Chapter 2: Thorax (continued 3) Flashcards
What are the 3 layers of the pericardium?
- the outer fibrous layer
- a double layered parietal and visceral serous layer
What is the transverse pericardial sinus?
a space posterior to the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk and anterior to the superior vena cava and pulmonary veins
separates the great arteries from the great veins
What is the oblique pericardial sinus?
is the blind, inverted, U-shaped space posterior to the heart and bounded by reflection of serous pericardium around the 4 pulmonary veins and inferior vena cava as they enter the heart?
What is cardiac tamponade?
the pathological accumulation of fluids serous or blood within the pericardial cavity.
How is pericardiocentesis performed?
with a needle at the left infrasternal angle through the cardiac notch of the left lung
The right border of the heart mainly is formed by which part of the heart?
right atrium
The left border of the heart is mainly formed by which part of the heart?
The left ventricle
The apex of the heart is mainly formed by which heart structure?
the left ventricle
The anterior (sternocostal) surface of the heart is mostly formed by which structure?
the right ventricle
The posterior surface of the heart is mostly formed by which structure?
left ventricle
What are the 3 main sulci of the heart?
coronary
anterior interventricular
posterior interventricular
The upper right aspect of the heart is deep to which costal cartilage?
3rd right costal cartilage
The lower right aspect of the heart is deep to which costal cartilage?
6th right costal cartilage
The upper left aspect of the heart is deep to which costal cartilage?
the left second costal cartilage
The apex of the heart is in which intercostal space?
left fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line
The right border of the heart lies between which structures of the rib cage?
the third right costal cartilage to the sixth right costal cartilage just to the right of the sternum
The left border of the heart extends between which parts of the rib cage?
between the fifth left intercostal space to the second left costal cartilage
The inferior border of the heart extends between what structures of the rib cage?
between the sixth right costal cartilage to the fifth left intercostal space at the midclavicular line
The superior border of the heart extends to between which structures of the rib cage?
the inferior margin of the second left costal cartilage to the superior margin of the third right costal cartilage
Describe the auricle of the heart ?
part of the right atrium that includes rough myocardium known as pectinate muscles
Describe the sinus venarum.
the smooth-walled portion of the atrium which receives blood from the superior and inferior venae cavae. Derived from sinus venosus
What is the crista terminalis?
the vertical ridge that separates the smooth from the rough portion (pectinate muscles) of the right atrium
Which valve is on the left side of the heart separating the atria from the ventricles?
the mitral or bicuspid valve
What are the ridges of myocardium in the ventricular wall?
trabeculae carneae
This structure projects into the cavity of the ventricle and attaches cusps of the AV valve by the strands of the chordae tendineae?
papillary muscle