Heart Flashcards
Surfaces of the heart:
- Anterior (Sternocostal)
- Posterior
- Right pulmonary surface
- Left pulmonary surface
- Inferior surface
- Right ventricle
- Base of heart = LA and some RA
- Right atria
- Left ventricle
- Left and right ventricles
Base vs. Apex of Heart
- Structures included
- Point of Maximum Impulse (PMI)
- Base: top of heart & posterior (LA and some RA)
Apex = bottom & anterior (Left ventricle)
- Apex deep to 5th intercostal space at midclavicular line
PMI = Apex (Left ventricle)
Diastole vs. Systole
What happens with ventricle and energy
Diastole: Ventricular filling (passive flow down)
Systole: Ventricular emptying (energy required)
What prevents prolapse of blood during systole?
Papillary muscles contract to hold valves closed during chordae tendinae
What are the two external grooves of the heart?
What vessels do these grooves contain?
Coronary sulcus: between atria and ventricles (right coronary artery & circumflex artery)
Interventricular sulcus: between left and right ventricles (Contain the LAD)
What are the two internal divisions of the heart?
Interatrial septum: separate left and right atria
Interventricular septum: separate left and right ventricles
What are the two parts of the interventricular septum?
Membranous and Muscular
Right atrium:
- Which vessels go in
- What is the rough section called?
- SVC, IVC, and coronary sinus (inferior)
- pectinate muscle
What is the crista terminalis?
Smooth muscle ridge that divides muscle in right atrium
Anterior: rough pectinate muscles from primitive atrium
Posterior: smooth parts of the right atrium (dervied from sinus venosus)
Identify parts of right ventricle
What vessels go into left atrium?
4 pulmonary veins (2 from each lung)
What is the rough muscle in the left ventricle called?
trabeculae carneae
AV valves:
- Two types
- How does it close
- Tricuspid (between RA and RV) and Biscuspid=mitral (between LA and LV)
- At Systole: Close when papillary muscles contract to tighten chordinae tendinae
Semilunar valves:
- Two types
- How do they close
- Pulmonary (RV to pulmonary trunk) and aortic valve (LV to aorta)
- Close passively when the 3 sinuses are filled and came together at nodules during backflow
When do the coronary arteries fill?
During ventricular relaxation: Sinus contains two coronary artery openings