Ch 20 Intro To Heart Anatomy Flashcards
Heart generates
BP
Heart routes
Blood
Heart separates these 2 circulations
Pulmonary and systemic
Heart ensures ____ way blood flow
One
Heart____ ensure one way blood flow
Valves
The heart regulates blood supply
Changes in contraction rate and force match blood delivery to changing metabolic needs
The heart pumps _____ blood to the tissues and ______ blood to the lungs
Oxygenated
Deoxygenated
When you inhale you add____ to the blood. When you exhale you remove ____ from the blood
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Systemic circulatory system
Contains blood vessels from limbs, head and neck, organs
Pulmonary circuit
Oxygenating and deoxygenated blood
Unidirectional flow
One way blood flow
Where is the heart located
Thoracic cavity, mediastinum
Mediastinum
Lies between right and left pleurae
Extends from sternum in front to vetebral column behind
Contains all the thoracic viscera excepting the lungs
Divisions of mediastinum
2 divisions
Superior and
inferior- which can be again divided into anterior, middle and posterior
Most structures of heart are in the
Superior or middle of inferior
Superior mediastinum contents
Blood vessels;
Veins: SVC, L and R brachiocephalic veins
Arteries: arch of aorta, brachiocephalic artery, L common carotid, L subclavian artery
Middle mediastinum contents
Heart with pericardium Ascending Aorta Bifurcation of trachea Pulmonary trunk and divisions Lower half of SVC R and L pulmonary veins Pherenic nerve Deep cardiac plexus
All vessels that go in and out the heart are included in the ____
Middle mediastinum
Levels of organization
Chemicals to cells to tissues to organs to systems
Tissue make up of heart
Fibrous pericardium
Myocardium -cardiac muscle
Endocardium
Pericardium is same as epicardium here no distinguish needed
Visceral layer , serous membrane
Function: restrict excessive movement of the heart as a whole and to serve as a lubricated container in which different parts of the heart can contract
Glove around heart
Cells secrete - pericardial fluid, coats outer surface of heart
2 components- pariteal and visceral
Myocardium
Cardiac muscle layer forming the bulk of the heart
Work horse, thickest section
Tissue of the heart that contracts, needs ATP- myocardial infarction, heart attack
Function: provide scaffolding to chambers, assist in contraction and relaxation of cardiac walls so blood can pass between chambers, conducting electro- stimulation through its own tissue and into epicardium
Endocardium
(Squamous )Endothelial layer of the under myocardial surface
Internal layer
Conducting system of the heart
Set of spaces/chambers
Secretes anticoagulants inside spaces of heart, minimizes blood clotting
Protects myocardium underneath, shields from chemicals
____ line cavities open to outside world
Mucous membranes- respiratory, digestive, urinate tract, reproductive
Serous membrane
Membranes not open to outside world Mediastinum
Average heart rate
75 beats/ minute
Cardiomyocytes ( found in mycardium)
Contractile cells of the heart- what die during a heart attack