HEART Flashcards
The Pericardium
i. fibrous pericardium:
the layered, protective membranes surrounding the heart
The Pericardium
ii. Serous pericardium (3 layers):
- parietal layer (outer)- deep to the fibrous pericardium
- pericardial cavity- filled with lubricating serous fluid
- visceral layer- inner most layer: adheres to the heart wall, AKA epicardium
The heart wall
Epicardium- AKA the visceral pericardium, reduces friction
Myocardium- composed of cardiac muscle
Endocardium- lines the inside of the heart chambers
Chambers of the heart (atria)
atria: receiving chambers (entry point of blood)
- right atrium
a. receives deoxygenated blood from: SVC, IVC, & Coronary sinus
b. sends deoxygenated blood to right ventricle via the tricuspid valve
Chambers of the heart (atria)
atria: receiving chambers (entry point of blood)
- Left atrium
a. receives oxygenated blood from: 4 pulmonary veins
b. sends oxygenated blood to the left ventricle via the bicuspid or mitral valve
Chambers of the heart (atria)
atria: receiving chambers (entry point of blood)
- Pectinate muscles: in right and left atria; comb like atrial wall muscles
Chambers of the heart (atria)
atria: receiving chambers (entry point of blood)
- Interatrial septum: anatomical wall that separates the atria
Chambers of the heart (atria)
atria: receiving chambers (entry point of blood)
- Fossa ovalis: indentation, used to be the foramen ovalis as fetuses
Chambers of the heart (ventricle)
Ventricles: “ejecting chambers”
- right ventricle - pulmonary circuit system: pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
a. receives deoxygenated blood from: right atrium via the tricuspid valve
b. sends deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary trunk via the pulmonary valve –> pulmonary arteries –> lungs
Chambers of the heart (ventricle)
Ventricles: “ejecting chambers”
- left ventricles- systemic pump: pumps the oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
a. received oxygenated blood from: left atrium via the bicuspid or mitral valve
b. sends oxygenated blood to: aorta via the aortic valve –> systemic circuit (rest of body)
Chambers of the heart (ventricle)
Ventricles: “ejecting chambers”
- trabeculae carneae: ventricular wall muscles
Chambers of the heart (ventricle)
Ventricles: “ejecting chambers”
- papillary muscles: nipple-shaped muscles that anchor the chordae tendineae
Chambers of the heart (ventricle)
Ventricles: “ejecting chambers”
- chordae tendineae: tendinous cords that pull valves open
Chambers of the heart (ventricle)
Ventricles: “ejecting chambers”
- interventricular septum: anatomical wall that separates the ventricles
heart valves
atrioventricular valves (AV valves) [between the atria and ventricles]
- tricuspid valve: the right av valve
- bicuspid or mitral valve: the left av valve
- when ventricles relax: they are open
- when ventricles contract: they are closed
heart valves
semilunar valves (SL valves) [at the base of major arteries]
- pulmonary valve: between right ventricle and pulmonary trunk
- aortic valve: between the left ventricle and aorta
- when ventricles relax: they are closed
- when ventricles contract: they are open
Pulmonary circuit (is the blood going from your heart to your lungs and back to the heart)
deoxygenated blood from the SVC, IVC, and CS enter the right atrium.