CVS Flashcards
Vaugly, what does the mediastinum contain?
Contents of the thorax other than the lungs and their covering pleurae
What are the sections of the mediastinum?
Superior
Inferior (further divided)
What is the inferior mediastinum further divided into?
Anterior
Middle
Posterior
What bone forms the anterior border of the mediastinum?
Manubrium
What vertebrae form the posterior border of the superior mediastinum?
T1 - T4
What plane seperates the superior from the inferior mediastinum?
Transverse
What are some structures found in the superior mediastinum?
Arteries (aortic arch, brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery)
Veins (brachiocephalic vein, superior vena cava)
Nerves (vagus nerve, phrenic nerve)
Trachea
Oesophagus
Where in the mediastinum is the thymus found?
Anterior
Where in the mediastinum is the heart, pericardium and great vessels found?
middle
Where in the mediastinum is the descending aorta found?
Posterior
Where in the mediastinum is the oesophagus found?
Posterior
Where in the mediastinum is the thoracic duct found?
Posterior
Where in the mediasinum is the azygos vein found?
Posterior
Where in the mediastinum is the sympathetic chain found?
Posterior
What is the difference between the pericardium, and the pleura and the peritoneum?
Pericardium has an outermost dense fibrous connective tissue layer - the fibrous pericardium
What is the epicardium also known as?
Visceral layer
What are the 3 layers of the pericardium from superficial to deep?
Fibrious pericardium
Parietal pericardium
Visceral pericardium (epicardium)
Between what 2 layers of the pericardium does the pericardial cavity lie?
Parietal layer and visceral layer
What is the endocardium composed of?
Simple square endothelium
What is the endocardium composed of?
Simple square endothelium
What is the myocardium composed of?
Cardiac muscle
What is the epicardium composed of?
Simple square epithelium
What layer belongs both to the heart wall and the serous pericardium?
Epicardium
Which layer of the serous pericardium is inseperably attached to the inner aspect of the fibrous pericardium?
Parietal
What protective role is furfilled by the fibrous pericardium?
prevents overfilling
Explain the innervation of the pericardium?
Visceral pericardium - autonomic from T-T4 and vagus nerve via the cardiac plexus
Parietal and fibrous pericardium - phrenic nerve
What part of the pericardium does the vagus nerve and T1-T4 nerves innervate?
Visceral pericardium
What part of the pericardium does the phrenic nerve innervate?
Parietal and fibrous pericardium
Which layer of the pericardium is innervated by pain fibres?
Fibrous and parietal pericardium
What role do the atria have in a heart?
Direct blood to the atrial ventricular gap
What organ is the left atrium anterior to?
Oesophagus
What is the shape of the heart?
Pyramidal
What chamber of the heart forms the apex?
Left ventricle
What chamber of the heart forms the base?
Left atrium
What is the fossa ovalis a remnant of?
Foramen ovale in the foetus
The fossa ovalis is a remnant of the foramen ovale in the foetus, what function did this have?
Shunt the blood from the right atrium to the left to pass the lungs
What is the function of the moderator band? (septomarginal trabecula)
Strengthen and prevent overballooning
Carries primary conductor band with right bundle of his (goes across chamber to cut conduction time)
Is the right ventricle wall or left thicker?
The left is thicker by 3x
Why is the left ventricle wall 3x thicker than the right?
It has to pump blood to the systemic circulation, not just the pulmonary
How many cusps make up the tricuspid valve?
3
How many papillary muscles are found in the right ventricle?
3
What valve guards entry from the left atrium into the left ventricle?
Mitral
How many cusps are present in the mitral valve?
2
How many papillary muscles are found in the left ventricle?
2
What is the function of the papillary muscles?
Stop valve failure
Produce tension
What is the function of the chordae tendineae?
Stop valve failure
What supplies the heart wall with blood?
Left and right coronary arteries and their anastomosing branches
How is blood drained from the heart wall?
Cardiac veins almost entirely to the coronary sinus
What is the coronary sinus?
Wide venous channel on the posterior surface of the heart
Where does the coronary sinus drain into?
Right atrium
Where do the coronary arteries and cardiac veins lie?
Together in both the atrioventricular sulcus adn the interventricular sulci of the heart wall
What does the left coronary artery branch into?
Left anterior descending artery
Circumflex artery
From which part of the aorta do the coronary arteries arise?
Ascending aorta
What pair of coronary arteries anastomose in the coronary sulcus?
Right and left coronary arteries
What pair of coronary arteries anastomose in the interventricular sulcus?
Left anterior descending and posterior interventricular artery
What does the right coronary artery branch into?
Right marginal artery
Right posterior descending artery
What does the circumflex artery branch into?
Left marginal artery
Circumflex artery (continues)
Where are the coronary arteries initially distributed?
Embedded within the epicardium, then piercing the myocardium and giving off branches that surround each cardiac muscle cell
What are the origins in the ascending aorta for the coronary arteries called?
Right and left aortic sinuses
What does the anterior interventricular artery supply blood to?
Interventricular septum and anterior walls of both ventricles
What does the circumflex artery supply blood to?
Left atrium and posterior walls of the left ventricle
What does the right marginal artery supply blood to?
Lateral right side of heart (including right atrium)
What does the posterior interventricular artery supply blood to?
Posterior right ventricle walls
Where does the great cardiac vein lie?
Alongside the left anterior descending artery in the anterior interventricular groove
here does the middle cardiac vein lie?
Alongside the posterior descending artery in the posterior interventricular groove
Where does the small cardiac vein lie?
Alongside the right marginal artery near the righ inferior margin of the heart
Where does the coronary sinus lie?
Alongside the circumflex artery in the coronary sulcus on the posterior surface of the heart
Where does the coronary sinus drain directly into?
Right atrium
What are venae cordis minimae?
Small veins which drain the heart wall directly into each chamber of the heart
What are small veins which drain the heart wall directly into each chamber of the heart called?
Venae cordis minimae
What vertebrae level does the beginning and termination of the aortic arch occur?
T4
What vertebrae level does the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta occur?
L4
What vertebrae level does the bifurcation of the common iliac arteries occur?
L5
What branches occur from the ascending aorta?
Right coronary artery
Left coronary artery
What branches occur from the aortic arch?
Brachiocephalic trunk
Left common carotid artery
Left subclavian artery
What branches from the descending thoracic aorta?
Posterior intercostal arteries (only identifiable ones on wet specimen)
Bronchial arteries
Oesophageal arteries
Pericardial arteries
How do the arteries, veins and nerves supplying the chest wall occur?
Segmentally for each intercostal space being supplied in the form of a neurovascular bundle running anteriorly along the space
Where do the vessels of the neurovascular bundle arise from, or drain to?
Larger vessels that run vertically along the anterior and posterior chest wall
What chest wall arteries arise from the descending thoracic aorta?
Posterior intercostal arteries
What chest wall arteries arise from internal thoracic (mammary) artery?
Anterior intercostal arteries
What artery gives origin to the internal thoracic artery?
Subclavian arteries
Where does the internal thoracic artery lie?
Parasternally, being accompanied by the internal thoracic veins
Where do the anterior intercostal veins drain to?
Internal thoracic veins
What do the branches of the internal thoracic arteries supply?
Anterior intercostal arteries
Fibrous pericardium
Parietal pleura
Diaphragm
What do the arteries that arise from the abdominal aorta supply?
Diaphragm
Adrenals
Kidneys
Gonads
Gut tube