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Anatomy Middle Mediastinum Flashcards

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Fibrous sac that surrounds the heart

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Pericardium

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Dense connective tissue cone-shaped bag with its base on the diaphragm and its apex continuous with the adventitia of the great vessels

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Fibrous pericardium

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Attaches the fibrous pericardium to the diaphragm

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pericardiacophrenic ligament

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Attaches the fibrous pericardium to the sternum

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Sternopericardial ligament

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Layers of the serous pericardium

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Parietal and visceral layers

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What layer of the serous pericardium is fused with the fibrous pericardium?

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Parietal layer of the serous pericardium

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What layer of the serous pericardium is fused with the the heart?

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Visceral layer of the serous pericardium (aka epicardium)

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Closed space between the parietal and visceral layer of the serous pericardium

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Pericardial cavity

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Excessive fluid in the pericardial cavity

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Pericardial effusion

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Subdivisions of the pericardial sinus

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Transverse and oblique

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Sinus of the pericardial sac that lies posterior to the ascending the aorta and pulmonary trunk

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Transverse Sinus

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Sinus of the pericardial sac that is J shaped cul-de-sac behind the heart surrounded by reflection of serous pericardium around the right and left pulmonary veins/IVC

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Oblique sinus

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Area for auscultating the mitral valve

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5th intercostal space 7-9cm from the midline

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Anterior surface of the heart and it’s associated portion of the heart

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Sternocostal and mainly the right ventricle

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Inferior surface of the heart and its associated portion of the heart

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Diaphragmatic and mainly left ventrical (some right)

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Portion of the heart that faces the left lung and its associted portion of the heart

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Left pulmonary and left ventricle

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Portion of the heart that faces the right lung and its associated portion of the heart

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Right pulmonary and right ventricle

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Base of the heart and its primary portion of the heart

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Posterior surface and mainly the left atrium (part of the right)

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Margin formed by the right ventricle (small part of the left vent), is the sharp boundary b/t the anterior and diaphragmatic surfaces

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Inferior (acute) margin

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Margin formed primarily by the left ventricle, boundary b/t anterior and left pulmonary surfaces

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Obtuse margin

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Boundary b/t the base and left pulmonary surfaces, formed by the left ventricle and left auricle

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Left margin

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Boundary b/t the sternocostal and right pulmonary surfaces, formed by right atrium

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Right margin

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Which layer of the heart wall contains the conducting system?

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Endocardium

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Sulcus that circles the heart and separates the atria from the ventricles

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Coronary sulcus

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Contents of the coronary sulcus

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RCA, small cardiac vein, circumflex branch of the LCA, coronary sinus

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Demarcates the boundary b/t the left/right ventricles

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Interventricular sulcus

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Contents of the anterior interventricular sulcus

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Anterior interventricular artery and great cardiac vein

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Contents of the posterior interventricular sulcus

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Posterior intervantricular artery and middle cardiac vein

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Spaces of the right atrium

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Sinus of venae cavae and the atrium proper

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Separated by the crista terminalis

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Sinus of venae cavae and the atrium proper

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What valve is in the right atrioventricular orifice?

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Circular depression in the interatrial septum

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Fossa ovalis

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Prominent margin of the fossa ovalis

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Limbus fossae ovalis

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Ear-like conical muscular pouch

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Right auricle

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Muscular ridges on the walls of the inflow portion of the right ventricle

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Traveculae carneae

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What separates the inflow/outflow of the right ventricle

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Supraventricular crest

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Muscle that attaches to the tricuspid valve

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Papillary muscles

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Connects the papillary muscle the the tricuspid valve

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Chordae Tendineae

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Largest and most constant papillary muscle

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Anterior papillary muscle

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Which papillary muscle extends to the posterior and septal valves of the tricuspid valves?

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Posterior papillary muscle

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Isolated band or trabeculae carnae that forms a bridge b/t the base of the anterior pap muscle and IV septum

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Septomarginal trabecula

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What does the septmarginal trabecula carry?

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Right limb of the AV bundle

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What secures each of the 3 cusps to the

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Fibrous ring

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What part of the outflow tract of the right ventricle contains the pulmonary valve?

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Conus arteriosus

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What makes up the pulmonary valve?

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3 semilunar cusps

46
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Congential defect in which the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the apex of the heart

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Ebstein’s anomaly

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Parts of the Interventricular spetum

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Muscular part and mebranous part

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Originates from the right aortic sinus of the ascending aorta

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Right coronary artery

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What does the right coronary artery supply?

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Right atrium/ventricle

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What does the right coronary atery pass thru?

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thru the right auricle and pulmonary trunk

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Branches of the right coronary artery

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Sinu-atrial nodal branch, right marginal branch, posterior interventricular branch, atrioventricular nodal branch

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Branch of the RCA that arises off of the acute margin and continues toward the apex of the heart

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Right marginal branch

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Branch of the RCA that its continuation onto the posterior surface, lying in the posterior interventricular sulcus

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Posterior interventricular branch

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Originates from the left aortic sinus of the ascending aorta

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Left coronary artery

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Major branches of the LCA

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Anterior interventricular branch, circumflex

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Branch of the LCA that supplies the left ventricular wall

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Diagonal branch

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Path of the circumflex branch

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Goes in the coronary culcus onto the diaphramatic surface of the heart

58
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Branch off of the circumflex

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left arginal artery

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Most common variation of the coronary arteries

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Right dominant pattern (posterior interventricular branch originates from RCA)

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Top 3 sites of coronary artery occlusion

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Anterior interventricular branch of the LAC, RCA, Circumflex of LCA

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Where do the cardiac veins empty to?

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Coronary sinus

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Path of great cardiac vein

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Begins at apex, ascends thru anterior interventricular sulcus, is associated with the cricumflex at the coronary sulcus, gradually enlarges to become the coronary sinus

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Path of middle cardiac vein

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Begins near apex and ascends within the posterior interventricular sulcus

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Path of small cardiac vein

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Begins near the lower anterio section of the coronary sulcus b/t right atrium and right ventricle, accompanies the marginal branch of the RCA along the acute margin

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Path of posterior cardiac vein

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On posterior surface of left ventricle, to the left of the middle cardiac vein

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Location of the SA node

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superior end of the crista terminalis athe junction of the SVC and the right auricle

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Location of the AV node

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Near the opening of the coronary cinus withing the AV septum.

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Nerve bundle in the membranous portion of the septum

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Bundle of His (AV bundle)

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What does the RBB pass thru?

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Moderator band (septomarginal trabecula)

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Found between the endocardium and the myocardium and is formed by Purkinje fibers continuous with the BBs

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Subendocardial plexus

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Parasymp to the heart

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Vagus nerve

72
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Symp to the heart

73
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Where are the heart’s pain nerve endings?

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Deep myocardium

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