CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Flashcards
Basic divisions of the cardiovascular system
Heart and blood vessels
A muscular pump consisting two receiving chamber and two pumping chamber
Heart
Two closed circuits of the blood vessels
Pulmonary circuit
Systemic circuit
Blood vessels include
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
A 4 chambered hollow muscular organ lying between the lungs in the middle mediastinum
Heart
What is the shape of the heart and point where is the apex and where is the base
Inverted cone
Apex is pointed downward
Base is pointed upward
Covering of the heart
Pericardium
Two types of pericardium
Fibrous and serous pericardium
Two types of serous pericardium
Parietal pericardium
Visceral pericardium or epicardium
Outer covering of the heart
Fibrous pericardium
Inner covering of the heart
Serous pericardium
Outer serous pericardium
Parietal pericardium
It is the pericardium that encloses the heart
Visceral pericardium or epicardium
Walls of the heart
Endocardium
Myocardium
Epicardium
Inner layer of the endothelium
Endocardium
It is the thickest middle muscular layer for contraction
Myocardium
External layer the visceral layer of the serous pericardium
Epicardium
Chambers of the heart
Right atrium
Left atrium
Right ventricle
Left ventricle
Valves of the heart
Atrio ventricular valve
Semi lunar valve
Atrioventricular valve includes
Tricuspid valve
Mitral or bicuspid valve
Semi lunar valves includes
Aortic valve
Pulmonic valve
Between right Atria and ventricle
Tricuspid valve
Between left atria and ventricle
Mitral / bicuspid valve
It guards the opening of aorta
Aortic valve
What chamber of the heart is aortic valve found
Left ventricle
It guards the opening of the pulmonary artery
Pulmonic valve
Which chamber of the heart is where pulmonic valve located
Right ventricle
These are structures separating the chambers
SEPTA
Separates the right and left atrium
Interatrial septum
Separates the right and the left ventricles
Interventricular septum
Right border of the heart
Right atrium
It receives Venous blood from superior vena cava inferior vena cava anterior cardiac veins vena cordis Minimae and the coronary sinus
Right atrium
What type of blood does right atrium possess
Non-oxygenated blood