Cardio vascular Flashcards
What are the names of the tendons connecting the bicuspid and tricuspid valves to the ventricles.
Chordee teninee
Which ventricle muscle wall is bigger/thicker and why, left or right?
Left, because it pumps blood in to the aorta and around the whole body.
Which ventricle pumps blood to the lungs?
Right
Where are the pectinate muscles?
Anterior muscle wall of the atrium, ridges like they’ve been combed.
What are the irregular ridges on the internal walls of the ventricles called?
Trabeculae carneae
What is the Fossa Ovalis?
Mark’s the spot where the fetal hole in the heart was, in the septum wall, shallow depression
What is the main valve that enters the heart from the body?
Inferior vena cava
Superior vena cava?
What transports the blood from the right ventricle to the lungs?
Pulmonary artery
What brings oxygenated blood back to the heart?
Pulmonary vein
Which valve is between the left atrium and the left ventricle?
Bicuspid valve
What is the valve the blood goes through from right ventricle into the pulmonary artery?
Pulmonary semilunar valve
What is the name of the dividing wall between the two ventricles?
Interventricular septum
