal space about 3 inches to the left of the sternum (midclavicular line)

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Mitral (bicuspid) valve

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32
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Heard best over the ascending aorta in the right second intercostal space at the right sternal margin

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Aortic valve

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33
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Heard best over the pulmonary trunk in the left first or second intercostal space at the left sternal margin

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Pulmonary valve

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34
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The sounds generated by turbulent blood flow within or near the heart

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Heart murmurs

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35
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Caused by blood passing through a narrow opening

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Turbulence

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36
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At the valves, a narrowed opening may be caused by one of which two things?

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  1. ) Stenosis (valves dont fully open)

2. ) Incompetence (valves don’t fully close)

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37
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The normal direction of blood flow is called

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Orthograde flow

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38
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Blood will pass through the valves in its orthograde flow, but there will be a turbulence in the flow, which produces a murmur

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Stenosis

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39
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Blood flows through the defect in the valve in a retrograde flow (regurgitation) during the part of the heart cycle when the valve should be closed

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Incompetence

40
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Valvular stenosis will be herd as murmurs when the valve is

41
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Valvular incompetence will be heard as murmurs when the valve is

42
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A systolic aortic murmur (aortic stenosis) will be best heard over the

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Ascending aorta in the right second intercostal space as the sternal border

43
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A diastolic aortic murmur (aortic insufficiency) will be heard best over the

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Left ventricle at the left fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line

44
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Atrial landmark that is derived from embryonic veins near the heart

A

Smooth walled area or atria

45
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What is the smooth walled area made up of in the

  1. ) Right atrium
  2. ) Left atrium
A
  1. ) Right horn of sinus venous

2. ) Pulmonary vein

46
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An internal landmark of the atria that is derived from the primitive atrium

A

Rough walled area

47
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Internal landmark of the atria that marks the region where embryonic septum secundum and septum primium did not overlap

A

Fossa ovalis

48
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The floor of the fossa ovalis is derived from

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Septum Primium

49
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The upper margin of the fossa ovalis and the free edge of the septum secundum

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Limbus of fossa ovalis

50
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May remain anatomically patent (probe patency) in

up to 25% of population although it is functionally closed

A

Limbus of fossa ovalis

51
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The site of embryonic foramen ovale

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Limbus of fossa ovalis

52
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Internal landmark of the atria that is a ridge that separates the rough walled from the smooth walled portion of the RIGHT atrium

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Crista terminalis

53
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Marks the embryonic junction of sinus venosus and primitive atrium

A

Crista terminalis

54
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Fold of tissue in the right atrium to the left of the orifice of the inferior vena cava

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Valve of inferior vena cava

55
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In the embryo, directed blood from the inferior vena cava to the foramen ovale

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Valve of the inferior vena cava

56
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Internal landmark of the atria in the right atrium to the left of the inferior vena cava

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Orifice of coronary sinus

57
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Where we see venous return from most of the myocardium

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Orifice of the coronary sinus

58
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The orifice of the coronary sinus is derived from the

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Central portion of sinus venosus

59
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An internal landmark of ventricles that is derived from the embryonic artery near the heart (conus cordis)

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Smooth walled area of ventricles

60
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Derived from the primitive ventricle (left) and proximal part of the bulbus cordis (right)

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Trabeculae carneae (rough walled area)

61
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Internally projecting bundles of cardiac muscle

  • bases are continuous with ventricular wall muscle
  • internal landmark of ventricles
A

Papillary muscles

62
Q

Fibrous strands that connect the papillary muscles to the free borders of the atrioventricular valves

A

Chordae Tendineae

63
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Together with the papillary muscles, prevent prolapse of the A-V valves

A

Chordae Tendineae

64
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The trabecula carneae in the right ventricle connecting the ventricular septum to the base of the anterior papillary muscle

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Septomarginal Trabecula (moderator band)

65
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The septomarginal trabecula (moderator band) contains

A

Conducting (Purkinje) fibers from the right bundle branch

66
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The septomarginal trabecula provides a pathway for conducting fibers to reach the

