Cardiovascular Flashcards
What species does this heart belong to?

Dog

Orientation: What border/surface is A?

A. Base

Orientation: What border/surface is B?

B: cranial surface

Orientation: What border/surface is C?

C: Apex

Orientation: what border/surface is D?

D: caudal surface

Orientation: what surfaces is E?

E: auricular surface

Name A:

A: right auricle

Name B

B: left auricle

What chamber lies at C?

C: right atrium

What chamber lies at D?

D: right ventricle

What chamber lies at E?

E: Left atrium

What chamber lies at F?

F: Left ventricle

Orientation: What surface is this?

atrial surface

What ligament anchors the heart in this species?

Dog: phrenicopericardial lig.

Name the characteristics of the heart of this species

Dog: globular; 3 distinct b.v from paraconal a

Name A

A: aorta

Name B

B: pulmonary a

Name A

coronary a

Name B

B: paraconal interventricular coronary a

Which artery supplies B in this species?

left coronary a

Name A

A: subsinousal interventricular a

Name B

B: right coronary a

Which artery supplies A in this species?

right coronary a

What species is this?

Sheep

What are the characteristics of this species heart?

Sheep: very pointed, white hard fat; no prominant vessels from the paraconal a. as in the dog

What surface is this?

auricular surface

What ligament anchors the heart in this species?

ruminants: sternopericardial lig

What surface is this?

atrial surface

What species is this?

Pig

What are the characteristics of this species’ heart?

Pig: less pointed than sheep, more pointed that dog
Obvious paraconal a. with indistinct branches
Left auricle with highly irregular border

Which surface is this?

Auricular surface

Name the blood vessel traversing the heart

Paraconal coronary a.

Observe the blood vessel traversing the heart. which artery is this supplied by?

Left coronary a

Which surface is this?

atrial surface

Name the blood vessel traversing the heart

subsinousal coronary a.

Observe the blood vessel traversing the heart. Which artery is this supplied by?

right coronary a.

Which ligament anchors the heart in this species?

Pig: sternopericardial lig.

What species is this?

Ox

What are the characteristics of this species’ heart?

Ox
Excessive white hard fat
very conical
“rooster comb” shaped left auricle

Which surface is this?

auricular surface

What ligament anchors the heart in this species?

Ox: sternopericardial lig

Which surface is this?

atrial surface

What species is this?

Horse

What surface is this

auricular surface

What ligament anchors the heart in this species?

Horse: sternopericardial lig

What are the characteristics of this species’ heart?

Horse
Soft yellow fat
conical
ventral border of left auricle less “bumpy” than ox or pig

Which artery supplies the paraconal artery in this species?

left coronary a

Which surface is this?

atrial surface

Which artery supplies this artery in this species?

right coronary a

Name vessel A

A: cranial vena cava

Name vessel B

B: caudal vena cava

Name A:

A: Intervenous tubercle

Name B

B: terminal crest region

Name C

C: pectinate mm.

Name D

D: fossa ovalis

Name blood vessel A

A: coronary sinus

Name A

A: Atrioventricular valve cusp

What species is this

Pig

Name B

B: brachiocephalic trunk

Name C

C: left subclavian a

Name D

D: aorta

Name E

E: ligamentum arteriosum

Name F

F: pulmonary trunk

Name G

G: left auricle

Name H

H: paraconal coronary a.

Name I

I: left ventricle

Name J

J: apex

Name A

A: pulmonary vein

Name B

B: brachiocephalic trunk

Name C

C: aorta

Name D

D: brachiocephalic trunk

Name E

E: right venous azygous vein

Name F

F: ligamentum arteriosum

Name G

G: cranial vena cava

Name H

H: right pulmonary a

Name I

I: left azygous v

Name J

J: caudal vena cava

Name K

K: right auricle

Name L

L: coronary groove

Name M

M: interventricular subsinousal groove

Name N

N: left ventricle

Name O

O: right ventricle

Name P

P: apex

What species is this?

cow (calf)

What species is this?

Sheep

Name A

A: aorta

Name B

B: Brachiocephalic trunk

Name C

C: ligamentum arteriosum

Name D

D: pulmonary trunk

Name E

E: pulmonary vv

Name F

F: left auricle

Name G

G: coronary groove

Name I

I: left ventricular wall

Name J

J: apex

Name A

A: aorta (open)

What species is this?

Horse (foal)

Name B

B: ductus arteriosus (partially closed)

Name C

C: Brachiocephalic trunk

Name D

D: left atrium

Name E

E: pulmonary trunk

Name F

F: left auricle

Name G

G: conus arteriosus

Name H

H: right ventricular wall

Name I

I: interventricular paraconal groove

Name J

J: left ventricular wall

Name A

A: aorta

Name B

B: cranial vena cava

Name C

C: right auricle

Name D

D: pulmonary v

Name E

E: coronary sinus

Name F

F: right atrium

Name G

G: coronary groove (filled w fat)

Name H

H: chorda tendinae (attached to right atrioventricular valve)

Name I

I: trabeculae septomarginalis

Name J

J: papillary m

Name K

K: right ventricular wall

Name L

L: interventricular paraconal groove

Name M

M: left ventricular wall

Name A

A: (right) atrioventricular valve (cusps)

Name B

B: septum (right ventricle)

Name C

C: chordae tendinae

Name D

D: papillary mm

Name E

E: trabeculae septomarginalis (moderator band)

Name F

F: trabeculae carnae

Name G

G: supraventricular crest

Name A

A: wall of the left ventricle (thicker than right)

Name B

B: left atrioventricular (bicuspid) valve (cusp)

Name C

C: papillary mm

Name D

D: trabeculae carnae

Name E

E: trabeculae septomarginalis (moderator band)
NB attached to septum, not valves

Name blood vessel A

A: aorta

Name B

B: semilunar valve

Name blood vessels C

C: coronary arteries

Name A

A: aorta

Name B

B: pulmonary a

Name C

C: ligamentum arteriosum

Name A

A: semilunar valves

Name A

A: aorta (thicker wall)

Name B

B: pulmonary a (thinner wall)

Name A

A: interventricular paraconal groove

Name B

B: left ventricle extending to apex

Name C

C: Columnae carnae

Name D

D: left ventricle

Name F

F: interventricular subsinousal groove

Name H

H: papillary mm

Name I

I: conus arteriosus

Name J

J: pulmonary a

Name K

K: pectinate mm

Name L

L: right ostia

Name M

M: left coronary a

Name N

N: interatrial septum

Name O

O: aorta

Name P

P: left atrium

Name Q

Q: trabeculae septomarginalis

Name R

R: mitral valve

Name S

S: right ventricle

Name A

A: semilunar cusps

Name B

B: cusps

Name C

C: chordae tendinae

Name D

D: papillary m

Name E

E: cusps

Name F

F: chordae tendinae

Name G

G: papillary m

Name H

H: papillary m

Name M

M: left atrioventricular valves

Name N

N: right atrio-ventricular valves

Name A

A: brachiocephalic trunk

Name B

B: right coronary a

Name C

C: aorta

Name D

D: aortic sinuses

Name E

E: left coronary a

Name F

F: circumflex branch

Name G

G: septal a

Name H

H: descending branches of left coronary a

Name I

I: descending paraconal interventricular branch

Name J

J: atrial branch to conus arteriosus
