Cardiovascular System Flashcards
Name the 3 parts of the heart
epicardium,myocardium,endocardium
What part of the mediastinum is the heart located in?
Middle Mediastinum of the thorax
What way does the base of the heart face?
Dorsocranelly (to the rt)
What way does the apex of the heart face?
Ventrocaudally (left)
What is the pericardium?
fibroserous membrane that covers the heart
what covers the outer thick layer of the pericardium?
Mediastinal Pleura
What covers the surface of the heart and where does it start
On its base the visceral part of the serous pericardium reflects onto the heart (epicardium)
What is the pericardial Cavity?
The space in between the parietal and visceral layers of the serous pericardium
What happens to the serous fluid when pericarditis occurs?
Fluid increases
What does the pericardium connect to at the apex of the pericardium?
Sternum and Diaphram
What structure connects the apex of the percardium to the sternum and diaphram?
Sterno pericardiac ligament (Phernco-pericardiac ligament
What partially covers the cranial aspect of the pericardium?
Thymus in the crainal mediastinum
What is the largest artery of the body?
aorta
Where does the aorta arise from?
The left venticle
From the left ventricle where does the aorta course and what is that called?
Cranially (Ascending aorta)
What is the bend called where the ascending aorta courses dorsal and then caudal?
Aortic arch
After the aortic arch, what is the aorta called?
thoracic aorta
Where is the thoracic aorta located?
Ventrolateral to the bodies of the vertebrae and dorsal to the esophagus
What side is the thoracic aorta located in relation to the median plane?
Left
What does the thoracic aorta pass through before leaving the thoracic cavity?
Aortic hiatus (Hiatus aorticus) of the diaphragm
what is the part of the aorta from the base of the heart including the aortic arch to the diaphragm called?
Thoratic Aorta
T/F the coronary arteries are paired
T
What is the parent artery of the coronary arteries?
Thoratic artery
Where do the coronary arteries arise from?
aortic sinus, before leaving the base of the heart
What do the paired coronary arteries supply?
Heart muscles
In the viscera do most organs have more than one arterial supply?
Yes
What is a collateral branch?
oppositely directed branches
When do anastomoses occur?
When branched arteries oppose each other within the same organ or region.
How are arteries named?
Organ they supply
What does the gastroduodenal artery supply?
Stomach and duodenum
What color are peripheral arteries?
Red
What color are pulmonary veins, left atrium and left ventricle?
Red!
What color are pulmonary arteries and right atrium and rt. ventricle?
BLUE!
What color is the Aorta and branches?
Red
What color is the pulmonary trunk?
Blue
what part of the mediastinum does the heart lie in?
Middle
Where is the cranial mediastinum?
Rostral to the middle mediastinum.
What mediastinum is caudal to the heart?
Caudal mediasttinum
What lymph node can interfere with respiration if enlarged?
Right Trachael bronchial Lymph node located near the right bronchus to the rt lung.
Is the pericardium attached to the apex of the heart?
no the base of the heart
What is the outer covering of the pericardium?
Mediastinal pleura
What secretes the fluid in the pericardsial cavity?
Serous membrane
What is typical pericardial volume?
1 mL
Where does the pericardium attach to the heart?
On the base dorsally but it is free ventrally
Tramatic ruminal pericarditis
Injury to the pericardium in rumenints
What does the phrenico pericardiac ligament attach to?
Diaphram caudally
What does the sterno pericardiac ligament attach to?
Sternum ventrally
Is the heart directly attached to the body
No the pericardium is attached to the diapharam caudally and the sternum ventrally through the phrenico pericardiac ligament and the sterno pericardia ligaments
What is the visceral layer of the pericardium also called?
Epicardium
In immature dogs, what is the cranial aspect of the pericardium covered by?
Thymus
Where do arteries go?
Away from the heart, can go through bone
Where does the mediastinal pleura extend to?
The roof to the floor of the thoratic cavity, from diaphram to thoratic inlet.
Where does the mediastinal pleura extend to?
The roof to the floor of the thoratic cavity, from diaphram to thoratic inlet, over the pericardium in the middle mediastinum.
Where is the mediastinal recess?
Between the right mediastinal pleura, plicae vena cava, the pericardium of the heart and diaphragm.
What does the mediastinal recess contain?
The accessory lobe of the right lung.
T/F The right pleural sac is perforated in the cat
True but not in dogs
What is the mediastinum?
space between two pleural sacs (Mediastinal Plurae)
WThe mediastinum extends from the ______ to the _______.
