Heart Flashcards
What does the cardiovascular system consist of ?
heart, blood and blood vessels
How many times des the heart beats?
100k times per day
How many times does the heart beat per lifetime?
2.9 Billion
How many circuits is the heart lined with the CV system ?
2 Main circuits
Carries blood to and from the lungs to the heart
Pulmonary Circuit
Transports blood to and through the body (heart to tissues and back to the heart
Systemic circuit
Arteries carry blood ?
Away from heart and towards tissues
Veins to heart
Away from tissue
Great Vessels
Largest veins and arteries
Capillaries
Smallest
How many chambers does the heart has? (cut half of the coronal plane)
4 chambers
Left atrium and Left ventricles
L- atrium collects blood from pulmonary circuit dumps into L- ventricle
R- atrium collects blood from __ and dumps into ___
systemic circuit; R- ventricle
What contracts first in the heart then what ?
The atria’s contract first, then ventricles.
What’s the outer muscle of the heart?
Epicardium ( Visceral pericardium)
What’s the middle muscle of the heart?
Myocardium - spiral bundles of muscles
What’s the inner muscle of the heart?
Endocardium ( simple squamous cells)
Outer _____ pericardium prevents overfilling. helps to protect
Fibrous
The heart is surrounded by ____ to protect it from friction ?
pericardial sac
Inner ____ pericardium
Serous
Outer parietal layer, inner visceral layer (epicardium)
Increases fluid in pericardial space when infected
Pericarditis
Deep groove on the border between atria/ventricles
Coronary Sulcus
Expandable extension of the atrium “ Ear-like”
Auricle
The posterior interventricular sulcus contains ?
Fat pads (stripped to see cardiac vessels)
The Anterior interventricular sulcus is the ???
Boundary between L and R ventricles
What type of tissue is the Myocardium?
Connective tissue of the heart
Cells are wrapped in elastic sheath- adjacent cells crosslinked
-Provide physical support
-Distributes force of contractions
-Prevent overextension
-Provides recoil effect
Ventricles are separated by ?
Atrioventricular septum— Big muscle right in the middle
What separates the atriums?
Thinner Inter-atrial septum
What valve separates the atriums from their ventricle ??
Atrioventricular valve
what valve is in the Right atrium?
Tricuspid valve
This valve is in the Left atrium
Mitral (bi-cuspid valve)
There are one-way valves to help direct blood flow and prevent backflow and to ensure proper pressure and gradient flow
Located in between the aorta and L ventricle and pulmonary vein and R ventricle
Semilunar valves
What muscle is on the posterior right side of the atrium and interatrial septum?
Pectinate muscles
What muscle arises from the ridges to to anchor the chordae tendinea whose job is to pull on the tricuspid valve and bicuspid valve?
Papillary muscle
This section -muscle ridges- prevents overdistention, increased performance, prevents suction.
Trabeculae Carneae
What Atrium receives blood from superior and inferior vena cava
Right Atrium
From Head, neck, upper limbs, and chest
Superior vena cava
Trunk, viscera lower limbs
Inferior vena cava
____ connects L and R atriums in embryonic stages- closed at birth- left over depression called _____
Foramen Ovale; Fossa Ovalis
What atrium receives blood from L and R pulmonary veins?
Left Atrium
Why does blood move from atrium to ventricles ?
trabeculae carnae are more prominent
Ventricle muscle is much thicker on ???
Left than Right because contractile force is needed
This valve prevents backflow into the atrium from ventricles ?
Atrioventricular valves
Ventricle contraction causes papillary muscle contraction and the AV valves swing closed to prevent backflow- chordae tendinea tense- prevents AV valves from swinging up into atria
Regurgitation