Heart Flashcards
The anterior or sternocostal surface of the heart is made up of what part?
Right ventricle
Name the 2 parts of the pericardium.
The fibrous pericardium and the serous pericardium
Name the 3 main functions of the fibrous pericardium
Protection, attachment and prevention from over filling
What does the serous pericardium do?
Contains the fluid in the pericardial cavity which provides slip.
What is cardiac tamponade?
Infection or inflammation of the pericardium causing compression on the heart and reducing function
Name the 3 layers of the heart
Epicardium myocardium endocardium
What receives deoxygenated blood from the IVC and SVC?
Right atrium
The right atrium receives blood from where?
The IVC and SVC
Blood moves from the right atrium to the right ventricle through what?
The tricuspid valve
Name the 4 heart valves
Tricuspid mitral pulmonary aortic
Blood from where flows into the left atrium
Oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins
The right ventricle pumps blood where?
To the lungs via the pulmonary artery
The left ventricle pumps the blood where?
To the body via the aorta
What is the name for the rough ridges of muscle on the ventricle walls?
Trabeculae carnae
What are the trabeculae carnae?
The rough ridges of muscle on the ventricle walls
What is the conus arteriosus?
The funnel shaped area of smooth wall below the pulmonary valve in the right ventricle.
Name the funnel shaped area of smooth tissue in the right ventricle wall below the pulmonary valve
The conus arteriosus
The base of the heart is mostly formed by the ?
Left atrium
