Heart Flashcards
How many layers in heart wall
3
Outer layer of heart wall
Epicardium
Inner layer of heart wall
Endo cardium
Middle layer of heart wall
Myocardium
How many chambers in human heart
4
Function of atria
Receive blood
Function of ventricles
Pumps blood
Thicker myocardial layer
Atria or ventricles
Ventricles
Reason for thicker myocardial layer in ventricles
As it pumps out blood it has to be stronger
Right atrium received blood through
Superior and inferior venacava
In which chamber the fetus will have hole
Right atria
Blood from right atria flows to
Right ventricles
Blood flows into right ventricles through
Tricuspid valve
Right ventricle pumps the blood into
Lungs
Lungs receive blood through
Pulmonary artery