Cardiovascular Embryology&Histology Flashcards

1
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What are the main functions of the cardiovascular system?

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Transportation, regulation, and protection

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2
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What are the major blood vessels

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arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins

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3
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When does most of the development occur

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this happens when the heart is pumping blood

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4
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what are the contractile tissues and the internal epithelium made of

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myocardium and endocardium

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5
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During development: where is the cardiogenic field in relation to the neural plate

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cranial

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6
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Blood islands in the visceral layer of lateral plate mesoderm are in what direction to the developing brain

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cranial

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7
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what develops as the blood islands coalesce

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a horseshoe-shaped endothelial tube(the primitive heart tube)

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8
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What does the heart form from

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the visceral(splanchnic) layer of lateral plate mesoderm

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9
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how do the two sides of the cardiac region fuse along the midline

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lateral plate mesoderm

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10
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what does the fusion from lateral body folding result in

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a single tube with aortic and venous poles

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11
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Where does the heart tube sprout aortic arch vessels from?

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from the aortic outflow region

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12
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does the venous pole remain paired after fusion

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yes

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13
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what portion of the heart does the caudal pole form

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the venous end of the heart

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14
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what portion of the heart does the cranial end form

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the arterial portion of the heart

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15
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what are the vessels that form from sprouting at the cranial end called

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the aortic arches

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16
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during cardiac looping what directions do the atrial and ventricular portions grow in

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the atrial portion grows upward and to the left. the ventricular portion grows downward and to the right

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17
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what is the result of the atrial and ventricular positioning after cardiac looping

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the atria are superior and posterior
the ventricles are anterior and inferior
the heart itself is on the left side of the body

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18
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ductus venosus

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shunts blood to the liver

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19
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foramen ovale

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connects the two atria and is located in the heart

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20
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ductus arteriosus

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connects the right ventricle to the aorta: mixes oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

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21
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how is the interatrial septum formed?

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the fusion of the septum primum and the septum secundum

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22
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what does the septum primum do after it forms?

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extends into the atrium from the cranial-dorsal wall

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23
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which comes first? the foramen primum or the septum primum?

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The foramen primum exists first; before the septum primum attaches

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24
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How does the foramen secundum form?

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Apoptosis of the septum primum

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25
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How does septum secundum grow and what does it form?

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Septum scundum grows by looping and leaves an open foramen ovale

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26
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what happens to the septum primum and septum secundum at birth

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they are pushed together

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27
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What is atrial septal defect?

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(ASD) excessive resorption of septum primum

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28
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What is the disease process of ASD?

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the amount of apoptosis is too extensive during formation of the ostium secundum in the upper portion of the septum primum. This results in too large a hole for the septum secundum to cover.
–> Septum secundum will fail to form: leaving a large hole in the atrial septum

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29
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Common Atrium

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absence of septum primum and septum secundum

30
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ventricular septal defect

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(VSD) 20% membranous and 80% muscular

31
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What are the most common type of heart defect

A

Interventricular septal defects

32
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When does transposition of the great vessels occur

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the defect results when the conotruncal cushions dividing the outflow tract fail to spiral 180 degrees.
The defects can be considered a neural crest-related abnormality.

33
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Teratology of Fallot

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  • pulmonary stanosis
  • interventricular septal defect
  • overriding aorta
  • hypertrophy
34
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what is the underlying cause in the teratology of fallot

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an anterior displacement of the conotruncal septum

35
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Persistent truncus arteriosus

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in this case a conotruncal septum never forms

36
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Differences between cardiac and skeletal muscle

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  • Location
  • Shape
  • Number and location of nuclei, mitochondria
  • Autorhythmicity
  • Control
  • Presence of intercalated discs
37
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Intercalated Discs

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Gap Junctions between cardiac muscle cells

38
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What are the functions of the intercalated discs?

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  • Points of anchorage for myofibrils
  • Masculae adherens prevent the pulling apart of cells during contraction
  • Gap junctions allow for the rapid spread of contractile stimuli
39
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What makes the heart beat?

