Cardiovascular Flashcards
Pulmonary Circulation
-lower pressure -from heart to lungs and back to the heart
Systemic Circulation
-higher pressure -distributed from heart throughout body and back to the heart
Arteries carry blood…
AWAY from heart
Veins carry blood…
TOWARD heart
What is special about portal systems? Give examples.
Blood flows through 2 capillary beds before returning to heart. Ex - - Hepatic Portal System - Hypothalamico-hypophyseal Portal system
Location of the Heart
-Roughly from 3rd to 6th intercostal space -Will vary slightly for swallow, normal, or deep chested dogs
Where is the trabecula septomarginalis? What does it do?
Location: Right ventricle Conducts Purkinje fibers across lumen of right ventricle
Papillary mm
conical-shaped muscular projections that give rise to chordae tendinae
Chordae tendinae
prevent eversion of the A-V valves (“parachute cords”)
Systole
cardiac contraction
diastole
cardiac relaxation
S1 “Lub”
Closure of AV valves
S2 “Dub”
Closure of Semilunar valves
What causes a murmur?
-leaky valves -narrow valves Due to the valves either remaining open when they should be closed (“leaky”) or not opening fully (“narrow”) , there is an aubile turbulent blood flow
Best location to hear Pulmonary valve
low in left 3rd intercostal