Clinically Relevant Anatomy of the Heart

Question 1

Haemopericardium

Answer 1

Pericardial cavity fills with blood

Question 2

Cardiac Tamponade

Answer 2

compression of the heart by an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac

Question 3

Pericardialcentesis

Answer 3

drainage of fluid for the pericardial cavity

Question 4

Pericardialcentesis procedure

Answer 4

insert needle via intrasternal angle superoposteriorly

Question 5

Sinus

Answer 5

sac or cavity in any organ or tissue

Question 6

Transverse pericardial sinus

Answer 6

space within the pericardial cavity
lies posterior to the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk
(cardiac surgeons use this to identify the great vessels)

Question 7

Apex beat

Answer 7

5th intercostal space, mid clavicular line

Question 8

Cardiomegaly

Answer 8

abnormal enlargement of the heart

Question 9

Coronary Groove (right coronary artery)

Answer 9

indicates the surface marking for the tricuspid valve

Question 10

Tricuspid valve

Answer 10

between the right atrium and the right ventricle

Question 11

Anterior interventricular groove (branch of left coronary artery)

Answer 11

indicates the boundary between the two ventricles

Question 12

Posterior inter ventricular groove ( branch of the right coronary artery)

Answer 12

indicates the boundary between the two ventricles on the diaphragmatic surface of the heart

Question 13

Coronary Sinus

Answer 13

“collection of veins”

short venous conduit which receives deoxygenated blood from the cardiac veins and drains into the right atrium

Question 14

Two parts to the septum

Answer 14

1. inter arterial groove

2. inter ventricular groove

Question 15

Atrial Septal Defect

Answer 15

hole in the interarterial septum

Question 16

Ventricular Septal Defect

Answer 16

hole in the inter ventricular septum

Question 17

Tricuspid valve

Answer 17

anterior, posterior and septal cusps

Question 18

Mitral valve

Answer 18

anterior and posterior cusps

Question 19

Pulmonary valve

Answer 19

anterior right and left cusps

Question 20

Aortic valve

Answer 20

right, left and posterior cusps and sinuses (spaces within cusps)

Question 21

Aortic Area

Answer 21

2nd right ICS sternal edge

Question 22

Pulmonary Area

Answer 22

2nd left ICS sternal edge

Question 23

Tricuspid Area

Answer 23

Between the 5th and 6th ICS sternal edge, lower left sternal angle

Question 24

Mitral Area

Answer 24

6th left ICS midclavicular line

Question 25

ICS

Answer 25

intercostal space