Cardiovascular System Flashcards
The purpose of the cardiovascular system… (4)
- Vital for survival
- Carries oxygen and nutrients to tissues
- Carries wastes away from tissues
- Closed system
What are the 2 circuits of the cardiovascular system?
- Pulmonary
2. Systemic
Flow of the pulmonary system
- Heart to lungs and back
- Oxygenates blood
Flow of the systemic system
- Heart to body and back
- Delivers oxygen to tissues
Structure of the heart (5)
- Cone shaped
- Inside pericardial cavity
- Inside mediastinum
- Apex tipped toward the inferior and the left
- Base superior
Double serious membrane with fibrous coat
Pericardium
What are the layers that make up the pericardium (2)
- Parietal pericardium
2. Epicardium
- Outer layer of the sac
- Fibrous and areolar layer
Parietal Pericardium
- Also known as the visceral pericardium
- Inner layer of sac
- Adheres to the heart wall
Epicardium
Cavity that it is between layers and contains serous fluids
Pericardial Cavity
Layers of the wall of the heart
- Epicardium
- Myocardium
- Endocardium
Layer that is composed of visceral pericardium
-Functions as the protective outer layer
Epicardium
- Middle layer
- Responsible for contractions
- Made of cardiac muscle
Myocardium
- Inner layer
- Lines and protects chambers and valves
- Continuous with endothelium of heart blood vessels
Endocardium
Cardiac Muscle Characteristics (5)
- Striated
- Aerobic Respiration
- Short T-tubules
- Autorhythmic
- Connected mechanically and chemically
How is cardiac muscle connected mechanically and chemically? (2)
- Intercalated discs
2. Gap junctions
What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
- 2 atria
- 2 ventricles
General characteristics of the 2 atria? (3)
- Superior chambers
- Receive blood from veins
- Have auricles
What are auricles?
Flaps where blood pools
General characteristics of the ventricles (2)
- Inferior chambers
2. Force blood out too arteries
Structural differences between the ventricles (4)
- Left is thicker and stronger
- Right goes only to the lungs
- Left is round
- Right is pouch shaped
Characteristics about the Tricuspid Valve (4)
- AKA Right Atrioventricular Valve
- At right atrioventricular orifice
- Open when atrial force is greater and close when ventricle force is greater
- 3 cusps
Characteristics of the Bicuspid Valve (3)
- AKA Left Atrioventricular valve
- At left artioventricular orifice
- 2 cusps
Known as “heart strings”
Chordae Tendonae