A

Anterior papillary muscle

67
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The muscular ventricular septum is derived from the

A

Embryonic ventricular septum

68
Q

Derived from the aorticopulmonary septum and endocardial cushions

A

Membranous ventricular septum

69
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The heart is supplied by two coronary arteries which are the only branches of the ascending aorta. The
arteries arise from the walls of the

A

Aortic sinuses

-behind right and left cusps of the aortic valve

70
Q

Lies in the coronary sulcus and anastomoses with the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery

A

Right coronary artery

71
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The right coronary artery supplies the

A

Right atrium, right ventricle, interatrial septums, and both the SA and AV nodes

72
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Anastomoses with anterior interventricular artery. Supplies right and left ventricles

-branch of right coronary artery in 80% of people

A

Posterior interventricular artery (Posterior descending artery, RPD)

73
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A branch of the right coronary artery that supplies the right ventricle

A

Right marginal artery

74
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Arises from left side of aorta and passes behind pulmonary trunk and anterior to left auricle to reach the coronary sulcus

A

Left coronary artery

75
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At the coronary sulcus, the left coronary artery divides into the

A

Anterior interventricular and circumflex arteries

76
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Supplies right and left ventricles and interventricular septum

-anastomoses with posterior interventricular artery

A

Anterior interventricular artery (Left anterior descending artery, LAD)

77
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Branch of left coronary artery that lies in the coronary sulcus and supplies the left atrium and left ventricle.
-Anastomoses with right coronary artery

A

Circumflex artery

78
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Venous drainage of the heart is mostly by veins that drain into the

A

Coronary sinus

79
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The coronary sinus then drains into the

A

Right atrium

80
Q

What are two veins that do not drain into the coronary sinus but rather empty directly into the chambers of the heart?

A
  1. ) anterior cardiac veins (into right atrium)

2. ) Least cardiac (Thesbian) veins (into all chambers)

81
Q

Composed of modified cardiac muscle cells (Purkinje fibers) NOT nerve cells

A

Cardiac conduction system

82
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Located in the subepicardium of the right atrium near the entrance of the superior vena cava

A

Sinoatrial (SA) node

83
Q

Contains cells that depolarize faster than typical cardiac muscle cells and therefore it acts as a pacemaker for the heart

84
Q

Depolarization from the SA node spreads through the

A

Atrial walls

85
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Retards (slows) the wave of depolarization from the SA node as it passes through the atrioventricular bundle

A

Atrioventricular (AV) node

86
Q

Located in the subendocardium of the right side of the interatrial septum

87
Q

Conducting fibers that leave the AV node and pass through the cardiac skeleton to reach the interventricular septum

A

Atrioventricular (AV) bundle

88
Q

The only normal electrical connection between the atria and ventricles

89
Q

Right and left branches of the AV bundle which travel in the right and left sides of the interventricular septum

A

Bundle branches

90
Q

The heart can function without any

A

Innervation

91
Q

The preganglionic sympathetic nerves that innervate the heart arise from the

A

Upper thoracic spinal cord

92
Q

The preganglionic sypathetic nerves synapse and become the postganglionic sympathetic nerves that innervate the heart in the

A

Cervical and upper thoracic sympathetic ganglia

93
Q

These postganglionic sympathetic axons travel from the sympathetic ganglia to the heart via the

A

Cardiac nerves

94
Q

The preganglionic parasympathetic innervation of the heart is from the

A

Vagus nerve

95
Q

The preganglionic parasympthetic nerves that innervate the heart synapse in the

A

Cardiac plexus

96
Q

The nerves that can sense ischemia (i.e. reach conscious levels) course with the sympathetic fibers and enter the CNS at

A

Upper thoracic and cervical levels

-cell bodies are in dorsal root ganglia

97
Q

Those sensory neurons that serve as the afferent limbs of cardiac reflexes (i.e. do not reach conscious levels) course with the vagus nerve and enter the CNS at the

A

Medulla

-cell bodies in the inferior ganglion of the vagus nerve

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