Chapter 19- Heart Flashcards
Tissue Layers of the Heart
External
Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium
Epicardium
Epithelial tissue lining the outside of the heart
Also considered visceral serous pericardium
Lines outside surface of heart
Myocardium
Cardiac muscle responsible for pumping blood through vessels
Arranged in circular and spiral patterns
Endocardium
Endothelium lining internal heart walls
Reduces friction of blood flow
Pericardium
Cavity surrounding the heart filled with serous fluid
Two layers- Fibrous and serous
Fibrous Pericardium
Dense connective tissue forming the fibrous sac surrounding the heart
Serous pericardium
Pericardial cavity surrounding the heart
Parietal layer- Lines fibrous pericardial sac
Visceral layer- Lines heart
Atria
Superior heart chambers
Thin walls
Receive blood from veins
Ventricles
Inferior heart chambers
Thick, muscular walls
Forceful contractions push blood throughout the body
Heart septa
Divide internal chambers of the heart
Interatrial and interventricular septa
Coronary sulcus
External division between atria and ventricles
Contain coronary blood vessels
Interventricular sulci
External divisions between ventricles
Anterior and Posterior forms
Contain coronary blood vessels
Heart Valve function
Prevent backflow and mixing of oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood
Formed of endocardium with connective tissue core
Held in place by papillary muscles and chordae tendineae
Heart valve names
Right AV valve- Tricuspid
Right Semilunar- Pulmonary
Left AV valve- Mitral (bicuspid)
Left semilunar- Aortic
Path of blood
Vena cava
Right atrium
Tricuspid valve
Right ventricle
Pulmonary valve
Pulmonary arteries
Lungs
Pulmonary veins
Left atria
Mitral (bicuspid) valve
Left ventricle
Aortic valve
Aorta
Arteries
Arterioles
Capillaries
Venules
Veins
Vena cava
What is normal heartrate?
70-80 bpm
Systole
Contraction (pumping)
Diastole
Expansion (rest)
What are heart sounds caused by?
The closing of valves within the heart
Lub- AV valves; Start of ventricular systole
Dup- Semilunar valves; End of systole
Where can you hear the heart valves?
Pulmonary- Superior left
Aortic- Superior right
Mitral- Apex (inferior left)
Tricuspid- Inferior right
Sinoatrial node
Cardiac pacemaker
Fastest depolarizing cell in right atrium
Generates impulses that controls rate of contraction at rest
Atrioventricular node
Node between atria and ventricles that pauses impulse to control heart timing
Gives atria time to empty into ventricles
Atrioventricular bundle
Distributes impulse from atria to ventricles
Runs through interventricular septum
What fibers innervate the heart?
Visceral sensory
Parasympathetic (vagus) nerves- Slow heart rate
Sympathetic- Increase heart rate and force
Coronary blood vessels
Vessels that serve the heart itself
Arise from the ascending aorta
Run through sulci on heart surface
Congenital Heart Defects
Ventricular septal defect
Coarctation of Aorta
Tetralogy of Fallot
Ventricular septal defect
Hole in interventricular septum that allows for mixing of ventricular blood
Coarctation of the Aorta
Narrowing of aorta
Increases force needed for contraction and blood pressure
Tetralogy of Fallot
Narrowed pulmonary trunk
Hypertrophied right ventricle
Ventricular septal defect
Aorta opens from both ventricles