A

The conducting system

40
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What is the conducting system?

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Series of specialized cardiac muscle cells that carries the electrical impulses throughout the heart musculature

41
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How is the electrical stimulus propagated?

A

Gap Junctions

42
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Pacemaker muscle cell

A

Induces spontaneous action potentials by its pacemaker potential
-action potential is spread to the nonpacemaker cell

43
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What are the three layers of the heart

A

endocardium
myocardium
epicardium

44
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Wall of the heart consists of:

A

epicardium and myocardium

45
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Epicardium consists of:

A

visceral pericardium
simple squamous epithelium
fibrocollagenous tissue with abundant elastic fibers, adipose, nerves, coronary vessels

46
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What does the myocardium consist of?

A

Cardiac myocytes

Collagenous connective tissue skeleton containing adipose, blood vessels and nerves

47
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wall of the heart-inner layer

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endocardium

48
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where is the endocardium located and what does it consist of

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  • inner lining of atria and ventricles
  • layer of simple squamous epithelium
  • layer of fibroelastic tissue containing specialized cardiac muscle fibers(Purkinje Fibers), blood vessels and nerves
49
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myocardial cells

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high energy cells with a significant demand for oxygen

50
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what is a myocardial infarction

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heart attack

51
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what causes a myocardial infarction

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blood supply to part of the heart is either partially or completely ruptured due to an atherosclerotic plaque
-underlying cause is coronary artery disease

52
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the cardiac cycle

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period from the start of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next

53
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what are the two phases of the cardiac cycle

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systole and diastole

54
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Factors that control cardiac output

A

CO = SV* HR
Blood volume reflexes
Autonomic nervous system
higher centers

55
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cardiac conducting cells are part of the:

A

purkinje system

56
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what is the purkinje system and what does it do

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  • modified, specialized cardiac cells
  • organized into nodes and fibers
  • generate and rapidly transmit the contractile impulse
57
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What are the three layers involved in architecture of the blood vessels?

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Tunica intima
Tunica media
Tunica adventitia

58
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Which of the tunica layers is the thickest?

A

Tunica media

59
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Elastic arteries

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  • thick tunica adventitia

- broad tunica media with lots of elastin

60
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Muscular Artery

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  • thick tunica media

- internal/external elastic lamina observed

61
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Arterioles

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Less than 0.05 mm

62
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How much internal elastic lamina is present in tunica media?

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very little, if any

63
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How many smooth muscle layers are in arterioles?

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1-3 smooth muscle layers

64
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Where does microcirculation take place?

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Within the capillaries

65
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What are some key characteristics of microcirculation at the capillaries?

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  • very thin endothelial membrane
  • precapillary sphincters help to control blood flow
  • site of gas and nutrient exchange
66
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Examples of actions during microcirculation?

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  • diffusion across membranes
  • small molecule transport
  • transcytosis
  • leaks between the cells
67
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continuous capillary

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found in most tissues, continuous endothelium, scattered tight junctions, transport by diffusion and pinocytosis

68
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fenestrated capillary

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  • perforated endothelium
  • enables extensive flow of blood
  • common in the intestine, kidney glomerulus, and endocrine organs
69
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sinusoidal capillaries

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  • greatest permeability
  • perforated basement membrane and endothelium
  • liver, lymphoid, endocrine, hematopoietic
70
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venous system

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  • always carries blood to the heart
  • categorized by size
  • lower pressure and thinner walls
  • larger veins have the same tunics as the arteries, just not as well-defined
  • -> thinner walls allows more flexibility
  • -> larger lumen allows more capacity
  • Closer to the surface of the skin, easier to see
  • Valves present in many veins, especially those in extremities
71
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Venules

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  • larger than capillaries but smaller than veins

- carry blood away from capillary beds towards heart

72
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medium/large vein valves

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muscles in your legs and arms help push blood back towards the heart