chapter 21 Flashcards
two circuits
pulmonary and systemic
layers in order
fibrous pericardium, parietal pericardium, pericardial cavity, epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
pericardial sac
made of the parietal pericardium and fibrous pericardium
walls of the heart
epicardium, myocardium and endocardium (internal)
myocardium
muscle lining
-aerobic respiration
-intercalated discs that connect cardiocytes
epicardium
external surface
cardiocytes
contract without information from the CNS
-pace cells
-dont need brain
intercalated discs
-cell to cell junction
-desmosomes bind two sarcolemma
-discs bind myofibrils of adjecent cells
gap junctions
-bind cells to each other
-pores for ion movement
-ion movement allows the sarcomeres to contract as one
elastic sheath
wraps each cardiac cell
fibrous sheet
wraps each muscle layer
-separate superficial layer with the deep muscle layer
-encircle the base of the pulm trunk and ascending aorta
fibrous skeleton
-elastic sheath and fibrous sheet
-stabalize cardiac cells, heart valves, support nerves and vessels in myocardium, distribute contraction force, prevent overexpansion, recoils heart after contraction, isolate atrial cells from ventricular cells
oblique angle
heart sits at one
-inferior border= right ventricle
-right border= right atrium
-heart is also rotated slightly left
sternocostal surface
formed by the right atrium and right ventricle
posterioir surface
left atrium
sulci
are on the external structures of the four chambers
-interatrial, coronary, anterioir intercentricular and posterioir interventricular sulcus
interatrial sulcus
separate left and right atria
coronary sulcus
separate atria and the ventricles
anterioir interventricular sulcus
separatest the left and right ventricles
posterioir interventricular sulcus
spearates left and right ventricles
l and r atria
have walls, superior to the coronary sulcus, have auricles (extensions)
l and r ventricles
inferior to coronary sulcus, right ventricles forms diaphragmatic surface
interatrial septums
separate interatrial septum