Heart Flashcards
Makes up the Cardiovascular System
Heart, Blood Vessels and Blood
Right side of Heart pumps blood to the lungs and back to the L.side of the heart through vessels of__?
Pulmonary Circulation
Left side of the heart pumps blood to all other tissues of the body and back to the right side of the heart through vessels of__?
Systemic Circulation
Blunt rounded point of the heart
Apex
Larger, flat part at the opposite end of the heart
Base
Heart, Tranchea, Esophagus and ass.structures firma midline partition called__?
Pericardial Cavity
Outer layer of pericardium and composed of tough, fibrous conn.tissue
Fibrous Pericardium
Inner layer and consists of flat epithelial cells with a thin layer of conn.tissue
Serous Pericardium
Lines the fibrous pericardium
Parietal Pericardium
Covers the heart surface
Visceral Pericardium
Located at the base of the heart
Atria (Atrium)
Extended from the base of the heart toward the apex
Ventricles
Seperating the atria from the ventricles
Coronary Sulcus
Varru blood to the Right Atrium
Superior Vena Cava and Inferior Vena Cava
Four___ carry blood from the lungsto the Left Atrium
Pulmonary Veins
___, arising from the right ventricle, splits into the right & left ___ pumlonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs
Pulmonary Trunk, Pulmunary Arteries
Arising from the L.Ventricle, carries blood to the rest of the body
Aorta
Function of Atria
Resevoirs, where blood returning from veins collects before it enters the ventricles
Two types of heart valves
Atrioventricular(AV) valve and Semilunar Valves
AV valve between the R.Atrium and R.Ventricle s called___?
Tricuspid Valve
AV valve between L.Atrium and L.Ventricle is called___?
Bicuspid Valve
Drain blood from cardiac muscle
Cardiac Veins
Three layers of tissue in Heart Wall
Epicardium, Myocardium and Endocardium
Thin serous membrane forming smooth outer surface of the heart; also called___?
Epicardium; Visceral Pericardium
Thick, middle layer of the heart, composed of cardiac muscle cells; responsible for contra tion of heart chambers
Myocardium
Smooth inner surface of the heart, allows blood to move easily throigh the heart
Endocardium
Ridges and columns of cardiac muscle
Trabeculae Carneae
Speciwlized cell-to-cell contacts; Prevents cells from pulling apart
Intercalated Disks
Allow cytoplasm to flow which enables a.potentials to pass quickly and easily from ome cell to another
Gap Junctions
Conduction System of the Heart
Sinoatrial Node, Atrioventricular Node, Atrioventricular Bundle, Bundle Branches and Purkinje Fibers
Functions as the heart’s pacemaker
Sinoatrial Node (SA)
Repitative pumping process
Cardiac Cycle
Contraction of the two atria
Atrial Systole
Contraction of the two ventricles
Ventricular Systole
Relaxation of the two atria
Relaxation of the two ventricles
Atrial Diastole; Ventricular Diastole