Cardiovascular Notes Flashcards
approximate size, shape, and weight of the heart
-4 chambered
-size&shape: a closed fist
-f:255 grams
-m: 310 grams
where is the heart located?
lies in the mediastinum structure of the thoracic cavity.
lower blunt tip of the heart is called?
apex
a fibrous sac that surrounds the heart is called?
pericardium
tough, white fiberous outer layer of the heart
attaches the heart to the sternum, great vessels, and diaphragm, and keeps the heart beating in place
fibrous pericardium
removal of the pericardium is called?
pericardectomy
outermost layer of the heart wall, homologous to the visceral pericardium; composed if a smooth moist serous membrane
epicardium
thickest layer of the heart wall, composed of involuntary striated cardiac muscle tissue
myocaridum (myo=muscle)
inner lining of the heart, composed of simple squamous epithelial
endocardium
receives blood form the body traveling through the vena cava and pumps blood to the right ventricle
right atrium
receives blood from the lungs traveling through the pulmonary veins and pumps blood down into the left ventricle
left atrium
receives blood from the right atrium and pumps blood to the lungs traveling through the pulmonary ateries
right ventricle
receives blood from the left atrium and pumps blood to the body traveling through the aorta
left ventricle
Explain how the thickness of the myocardium is dependent upon the function of the chamber
The thickness of the chamber wall is dependent upon the function of the chamber. Ventricles are thicker than atrias with the left ventricle being the thickest
a three cusp valve that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
tricuspid valve
(also called the mitral valve) valve that separates the left atrium from the left ventricle
bicuspid valve
valve at the base of the pulmonary artery that prevents the backflow of blood into the right atrium
pulmonary semilunar valve
valve at the bas of the aorta that prevents the backflow of blood into the left ventricle
aortic semilunar valve
function of a tricuspid valve…
It prevents blood from back-flowing into the right atrium when the right ventricle contracts
function of the bicuspid valve…
It prevents blood from back-flowing into the lefy atrium when the left ventricles contracts
function of the aortic semilunar valve…
It prevents blood in the aorta from back-flowing into the left ventricle while the ventricle is relaxed
function of the pulmonic semilunar valve…
It prevents blood in the pulmonary artery from back-flowing into the right ventricle while the ventricle is relaxed
function of chordae tendinae and papillary muscles…
Chordae tendinae are fibrous strands that anchor the cuspid valves to the papillary muscles of the heart wall
branch off the aorta and supply blood to the heart wall
coronary arteries
drains the heart wall of blood and empties into the right atrium traveling through the coronary sinuses
coronary veins
flow of blood: right atrium —>
tricuspid valve
flow of blood: tricuspid valve —>
right ventricles
flow of blood: right ventricle —>
pulmonic semilunar valve
flow of blood: pulmonic semilunar valve —>
pulmonary arteries