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NBCE Part 1 > Cardiovascular Anatomy > Flashcards

Cardiovascular Anatomy Flashcards

1
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What embryological layer does the heart develop from in the third week

A

mesoderm in the cephalic region

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2
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The primitive heart tube is formed by these two tubes composed of angioblastic tissue

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endocardial

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3
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What three dilations are formed from the primitive heart tube folding on itself

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atrial, ventricular, and bulbos cordis

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4
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the proximal end of the heart tube is formed by the _____ _____ and the distal end is formed by the _____ ____

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sinus venosus, truncus arteriosus

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5
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Name the connection that allows oxygenated blood in the fetus to travel from the let pulmonary artery to the arch of the aorta

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ductus arteriosus

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6
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The ductus arteriosus closes shortly after birth forming this

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ligamentum arteriosum

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7
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Most common congenital heart disease

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Ventricular septal defect

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8
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What does the most common form of atrial septal defect affect

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ostium secundum

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9
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what is the most common congenital cyanotic heart disease

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fallot’s tetralogy

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10
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What conditions make up fallot’s tetralogy

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pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, right ventricular hypertrophy, and over-riding (dextroposition) of the aorta

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11
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What type of shunts does cyanosis occur?

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right to left shunts

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12
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what are the acyanotic congenital hear diseases (D)

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atrial septal Deffect, ventricular septal Defect, persistent Ductus arteriorsus (all left to right)

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13
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Which congenital disorder results from failure of the ducuts arteriosus to close after birth

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persistent ductus arteriosus

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14
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What are the two origins of the right atrium

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sinus venosus and true atrium

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15
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The Rough part (area with pectinate) of the right atrium is derived from what

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tRue atrium

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16
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The Smooth part of the RA is derived from this

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Sinus venosus

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17
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What ridge separates the smooth and rough parts of the RA

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crista terminalis

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18
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What two openings are found in the RA

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SVC and IVC

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19
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what is the oval depression found in the RA interatrial septum

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fossa ovale

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20
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the fossa ovalis of the RA is a remnant of this structure in a fetus

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fetal foramen ovalis (septum primum)

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21
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What is the name of the ridge located above the fossa ovalis

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limbus

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22
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What is the limbus of the fossa ovalis a remnant of

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septum secondum

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23
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what percentage of the myocardial venous blood drains into the heart via the coronary sinus in the RA

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60-70

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24
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Left atrium has how many pulmonary vein openings carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs

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4 (same embryological origins as RA)

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25
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Name of a large fleshy piece located in the RV that carries a major part of the right bundle branch

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septomarginal branch (moderator band)

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26
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a smooth funnel-shaped inlet to the opening of the pulmonary valves in the RV

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infundibulum

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27
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The LV is __x more thick than the RV

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3

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28
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Valve located at the 2nd RIGHT intercostal space near the sternal border

29
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Valve located at the 2nd LEFT intercostal space near the sternal border

30
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Valve located at the 4TH LEFT intercostal space near the sternal border

31
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Valve located at the 5TH LEFT intercostal space AWAY from the sternal border

32
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branches of right coronary artery

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sinu-atrial, right marginal, posterior interventricular, and atrioventricular

33
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Where does the right coronary artery distribute blood

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RA, RV, 30% of LA, AV node (85% of population), SA node (55% of population), posterior 1/3 of the interventircular septum

34
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Branches of the left coronary artery

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circumflex, anterior interventricular, and left marginal

35
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Where is blood distributed from the left coronary artery

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LV, 70% of LA, anterior 2/3 of interventricular septum

36
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What sinus drains 60-70% of the hearts venous blood

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coronary, the rest of the heat is drained by the anterior cardiac vein into the RA

37
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The coronary arteries tributaries

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great cardiac, small cardiac, middle cardiac, and oblique cardiac

38
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Structure located in the RA and bound by the tricuspid valve, opening of the coronary sinus, and the tendon of Todaro

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Triangle of Koch

39
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The SA node is innervated by what structures

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sympathetic from T1-5, parasympathetic from CN X

40
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the cardiac plexus is divided into two parts, deep and superficial, where are there locations

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superficial - below the arch, deep - behind the arch of the aorta

41
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Where does the superficial part of the cardiac plexus receive fibers from

A

superior cervical sympathetic g. and inferior cardiac branch of the vagus

42
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At what vertebral level does the abdominal aorta end

43
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Paired visceral branches of the abdominal aorta

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inferior phrenic, middle adrenal, renal, gonadal

44
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Paired parietal branches of the abdominal aorta

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1st to 4th lumbar arteries

45
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Unpaired branches of the abdominal aorta

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celiac trunk (T12), superior mesenteric a. (L1), inferior mesenteric a. (L3), and median sacral a (L4)

46
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The abdominal aorta bifurcates into these two branches at the end

A

common illiac which divide into internal and external iliac ateries

47
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Internal iliac artery has these 9 branches (Some Inherit Money, Others Inherit Insanity, Usually. Isn’t Life Silly)

A

Anterior division: Superior vesical, Inferior vesical, Middle rectal, Obturator, Inferior gluteal, internal pudendal, Uterine and vaginal in females

Posterior division: Iliolumbar Lateral sacral, Superior gluteal

48
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External illiac has these three branches (CID)

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Cremasteric, Inferior epigastric, Deep circumflex (CID)

49
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The external iliac continues past the inguinal ligament as the femoral artery and has these brances (SDSD)

A

Superficial external pudendal, Deep external pudendal, Superficial circumflex, Deep femoral. (SDSD)

50
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the femoral artery passes through this canal to become the popliteal artery

51
Q

the popliteal artery bifurcates into these two arteries below the popliteal fossa

A

anterior and posterior tibial a.

52
Q

The posterior tibial a. passes _____ to the medial malleolus forming these two branches

A

posterior, medial and lateral plantar

53
Q

the anterior tibial artery continues in the foot as this

A

dorsalis pedis artery

54
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the dorsalis pedis artery of the anterior tibial supplies the dorsum of the foot with this branch

A

arcuate artery

55
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the left subclavian artery comes off of this artery

A

arch of the aorta

56
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the right subclavian artery comes off of this branch

A

brachiocephalic trunk

57
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Branches of the subclavian artery

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internal thoracic, vertebral, thyrocervical trunk, costocervical trunk, and dosral scapular

58
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Branches of the thyrocervical trunk (SIT)

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Suprascapular, Inferior thyroid, Transverse cervical (SIT)

59
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Branches of costocervical trunk

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superior intercostal artery and deep cervical

60
Q

At what location does the subclavian artery become the axillary

A

outer border of the 1st rib

61
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The pectoralis minor muscle divides the axillary artery into these three parts

A

superior-thoracic, thoraco-acromial and lateral thoracic, and subscapular, posterior and anteiror circumflex humeral

62
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the axillary artery becomes the brachial beneath this structure

A

teres major

63
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the brachial artery terminates in the cubital fossa into these to branches

A

radial and ulnar

64
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branches off of the radial artery (RCMP)

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Radial recurrent, Carpal, Muscular, and superficial Palmar (RCMP)

65
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SUperficial palmer branch is formed from this

A

Ulnar artery

66
Q

the deep palmer branch is formed from this

A

radial artery

67
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superficial palmer branch lies between these two structures

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palmer aponeurosis and digital flexor tendons

68
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deep palmer branch lies between these two structures

A

palmar interossei and deep digital flexor tendons

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