Cardiovascular System Flashcards
walls of the heart
epicardium (also the visceral pericardium), myocardium, endocardium
Parts of the pericardium and function
fibrous pericardium (outside) prevents heart from over filling made of dense connective tissue and anchors hear to surrounding structures
serous pericardium/ membrane- simple squamous epithelium, cells secrete serous fluid, formed by parietal(touches fibrous pericardium) and visceral layer(epicardium) touches heart
between parietal and visceral layer is pericardial cavity with pericardial cavity with pericardial fluid
What is the function of auricles
increase the capacity of each atrium and amount of blood each can contain on anterior side
coronary sulcus vs. interatrial groovs
sulcus-seperates atria and the ventricles
anterior inter ventricular sulcus vs posterior ventricular sulcus
both separate the ventricles
Blood vessels running on coronary sulcus are called _______ ______ that supply the ______ with blood. They are the first ______ to branch off of the ______ hence the ______ is the first organ to receive oxygenated blood and nutrients.
coronary arteries, heart
arteries, aorta, heart
Left vs right coronary artery (where do they go after the coronary sulcus and where do they supply blood, any branches?)
Right travels right of sulcus and goes to posterior of heart between ventricles so it is called posterior inter ventricular branch of RCA and supplies blood to RA/ RV as well as conduction system of heart
LCA passes behind pulmonary trunk and splits into 2 one goes between ventricles in anterior called anterior interventricular branch of LCA and other branch keeps going left of sulcus and is called circumflex branch of LCA. The LCA supplies blood to LA/ LV.
After heart muscle cells use O2 and nutrients in blood it goes where
coronary veins
Great vs Middle vs Small cardiac veins
great- anterior, separate the ventricles, runs parallel to LCA
Middle-posterior, parallel to posterior interventricular branch of RCA
small- parallel to RCA
ALL 3 VEINS DUMP BLOOD INTO CORONARY SINUS THAT CONNECTS TO RA
Arterial anastomosis
connecting or reconnecting arteries to improve circulation
pectinate muscles are found…. and they …..
found in RA, right/left auricles
squeeze out Max blood to ventricle
What holds valves in place, what are they made of, what are they connected to
chordae tendinae, fibrous connective tissue, papillary muscle
Helps squeeze max blood out of ventricles
trabecular carnae
Only in RV, prevents over expansion due to thin wall
moderator band
What causes heart murmer
valves not completely closing
LUB VS DUB
CLOSE AV VALVES
CLOSE SEMILUNAR VALVES
Describe conduction system
1) SA node depolarizes spontaneously
2) depolarization spreads and reach AV node
3)AV node delays in spread of electrical activity, Atrial contraction begins
4) impulses travel along bundle of HIS with septum to apex, impulse spread to papillary muscles of RV by moderator band
5) impulse is distributed by purkinje fibers and sent to ventricle myocardium —-> ventricle contraction
What is the most abundant blood vessel
capillaries
Layers of blood vessel
intima- most interior, single squamous epithelium
media- smooth muscle layer, both veins and arteries have
adventitia or externa- dense fibrous tissue that helps hold blood vessels to surrounding tissues
vasa vasorum
walls of bigger veins and arteries need their own blood supply because they are so big therefore they have smaller blood vessels to supply them with oxygen and nutrients