Clin Phys 3 Flashcards
What is the interventricular septum?
thick muscular wall that separates left and right ventricle
What are the great vessels?
Pulmonary trunk + left and right pulmonary arteries
Aorta
Superior and inferior vena cavae
Pulmonary veins
What chamber is the pulmonary trunk + left and right pulmonary arteries connected to?
right ventricle
What chamber is the aorta connected to?
left ventricle
What chamber are the superior and inferior vena cavae connected to?
right atrium
What chamber are the pulmonary veins connected to?
left atrium
Where are the atrioventricular valves located?
between atria and ventricles
Where are the semilunar valves location?
between ventricles and great arteries
What is the function of the atrioventricular valves?
prevents back-flow to left and right atrium
Contrast size in atrioventricular vs. semilunar valves.
atrioventricular: larger, more “floppy”
semilunar: smaller, “tighter”
T/F: Semilunar valves are anchored by chordae tendinae.
False. Atrioventricular valves are anchored by chordae tendinae
What is the purpose of the chordae tendinae?
Keep AV valves from “flopping back” (prolapse) into atria during ventricular contraction
What is the name of the left AV valve?
mitral/bicuspid
What is the name of the right AV valve?
Tricuspid
What is the name of the left semilunar valve?
aortic valve
What is the name of the right semilunar valve?
pulmonary valve
Where are papillary muscles and what do they attach to?
located in ventricles, attach to tricuspid and mitral valves vis chordae tendinae
T/F: Posterior surface of the heart is easier to auscultate and palpate than anterior surface.
False, anterior surface is easier
What is visible on the anterior surface of the heart?
- part of right atrium (auricle)
- right ventricle
- “tip” of left ventricle -> PMI -> APEX
- superior-lateral side of left ventricle
- both semi-lunar valves are anterior AV valves
Do the AV (mitral, tricuspid) valves open during systole or diastole?
diastole (filling)
Do the semilunar (aortic, pulmonic) valves open during systole or diastole?
systole (ejecting)