Cardio Part 2- 2 Flashcards
What are dense fibrous connective tissue covered with endothelium?
Cardiac valves
What are connective tissue that provides shape and support?
Cardiac skeleton
What are found in:
Base of pulmonary trunk, aorta, AV valves
Interventricular and interatrial septa
Valve cusps and chordate tendinae
Insertion points of atrial and ventricular myocardium
Cardiac skeleton
What are composed of dense irregular connective tissue?
Cardiac skeleton
What generate and conduct waves of depolarization to stimulate myocardial contractions- responsible for heart BEAT?
Conducting system
Sinoatrial node = __ node
SA
Atrioventricular node = __ node
AV
Atrioventricular bundle = ___ bundle
AV
SA near _____ ______
Vena cava
AV near __ ______
AV valve
Where is the AV bundle located?
Inter-ventricular septum
What is the following:
Modified myocardial fibers
Sarcoplasm rich, myofibrils poor
Small with fewer intercalated disks
SA and AV nodes
What is the following:
Continuation of AV node
Myofibers differentiate into PURKINJE FIBERS
Glycogen rich
Few peripheral myofibers
AV bundle