Ch22 heart Flashcards
jobs of the heart
- pulmonary circulation: move blood from heart to lungs and back
- systemic circulation: move blood to all other organs and back
great vessels
arteries and veins leaving and entering the heart
what is blood pressure
the force of blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels
location of heart
left of body posterior to sternum and mediastinum
is the right or left border of the heart more anterior
right
what is the heart surrounded by
multiple layers of tiss. called pericardium(pericardial sac)
what is created by the pericardial sac
a fluid filled space around heart called pericardial cavity
functinos of pericardium
protects heart bc it is tough and fibrous, the fluid reduces friction
layers of pericardium and what type of tissue
fibrous pericardium (external side) - tough dense con tiss
Serous pericardium:
parietal serous pericardium (inside of flap, thin clear like ceran wrap) - simple squamous con tiss
epicardium/visceral serous pericardium (attached to heart surface, thin clear and slick) - aereolar conn tiss and fat
which layer of pericardium cannot be removed from heart
visceral
base of heart
upper part of heart , separated where tubes and atriums attach
chambers of the heart
left and right atrium, left and right ventricles
atriums
chambers that fill with blood
largest chamber of the heart
left ventricle
which ventrical is surrounded by thick muscle and why
left, bc it has to pump blood everywhere in body except lungs
functions of right and left ventricle
right vent pushes blood to lungs, left vent pushed blood everywhere other than lungs