Cardiovascular System Part 2 - Heart Flashcards
blood returning from the body’s cells (poorly oxygenated) will enter through?
the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava depending on where in the body it is coming from (above or below the heart)
where does the superior and inferior vena cava drain into?
the right atrium
what is between the left and right atrium?
a wall
- the atrial septum
which chambers are the more superior?
atria
which chambers are more inferior?
ventricles
where is the fossa ovalis?
in the medial right atrium
what does the fossa ovalis look like?
a thumb print in the atrial septum
what is the fossa ovalis?
a fetal remnant
what was the fossa ovalis for?
when you are a fetus, you do not get actual air into the lungs so the lungs aren’t doing their actual job so we don’t need the part of the heart that is transporting oxygen to the lungs so there is a hole where is fossa ovalis is to connect the right atrium to the left atrium directly because you can skip everything in the heart.
what is a fetal remnant?
a hole from being a fetus that closed when you are born
after the right atrium, where does blood go?
the right ventricle
what does blood travel through anytime it leaves a chamber of the heart?
travels through a valve
which valve is between the right atrium and ventricle?
tricuspid valve
- three cusps
which blood do we have on the right side of the heart?
deoxygenated
- its coming from the vena cava’s which came from the body
after the right ventricle, where does the blood go?
the pulmonary trunk
what does the pulmonary trunk split into?
the right and left pulmonary arteries
where do the right and left pulmonary arteries lead to?
a lung
- this is where our deoxygenated blood gets oxygenated
what type of blood does most of the arteries of the body carry?
oxygenated
- pulmonary arteries is deoxygenated blood though
what type of blood does most of the veins of the body carry?
deoxygenated
- pulmonary veins is oxygenated blood though
which valve do we go through when we leave the right ventricle to the pulmonary trunk?
pulmonary valve
when blood comes back from the lungs, what does it come back to the heart through?
the pulmonary veins
- oxygenated blood now
how many pulmonary veins do we have?
two on the left and two on the right
- four
where does our pulmonary veins drain into?
left atrium
- pulmonary veins bring oxygen rich blood from the lungs into the left atrium
what type of valves are the tricuspid and bicuspid valves?
atrioventricular valves
where does our oxygen rich blood go into after the left atrium?
the left ventricle
which valve connects the left atrium and left ventricle?
the bicuspid/mitral valve