Angiology/Blood Circulation Flashcards
Systole definition?
Heart contraction
Diastole definition?
Ventricular relaxation
Mitral valve location/official name?
Technically is Left AV valve; between left atrium and ventricle
Tricuspid valve official name/location?
Right AV valve; between right atrium and ventricle
What muscles is the left atrium lined with?
Pectinate muscles
What is the sinus venarum cavarum?
Entry of the venae cavae
The left ventricle is what kind of pump?
Pressure
The right ventricle is what kind of pump?
Volume
First branches from the aorta are? (Hint: two)
Left and right coronary arteries
The left coronary artery branches into…?
1) Paraconal interventricular branch
2) Circumflex branch
What lies in the paraconal interventricular groove?
Paraconal interventricular branch
What branch travels caudally in the coronary groove?
Circumflex branch
What does the circumflex branch terminate into?
Subsinuosal interventricular branch
The right coronary artery arises…
Opposite the left
Right coronary artery terminates…
Just prior to the subsinuosal interventricular branch of left coronary artery
Layers of the pericardium in order from outer to inner?
1) fibrous pericardium
2) parietal serous pericardium
3) pericardial cavity
4) visceral pericardium/epicardium
Cranial vena cava receives blood from?
Thoracic limb, neck, and head
Caudal vena cava receives blood from?
Rest of body
Ascending aorta gives rise to?
Left and right coronary arteries
Aortic arch gives rise to…
Brachiocephalic trunk and left subclavian artery
The brachiocephalic trunk branches into?
Left and right common carotid arteries; right subclavian arteries
The subclavian vessels supply…
Thoracic limb and part of the neck
The carotid arteries supply…
Mostly the head
Each subclavian artery has 4 branches…
1) Vertebral inner thoracic
2) costocervical
3) superficial cervical
4) axillary a.
