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