Heart Flashcards
The heart is the size of a ____ and the shape of a ______
Fist
Cone
Pointed part of the heart:
Apex
Pericarditis
Swelling of the epicardium (outer layer of the heart)
Also called visceral pericardium
Epicardium
Thick muscle layer
Myocardium
Continuous with the inner lining of blood vessels
Endocardium
Innermost layer
Endocardium
Middle layer
Myocardium
Composed of simple squamous epithelium and some connective tissue
Endocardium
Receiving chambers
Atriums
Discharging chambers
Ventricles
Structure dividing chambers
Septum
The right side is pulmonary circuit, meaning:
Oxygen poor blood enters right side and gets exchanged in the lungs
Systemic circulation
Left side of heart
Brings blood to the entire body
How many valves does the heart have?
4
Function of heart valves
Prevent back flow of blood
Where are AV valves located
Between atrial and ventrical chambers
Function of semilunar valves
Anchor the AV valves to the walls of the ventricles
What happens to the semilunar valves when the heart is resting?
They hang limply
How does the myocardium get nourished
By the left and right coronary arteries
What carries blood to the right atrium
Super vena cava and inferior vena cava
Right atrium pumps blood into
Right ventricle
Right ventricle pumps blood to
Pulmonary arteries
What carries blood to the left atrium
Pulmonary veins
Pumps blood into left ventricle
Left atrium
Pumps blood into aorta
Left ventricle
Carries blood to entire body
Aorta
Tricuspid
Prevents back flow of blood from the r ventricle to the r atrium
Bicuspid
Prevents back flow of blood from l ventricle to l atrium