Ch1 Flashcards
Heart has how many layers
3
Heart is located
Mediastinum
Sac around the heart is called? What fluid is in there?
Pericardial sac, lubricating fluid
Chambers
4
2 upper Chambers are what and function as
Atrium, collecting and loading
2 bottom chambers r what and function as
Ventricles, pumping
Two types of myocardial cells
Contractily conduction
Cells are at rest
Polarization
When ion are moving in myocardial cells
Depolarization
Myocardial ions goin back to resting stage
Repolarization
Heart is contracting
Systolic
Heart at rest phase
Diastolic
Unique property that allows myocardial cells to initiate and maintain activity
Automaticity
Property that allows myocardial cells to relay an impulse to a neighbor cell
Conductivity
Property allows cell to respond to an impulse
Excitability