Cardiovascular Anatomy Flashcards
What are the common congenital anomalies of the heart?
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Tetralogy of Fallot Patent Foramen Ovale Persistent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
The heart develops in the _______ of the developing fetus at the 3rd week?
Mesoderm
What is the most common congenital anomaly of the heart?
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Cyanosis is due to the mixing of arterial blood with deoxygenated blood and occurs in ___ to ___ shunts?
Right to Left
60-70% of myocardial venous blood drains into the heart via the _______ _______?
Coronary sinus
The heart valve from right atrium to right ventricle?
Tricuspid
The heart valve from right ventricle to pulmonary trunk?
Pulmonary
The heart valve from left atrium to left ventricle?
Mitral (bicuspid)
The heart valve from left ventricle to ascending aorta?
Aortic
What are the 4 branches of the right coronary artery?
Sinu-atrial
Right marginal
Posterior interventricular
Atrioventricular
Branches of the left coronary artery?
Circumflex
Anterior interventricular (left anterior descending)
Left marginal
The SA node is innervated by cardiac plexuses with sympathetic fibers from ____ sympathetic ganglia and parasympathetic fibers from CN __?
T1-T5
CN X- Vagus
The left subclavian artery comes off the ______, while the right subclavian artery comes off the _____?
Left- arch of the aorta
Right- brachiocephalic trunk
The axillary nerve accompanies what artery in the quadrangular space?
Posterior circumflex artery
The brachial artery accompanies what nerve in the arm?
Median
