Cardic Flashcards

1
Q

What allows for quick communication and contraction ?

A

Gap Junctions

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2
Q

What are Fascia Adheres

A

desmosome- like connections tension is disturbed between cells

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3
Q

What carries blood away from the heart?

A

arteries

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4
Q

What carries blood toward the heart

A

viens

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5
Q

Describe pulmonary circulation

A

*Right ventricle à pulmonary trunk pulmonary arteries à lungs à pulmonary veins à left atrium. *Allows blood to pick up oxygen

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6
Q

b Systemic Circuit

A

*Left ventricle à Aorta à Cells of body à Veins à Right atrium. *Brings oxygen to cells

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7
Q

Put the chambers of the heart in the right order starting with the right side and top of the heart

A

Right atrium
right ventrical
left atrium
left ventrical

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8
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Pericardium

A

pericardium is a triple-layered sac that encloses the heart.

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9
Q

Cardiac Tamponade

A

Occurs when there is excess pericardial fluid

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10
Q

Layers of the pericardium

A
  • Epicardium
    outer fibrous layer visceral pericardium
  • Myocardium
    Cardiac muscle tissue
  • Endocardium
    Simple squamous
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11
Q

why is the left ventricular myocardium thicker then the right?

A

Strong to pump blood to the whole body

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12
Q

The papillary muscle connects what too what?

A

atrioventricular valves via chordae tendineae

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13
Q

What is the Chordae

A

dense ir tissue that connects the atrioventricular and papliary muscles

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14
Q

Where is the tricuspid valve located

A

This is located on the right side of the heart

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15
Q

Where is the Bicuspid valve located

A

on the left side

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16
Q

What are the left and right Cuspid valves formed by and reinforced by?

A

There reinforced with dense CT and and formed by endocardium

17
Q

Without the Atrioventricular valves how would blood flow ?

A

Blood would flow freely the valves are designed to keep blood flowing in one direction

18
Q

Lub means what is closing when you hear it ?

A

Av valves

19
Q

dub means what when it comes to sound of heart ?

A

semilunar valves are closing

20
Q

why is there a whoosh noise in a Heart Murmur

A

blood flows backwards into the chamber

21
Q

What is Mitral valve prolapse ?

A

Most common, weakness in collagen of valve or chordae tendineae

22
Q

What is Stenosis?

A

Narrowed opening between valves May be caused by calcium deposits or illness

23
Q

What conduct electrical impulses in the heart?

A

Nodes

24
Q

what does it mean when cardiac muscle don’t depend on extrisince stimulation

A

autorhymicity

25
Q

Left and right coronary artery branch off of what?

A

They branch off the ascending aorta

26
Q

Cardiac viens like the coronary sinus do what ?

A

empties into the right atrium

27
Q

Atherosclerosis

A

This is the build up of plaque in the arteries. Which is the harding of the arteries

28
Q

Myocardial Infarction is another name for what ?

A

Heart attack

29
Q

What is Thrombus ?

A

Stationary blood clot

30
Q

What is ischemia ?

A

Restriction in blood supply