Exam 1 - Cardiac Anatomy, CVP, Coronary Blood Flow Flashcards
What does the right and left vagus nerve innervate?
Right vagus = SA node
Left vagus = AV node
What is the name of the layer directly attached to the myocardium?
What is it’s function?
- The serous pericardium, visceral layer
- It’s very stretchy and allows for heart movement during the filling and ejection
What is the most superficial layer of the heart?
What are it’s characteristics?
Fibrous pericardium
Very tough and rigid
What is the name of the layer attached to the inside of the fibrous pericardium?
Serous pericardium, parietal layer
What is 1 and 2?
- Serous pericardium, parietal layer
- Fibrous pericardium
What are the 2 ions that move through gap junctions?
Na+ primarily, some Ca++
How are the epicardium and endocardium arranged?
Perpindicular to one another so that during contraction, they twist in opposite directions, like wringing out a towel
What are the other names for valves?
Cusps or leaflets
How are the AV valves connected to the heart?
Why is the purpose of these valve connections?
Valves are attached to chordae tendineae
Chaordae tendineae attach to papillary muscles that are a part of the ventricular muscle
The papillary muscles contract with the ventricle preventing displacement of the valves
What is a normal EF for our class?
SV/EDV
70mL/120mL = .58 or 58%
What is 1-3 in the picture below?
- Mitral Valve
- Anterior cusp
- Posterior cusp
What is 12 - 15 in the picture below?
- Tricsupid valve
- Anterior cusp
- Septal cusp
- Posterior cusp
What is 4-7 in the below picture?
- Pulmonary valve
- Right cusp
- Anterior cusp
- Left cusp
What is 8-11 in the below picture?
- Aortic valve
- Left cusp
- Right cusp
- Posterior cusp
Where do the coronary arteries attach to the aorta?
The right coronary artery branches off the right cusp
The left coronary artery branches off the left cusp
What is important about the shape of the aortic valves?
They are concave and act as “bowls” to direct blood that is in the aorta into the coronary arteries during diastole