CONCEPT REVIEW (The heart) Flashcards
Where is the heart located?
The heart is located in the mediastinum and has a muscular wall covered by pericardium.
The heart is surrounded by a protective membrane, ___________________, consisting of a tough superficial fibrous pericardium and a deeper more delicate _________________that forms a double layer around the heart, an outer parietal layer and an inner visceral layer. A thin, slippery, lubricating pericardial fluid is found in the pericardial cavity between the parietal and visceral layers of the serous pericardium.
the pericardium
serous pericardium
What are the three layers of the heart?
The three layers of the heart wall from superficial to deep are the
1. Epicardium (visceral layer of serous pericardium)
- Myocardium (cardiac muscle tissue)
- Endocardium (endothelium overlying connective tissue). The endocardium also covers the valves of the heart.
The ____________________ encircles the heart between the superior atria and inferior ventricles.
coronary sulcus
The _____________________ marks the anterior boundary between the ventricles
anterior interventricular sulcus
The posterior boundary between the ventricles?
posterior interventricular sulcus
What chamber receives blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus.
Right Atrium
The right Atrium is separated internally from the left atrium by the ______________, which contains the fossa ovalis. Blood exits the right atrium through the____________valve.
interatrial septum
tricuspid
The right ventricle receives blood from the ___________. It is separated internally from the left ventricle by the ______________and pumps blood through the __________________ into the pulmonary trunk that carries blood to the lungs.
right atrium
interventricular septum
pulmonary valve
The cusps of the tricuspid valve connect to ?
chordae tendineae
What does the papillary muscle do?
They connect to Chordae tendinae & help the valves to open and close
The left atrium receives blood from the ___________ through pulmonary veins. Blood from the left atrium passes through the _______________as it flows into the left ventricle.
lungs
bicuspid (mitral) valve
The left ventricle contains _____________ that anchor the cusps of the bicuspid valve to papillary muscles. Blood exiting the left ventricle passes through the ______________and into the ascending aorta, which carries blood to the heart wall and to the rest of the body.
chordae tendineae
aortic valve
Blood flows through the heart from areas of __________pressure to areas of _____________pressure. Contraction of the walls of a chamber increases pressure of the blood within the chambers.
high
low
The location of the bicuspid and tricuspid valves between the atria and ventricles has given them
the name___________________.
atrioventricular (AV) valves
The ___________________ are the aortic valve, at the entrance to the aorta, and the pulmonary
valve, at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk.
semilunar (SL) valves
The right side of the heart is the pump for?
pulmonary circulation
the circulation of deoxygenated blood through the lungs where blood unloads CO2 and picks up O2.
The left side of the heart is the pump for ?
systemic circulation
the circulation of oxygenated blood throughout the body except for the air sacs of the lungs
Blood enters the right atrium through three veins
- The superior vena cava,
- Inferior vena cava,
- Coronary sinus
The wall of the heart has its own blood vessels called the _____________________ that delivers blood to and from the myocardium.
coronary (cardiac) circulation