Anatomy and Development of the Heart Flashcards
What makes up the right border of the heart?
Right atrium
What makes up the left border of the heart?
Mostly left ventricle and also the upper portion of the left atrium
What makes up the anterior surface of the heart?
Mostly the right ventricle with some right atrium on the right and some left ventricle on the left
What makes up the posterior surface of the heart?
Left atrium
What makes up the diaphragmatic surface of the heart?
Mostly the left ventricle with some right ventricle on the right side
Located behind the right third costal cartilage, 1/2 inch to the right of the sternum
Upper right corner of the heart
Located behind the right sixth costal cartilage, 1/2 inch from the sternum
Lower right corner of heart
Located behind the left second costal cartilage, 1/2 inch to the left of the sternum
Upper left corner of heart
Located behind the left fifth intercostal space, 3 1/2 inches to the left of the sternum
Lower left corner of heart
What are three surface landmarks of the heart?
- ) Coronary sulcus
- ) Anterior interventricular sulcus
- ) Posterior interventricular sulcus
Separates the atria from the ventricles
Coronary sulcus (atrioventricular sulcus)
The coronary sulcus contains what 4 blood vessels?
- ) Right coronary artery
- ) Circumflex branch of left coronary artery
- ) Coronary sinus
- ) Great cardiac vein
Separate the right and left ventricles on the anterior and posterioinferior surface of the heart
Anterior and posterior interventricular sulci
Which two blood vessels does the anterior interventricular sulcus contain?
- ) Anterior interventricular artery (left anterior descending artery) - branch of the left coronary artery
- ) Great cardiac vein
Which two blood vessels does the posteriointerventricular sulcus contain?
- ) posterior interventricular artery (right posterior descending) - branch of right coronary artery
- ) Middle cardiac vein
The heart cycle is divided into
Systole and Diastole
The period during which the heart chamber is contracting
Systole
The period in which the heart chamber is relaxing
Diastole
Atrial systole precedes ventricular systole by about
0.15 seconds
When we just use the terms systole and diastole, we are referring to the
Ventricular cardiac cycle
What are the two AV valves?
- ) Tricuspid
2. ) Mitral (Bicuspid)
AV valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
Tricuspid
AV valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
Mitral (Bicuspid)
What are the two outflow valves?
-semilunar valves
- ) Pulmonic
2. ) Aortic
Valve between the right ventricle and pulmonary trunk
Pulmonic valve
Valve between the left ventricle and ascending aorta
Aortic valve
The first heart sound (S1) is the sound of
Closure of the AV valves at the start of ventricular systole
The second sound (S2) is the sound of the
Closure of the outflow valves at the start of ventricular diastole
Normal valve sounds are heard best by placing the stethoscope on the anterior chest wall over the region
Distal (downstream) to the valve
Heard best over the right ventricle in the left fifth intercostal space at the left sternal margin
Tricuspid valve
Heard best over the left ventricle in the left fifth intercostal space about 3 inches to the left of the sternum (midclavicular line)
Mitral (bicuspid) valve
Heard best over the ascending aorta in the right second intercostal space at the right sternal margin
Aortic valve
Heard best over the pulmonary trunk in the left first or second intercostal space at the left sternal margin
Pulmonary valve
The sounds generated by turbulent blood flow within or near the heart
Heart murmurs
Caused by blood passing through a narrow opening
Turbulence
At the valves, a narrowed opening may be caused by one of which two things?
- ) Stenosis (valves dont fully open)
2. ) Incompetence (valves don’t fully close)
The normal direction of blood flow is called
Orthograde flow
Blood will pass through the valves in its orthograde flow, but there will be a turbulence in the flow, which produces a murmur
Stenosis