heart Flashcards
pump blood throughout the body
heart
heart location
mediastinum and pericardial cavity
2 layers of heart
fibrous pericardium and serous pericardium
heart wall: outermost layer
epicardium
heart wall: middle layer
myocardium
heart wall: innermost layer
endocardium
heart chamber: receives the blood from the brain
superior atria
heart chamber:pump blood away
inferior ventricles
separates the atrium
interatrial septum
separates ventricle
interventricular septum
grooves on the heart surface: separate the atria to ventricle
coronary sulcus
grooves on the heart surface: from coronary sulcus to Anterior
anterior intervetricular sulcus
grooves on the heart surface: from coronary sulcus to posterior surface of the heart
posterior interventricular sulcus
veins that carry blood to the heart
superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, coronary sinus, four pulmonary veins
arteries that carry blood away from the heart
pulmonary trunk, aorta, pulmonary arteries,