exam 2 Flashcards
Oxygenated Blood top
veins, LA, LV, aorta, ateries
Deoxygenated Blood Bottom
vena cava, veins, RA, RV, arteries
Layers of the heart
pericardium (fibrous, parietal, [fluid layer], visceral), myocardium (muscular), endocardium
Chambers
two atrias, two ventricles
Valves
into and out of ventricles
Two atrioventricular valves
tricuspid and bicuspid (mitral)
Two semilunar valves:
pulmonary and aortic
heart location
in the middle mediastinum
: protects the heart and anchors it
the pericardium
is a very dense and non-flexible connective tissue
fibrous pericardium
the serous pericardium contains
the parietal and visceral layers
attached to fibrous layer
parietal layer
outer surface of the heart wall.
(epicardium) visceral layer
lubricates the space between the visceral and parietal pericardium.
pericardial fluid
the endocardium contains
endothelium (simple squamous epithelial tissue)
right atrium and right ventricle, deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs for oxygenation
right heart
eft atrium and left ventricle, oxygenated pulmonary blood from the lungs to the body
(systemically)
left heart
which heart is stronger
left heart
“top part of the heart” has a weak or strong pump
weak
the main pump for the pulmonary and systemic circuits.
“bottom part of the heart”: right and left ventricles
blood flow goes from
high to low pressure
what controls blood flow
the valves of the heart
- allow blood to flow from atria into ventricles.
- prevent blood flowing from ventricles to atria
atrioventricular valves
- allow blood to flow from ventricles into arteries.
- prevent blood flowing from arteries to ventricles
Outflow (semilunar) valves
right side of heart contains what AV valve
tricuspid
left side of heart contains what AV valve
bicuspid valve or mitral valve
are strong, fibrous connections between the valve leaflets and the papillary muscles
chordae tendinae
attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves via the chordae tendineae and contract to prevent inversion or prolapse of these valves on systole (or ventricular contraction).
papillary muscles
Cardiac Muscle Tissue
striated, one nucleus, fibers are shorter and branched, and connect/communicate via gap junctions in intercalated discs
Contractions of the heart (heartbeats) are controlled by specialized cardiac muscle cells called pacemaker cells that directly control heart rate.
autorhythmicity
_____% of all of the muscle cells of the heart form cardiac conduction system.
1
spontaneously depolarize a certain amount of time after repolarizing
myocytes
the pacemaker of the heart
the SA node (sinoatrial)
the SA node location
right atrial wall below superior vena cava
cardiac conduction order
SA node, AV node, AV bundles (bundle of HIS), right and left bundle branches (located on interventricular septum), Purkinje fibers, regular myocardium in ventricles
_____ period in cardiac muscle is longer than the contraction
refractory