Cardiovascular system Flashcards
Cardiovascular system function (1)
Transport nutrients and metabolic waste VIA the blood
Cardiovascular system function (2)
Transport oxygen and carbon dioxide VIA the blood
Cardiovascular system function (3)
Transport hormones VIA the blood
Cardiovascular system function (4)
Transport heat VIA the blood
Pulmonary circuit
Delivers blood TO and FROM lungs for external respiration
Systemic circuit
Delivers blood TO and FROM rest of the body for internal respiration
Capillary beds
Where exchange takes place
Artery
Delivers blood FROM the heart BACK to capillary beds
Do arteries carry oxygenated blood?
Most arteries, not all
Veins
Deliver blood from capillary beds to new location
Where do most veins take blood back to?
Heart
Where do portal veins take blood?
To another capillary bed
What is the heart?
A muscular pump that circulates blood
What surrounds the heart?
Pericardial cavity in the mediastinum
What are the layers of the pericardium? (superficial to deep)
Fibrous pericardium (outer), parietal layer of serous pericardium, pericardial cavity (contains fluid), visceral layer of serous pericardium
Cardiac tamponade
Compression of the heart due to excess fluid in pericardial cavity
What are the layers of the heart’s wall? (outer to inner)
Epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
Epicardium
Visceral layer of serous pericardium (peri = perimeter/surrounds entire heart)
Myocardium
Cardiac muscle layer (thickest/in the middle)
Endocardium
Has simple squamous epithelium and lines inner heart (including valves)
Atria
Receives blood from veins
Atrium
Hall/pathway that connects places
Where does the right atrium receive deoxygenated blood from?
From inferior/superior vena cava and the coronary sinus
Where does the left atrium receive oxygenated blood from?
Pulmonary veins (two from right lung and two from left lung)
Ventricles
Eject blood from the heart
Where does the right ventricle pump deoxygenated blood to?
Pulmonary trunk and then pulmonary arteries
Where does the left ventricle pump oxygenated blood to?
Aorta (coronary arteries are branches of aorta) that supply blood to heart tissues
Heart valves
Prevent back flow of blood
Atrioventricular valves (AV valves)
Between atrium and ventricle
Tricuspid valves (R AV valves)
Between right atrium and ventricle
Bicuspid valves (mitral, L AV valve)
Between left atrium and ventricle
What hold valves in place?
Chordae tendineae which are anchored to papillary muscles
What do papillary muscles help with?
Preventing eversion (prolapse or leaking)
Semilunar valves (SL valves)
Between great arteries and ventricles
Aortic SL valve
Between left ventricle and aorta