GROSS ANATOMY OF THE HEART Flashcards
PERICARDIUM IS A ___ LAYER OF ___ SAC.
DOUBLE
FIBROSEROUS
PERICARDIUM COVERS THE ___ AND ___.
HEART
ROOT OF GREAT VESSELS
THE FUNCTION OF PERICARDIUM ARE (2)
RESTRICT THE EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE HEART
LUBRICATE CHAMBER WHEN DIFFERENT PART OF THE HEART CONTRACT
STATE THE 2 LAYERS OF PERICARDIUM
FIBROUS LAYER
SEROUS LAYER
FIBROUS LAYER IS THE ___ LAYER OF THE HEART.
OUTERMOST
FIBROUS LAYER COMPOSED OF ___ AND IT IS ANCHORED TO THE ___.
FIBROUS TISSUE
THORACIC CAVITY
THE BASE OF THE FIBROUS LAYER IS TIGHTLY BOUND TO THE ___.
THE NECK OF THE FIBROUS LAYER IS FUSED WITH THE ___.
THE FIBROUS LAYER IS ATTACHED TO THE ___.
- CENTRAL TENDON OF THE DIAPHRAGM
- ADVENTITIA OF THE GREAT VESSELS
- STERNUM ANTERIORLY BY THE STERNOPERICARDIAL LIGAMENT
THE FUNCTION OF THE FIBROUS LAYER IS TO ___.
TO PROTECT THE HEART FROM OVERFILLING OF BLOOD AND INFECTIONS
SEROUS LAYER IS THE LAYER BETWEEN THE ___ AND ___.
FIBROUS PERICARDIUM AND THE HEART.
PARIETAL LAYER OF SEROUS PERICARDIUM LINES THE ___ ASPECT OF THE FIBROUS PERICARDIUM.
INNER
VISCERAL LAYER OF SEROUS PERICARDIUM IS THE ___ OF THE HEART
EPICARDIUM
BOTH PARIETAL LAYER AND FIBROUS LAYER OF THE SEROUS PERICARDIUM CONTINOUS AT THE ___.
ROOT OF THE GREAT VESSELS
INSIDE THE PERICARDIAL CAVITY, THERE IS ___.
PERICARDIAL FLUID
SEROUS LAYER IS SUBDIVIDED INTO ___ AND ___
VISCERAL LAYER
PARIETAL LAYER
PERICARDIAL SINUS IS A ___.
PASSAGE FROM THE REFLECTIONS OF SEROUS PERICARDIUM AT THE ROOT OF GREAT VESSELS.
STATE THE TYPES OF PERICARDIAL SINUS AND DESC IT.
- TRANSVERSE PERICARDIAL SINUS.
- POSTERIOR TO ASCENDING AORTA AND PULMONARY TRUNK
- ANTERIOR TO THE SVC - OBLIQUE PERICARDIAL SINUS.
- AN INVERTED U RECESS POSTERIOR TO THE BASE
- REFLECTED AROUND THE IVC AND PULMONARY VEIN
STATE THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRANSVERSE PERICARDIAL SINUS.
FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (CABG)
STATE THE INNERVATION OF THE PERICARDIUM.
- PHRENIC NERVE
FIBROUS PERICARDIUM AND PARIETAL LAYER OF THE SEROUS PERICARDIUM - VAGUS NERVE AND SYMPATHETIC TRUNK (VASOMOTOR)
VISCERAL LAYER OF THE SEROUS PERICARDIUM
STATE THE SHAPE OF THE HEART AND ITS LOCATION
SHAPE: PYRAMIDAL IN SHAPE (THE SIZE OF A FIST)
LOCATION:
- IN THE MIDDLE MEDIASTINUM ENCOLSED IN A PERICARDIUM
- OBLIQUELY BEHIND THE STERNUM
- POSITION RELATIVE TO MIDLINE:
= 1/3 TO THE RIGHT
= 2/3 TO THE LEFT
STATE THE RELATIONS OF THE HEART.
ANTERIOR - BODY OF THE STERNUM, 3- 6 COSTAL CARTILAGE AND INTERCOSTAL SPACE
POSTERIOR - T5-T8 THORACIC VERTEBRAE, OESOPHAGUS AND THORACIC AORTA
LATERAL - MEDIASTINAL PLEURA, PHRENIC NERVE
INFERIOR - DIAPHRAGM, FUNDUS OF THE STOMACH, LIVER