Thoratic Inlet, Diaphram
T/F pericarditis is only caused by the visceral pericardial membrane of the heart
F -pericardial fluid builds up when the serous layers of the pericardium produces fluid
What happens to the pressure inside the pericardial cavity when the pericardium becomes inflamed?
Intra-pericardial pressure increases and cardiac output decreases
The heart is located ______if the thorax
in the middle
Are the pleural Sacs the same as the space between the large and small sacs ?
No that is the pleural cavity
The lungs are located in the_____
Pleural Sacs
What is hydrothorax?
Excessive pleural fluid secreted by pleural sacs in pleuitis.
What is pneumothorax?
air due to stab wounds at the cupulae pleura or lungs
Where does a hemothorax occur?
Mediastinum and sometime pleural cavity
When does a hemothorax extend into the pleural cavity?
When the mediastinal plurae is punctured
what structures are located in the mediastinum?
Heart, major blood vessels, lymph nodes, lymphatics, nerves, longus colli muscle, esophagus, and trachea.
What way does the base of the heart face?
Dorsalcranially to the left
What way does the apex of the heart face?
Ventralcaudally to the left
The long axis of the heart bisects the long axis of the ____ at _____ degrees.
sternum, 40-45
In the cat the heart is more ____ than the dog at an angle of ______ to the sternum.
horizontal, 25-30
In the cat, the heart can be auscultated from ________.
Both sides
In the dog, the heart extends from the ______ to the______rib and _____ in some breeds.
3rd, caudal border of the 6th, 7th
In the dog the heart can be auscultated where?
In between the 3rd and the 5th intercostal spaces.
The left ventricle and a small portion of the right ventricle are located to the _____ of the ______.
left, median plane
What is the area called where the heart and pericardium are not covered by the lungs and where does this occur in the dog?
cardiac notch, on the right side
What is the cardiac notch in direct contact with in the dog?
right lateral thoratic wall ( the parietal/costal pleura)
Where is the cardiac notch found in the cat?
Both sides
What are the free borders of the lung lobes?
ventral and cover the heart
What are the free borders of the lungs used for?
palpation and auscultation
When describing the two surfaces of the heart, what relationship is it describing?
the relationship between the auricles and atria and the lateral thoratic walls.
What way does the auricular surface of the heart face?
Left thoratic wall
What parts of the heart are visible from the left side?
the right and left auricles, left atrium, part of the left ventricle and part of the right ventricle
What does the atrial surface of the heart face?
right thoratic wall
What is visible on the heart from the right side?
right atrium, a large part of the right ventricle and a part of the left ventricle
What do the grooves of the heart demarcate?
boundaries of the chambers of the heart
What is found in the grooves of the heart?
coronory arteries and veins and fat
The coronary groove demarcates _______ except at the _______.
ventricles from the atria, conus arteriosus
Where is the conus arteriosus of the heart?
cranio-dorsal part of the right ventricle
What does the conus arteriosus give rise to?
pulmonary trunk/artery
What marks the partition between the left and right ventricles?
Interventricular grooves
What do the interventricular grooves coincide with?
interventricular septum internally
What lies parallel to the conus arteriosus on the left?
paraconal interventricular groove
What covers the paraconal interventricular groove at its origin?
left auricle
T/F The paraconal interventricular groove reaches the apex
False
What groove lies below the large coronary sinus and what side does this occur?
subsinusoidal interventricular groove (sig)
right
Where is the large cornonary sinus?
it runs in the coronory groove on the right side
What is contained within the large coronary sinus?
The great cardiac vein
What is the function of the atria in the heart?
Receive Blood
The ventricles _____ blood.
pump
What seperates the atria and ventricles?
inter-atrial septum
T/F the left atrium and left ventricle contract at the same time
False, the left and right atra and left and right ventricles contract and relax at the same time.
What is a systole?
when ventricles contract, higher barometer readiing means higher ventricular pressure
diastole
Ventricles relax-low ventricular pressure on barometer
What surrounds both atria?
Greater blood vessels
Where is the coronary groove interrupted at?
conus arteriosus
What landmark allows the atria and ventricles to communicate with eachother on the same side?
atrio-ventricular ostium
Where is the right atrium located with respect to the right ventricle?
Dorsocranially
where does the right atrium receive blood from?
cranial vena cavae and caudal vena cavae and the heart via the coronary sinus and sometimes the azygos vein
Where is the coronary sinus of the heart and what opens into it?
Below the opening of the caudal vena cava in the right atrium
Where does azygos normally open into?
caudal vena cava but sometimes into the right atrium directly (more likely in cats)