Anatomy - Practical 05 : Gross anatomy of the heart ; Coronary circulation Flashcards
where do the coronary arteries originate?
a. braciocephalic trunk
b. ascending aorta
c. descending aorta
d. internal thoracic
b.ascending aorta
the coronry arteries originate from the ascending aorta …………. to the aortic semi lunar valve
a. superior
b. inferior
a.superior
what are the spaces above the cusps of the aortic semi lunar valve known as?
a. cusps
b. terminalis
c. sinuses
c.sinuses
following filling of the aortic sinuses where does this blood go?
a. back into the ascending aorta
b. the ostia of the coronary arteries
c. the right coronary artery
b.the ostia of the coronary arteries
where are the ostia of the coronary arteries?
a. R+L aortic sinuses
b. R+L coronary arteries
c. right and middle coronary arteries
d. r+ middle aortic sinuses
a.R+L aortic sinuses
what does the right coronary artery run between after originating from the right aortic sinus?
a. right atrium and pulmonary trunk
b. right auricle and pulmonary trunk
c. right ventricle and right atrium
a. right atrium and pulmonary trunk
what sulcus does the right coronary artery run in after running between the right auricle and pulmonary trunk
a. coronary sulcus
b. interventricular sulcus
a.coronary sulcus
what is the most superior branch of the coronary artery?
a. SAN branch
b. right marginal artery
c. AV nodal branch
d. posterior interventricular artery
a.SAN branch
what branch of the coronary artery runs along the inferioanterior heart ?
a. SAN branch
b. right marginal artery
c. posterior interventricular arteries
b.right marginal artery
where does the sino atrial nodal branch originate from in 60% of people?
a.LCA
bRCA
bRCA
what does the left coronary artery run between after originating from the left aortic sinus?
a. left atrium and pulmonary trunk
b. left auricle and pulmonary trunk
c. left ventricle and right atrium
b.left auricle and pulmonary trunk
which coronary artery branches into a circumflex and anterior interventricular artery?
a. left coronary artery
b. right coronary artery
a.left coronary artery
what sulcus does the coronary artery run in?
a. coronary
b. interventricular
a.coronary
what sulcus does the anterior interventricular artery run in?
a. coronary
b. interventricular
b.interventricular
what do the RCA and and circumflex artery run in the coronary sulcus towards?
a. AVN
b. apex
c. crux
c.crux
what do the posterior interventricular and anterior interventricular artery run in the interventricular sulcus towards?
a. AVN
b. apex
c. crux
b.apex
what does the diagonal artery branch from?
a. anterior IV artery
b. posterior IV artery
c. circumflex artery
d. right marginal artery
a.anterior IV artery
what does the left marginal artery branch from?
a. anterior IV artery
b. posterior IV artery
c. circumflex artery
d. right marginal artery
c.circumflex artery
why does MI lead to arrhythmias, weakened walls (aneurysm /dilation) or rupture of chambers?
a. necrosis
b. scar formation
c. ischaemia
b.scar formation