Anatomy Of Heart Flashcards
What does the right ventricular inflow tract consist of?
Tricuspid valve, chordate tendinae and papillary muscles
What is the most anterior chamber of the heart ?
Right ventricle
What cardiac structure forms the right lateral cardiac border?
Right ventricle
What are three structures that empty blood into the right atrium?
IVC, SVC, coronary sinus
What is the largest leaflet of the tricuspid valve?
Anterior
What structure in the right ventricle apex extends from the lower IVS to the anterior wall where it joins the papillary muscle?
Moderator band
What is the normal number of pulmonary veins?
4
What leaflet of the tricuspid valve is attached to the IVS?
Septal
Which ventricular wall is thicker than the other?
Left ventricle wall is thicker than right ventricle
The pulmonary valve is also considered or known as
Semilunar valve
What valve is associated with the inferior vena cava?
Eustachian valve
What is the right ventricle outflow tract also known as?
Conus arteriosus and infundibulum
Which walls of the left atrium are ridged by pectinate muscles?
The anterior wall
What are the branches of the aortic arch?
Innominate, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian
The apex of the heart is formed by?
The left ventricle
The base of the heart are origins of?
The great vessels and intercostal space
The apex of the heart points down and left at what space?
The 5th intercostal space
What is the most prominent structure of the heart?
Left atrium
The anterior border of the heart is mostly formed by
Trabeculae muscles
The left atrium walls are smooth and the left atrium appendage walls are?
Rough pectinated muscles
What is the ridge between LAA and the left upper pulmonary vein (LUPV)?
Coumadine ridge
Mitral valve composed of two leaflets
Anterior and posterior
What is the mitral valve also known as ?
Bicuspid