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Exam #3: Heart I Flashcards

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What is the Pericardium? Where does it attach & what does it contain?

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  • Double-walled fibroserous sac around the heart
  • Attached to the sternum
  • Contains the phrenic nerve
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What is the Fibrous Pericardium?

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  • Fuses the pericardium to the central tendon of the diaphragm (anchor)
  • V. inelastic/ thick
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What is the Serous Pericardium?

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  • Thin capillary layer of oily fluid that prevents friction
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What is the Parietal Pericardium?

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Fused to the internal surface of the fibrous pericardium

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What is the Visceral Pericardium?

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Epicardium

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What is the Pericardial Cavity?

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  • Potential space between the parietal pericardium and visceral layer
  • Contains a supply of serous fluid
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Transverse Pericardial Sinus

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  • Located posterior to the aorta & pulmonary trunk, but anterior to the SVC
  • A space where a finger can be inserted
  • Attachment point for CABG
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Oblique Pericardial Sinus

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  • A wide recess posterior to the heart

- Anterior to the SVC, IVC, & pulmonary veins

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Pericardiocentesis

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  • Insert needle into infrasternal angle (left of xiphoid process) or lingula to drain the pericardial sac in cardiac tamponade
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Pericardial Effusion

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Fluid accumulation in the percaridal sac

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Apex

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  • Left Ventricle
  • Located @ the left 5th intercostal space
  • Midclavicular line
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Base

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  • Posterior portion of the heart that sits toward the vertebral column
  • Esophagus is just posterior between heart & thoracic vertebrae
  • Left atrium & sinus venarum
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Sinus Venarum

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Smooth portion of the right ventricle

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Sternocostal Surface

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  • Anterior surface of the heart

- Right ventricle (sits just posterior to the sternum)

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Diaphragmatic Surface

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  • Portion of the heart that sits on the central tendon

- Left ventricle mostly, w/ minor contribution from the right ventricle

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Right Border

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  • Right 3rd costal cartilage to right 6th costal cartilage

- Right atrium

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Inferior Border

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  • Right 6th costal cartilage to left 5th intercostal space

- Right ventricle & apex of left ventricle

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Left Border

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  • Left 5th intercostal space to left 2nd intercostal space

- Left ventricle & left auricle

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Superior Border

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  • Left 2nd costal cartilage to right 3rd costal cartilage

- Left & Right Auricle

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Left Auricle

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Conus Arteriosus

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Right Auricle

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  • Ear-like conical muscular pouch that projects from the right atrium
  • Increases the capacity of the right atrium
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Coronary Sulcus

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  • Atrioventricular (groove between the atria & ventricles)

- Coronary arteries sit in this groove

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Anterior Interventircular Groove

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  • Groove between the right & left ventricles (anterior)

- Deep structure is the interventricular septum

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Posterior Interventricular Groove

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  • Groove between the right & left ventricles

- Sits on the diaphragmatic surface

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Opened Right Atrium

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  • Superior & Inferior Vena Cava
  • Sinus Venarum
  • Crista Terminalis
  • Pectinate Muscles
  • Interatrial Septum
  • Fossa Ovalis
  • Opening for the coronary sinus
  • Tricuspid Valve
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Superior Vena Cava

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Blood draining into the heart from superior to the diaphragm

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Inferior Vena Cava

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Blood draining into the heart from inferior to the diaphragm

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Sinus Venarum

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Crista Terminalis

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Pectinate Muscles

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Interatrial Septum

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Fossa Ovalis

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Only seen in the RA

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Tricuspid Valve

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Valve between the RA & RV

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Chordae Tendineae

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Tendons of the tricuspid valve

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Papillary Muscle

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Conus Arteriosus

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Semilunar Valve

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Moderator Band

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Specialized muscle cells that conduct the cardiac impulses

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Describe the surface of the left atrium.

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  • Very smooth w/ few pectinate muscles
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Bicuspid Valve

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  • Mitral Valve

- Opening from the LA to LV

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Aortic Vestibule

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  • Outflow part of the left ventricle
  • Area just prior to the aortic semilunar valves is the most clinically significant part b/c it is the thinnest–> most common area for VSD
43
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Trabeculae Carneae

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44
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Semilunar Valve

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Aortic

Pulmonary

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What causes heart sounds?

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Blood flow hitting a closed valve

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Lub Sound

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  • AV valves (tricuspid & mitral)

- Inflow

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Dub

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  • Semilunar valves

- Outflow

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Pulmonic Valve

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  • Right ventricle into the pulmonary artery

- Stethoscope at Left 2nd intercostal space

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Aortic Valve

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  • Left ventricle into the aorta

- Stethoscope at right 2nd intercostal space

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Mitral Valvue

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  • Left atrium to the left ventricle

- Stethoscope at apex/ left 5th intercostal space

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Tricuspid Valve

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  • Right atrium to right ventricle

- Stethoscope at right sternal border

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