cardio Flashcards
valve separating right atrium and right ventricle
tricuspid
valve separating right ventricle and pulmonary artery
pulmonary valve
valve separating left atrium and left ventricle
mitral/bicuspid valve
valve separating aorta and left ventricle
aortic valve
structure separating the 2 ventricles
interventricular septum
which ventricle has a thicker muscle wall
left
layers of artery wall
tunica externa external elastic lamina thick smooth muscle internal elastic lamina basement membrane endothelium
layers of vein wall
tunica externa
thin smooth muscle
basement membrane
endothelium
what is the tunica externa comprised of?
collagen fibres
describe capillary wall
simple squamous endothelium and basement membrane only
name of circulation between heart and lungs
pulmonary circulation
name of circulation between heart and body tissues
systemic circulation
junctions that separate each cardiac muscle cell
intercalated disc
2 components of cardiac myocytes for Ca2+ release
sarcoplasmic reticulum
T-tubules