Heart Flashcards
Heart
Major function of the cardiovascular system
Transportation
Delivery route is through the heart…
vessels
Transport medium of the heart is through
blood
outermost loose fitting, superficial part of the sac
fibrous pericardium
What is the double sac wall that encloses the heart
pericardium
What are the roles of the fibrous pericaridum?
Protects the heart, anchors the heart to surrounding structures, prevents overfilling the heart with blood.
Deep to the fibrous pericardium
serous pericardium
lines the internal surface of the fibrous pericardium
pariteal layer
At the base of the heart the parietal layer reflect back covering the external surface of the heart
Visecreal layer or epipericardium
What two layers make up the serous pericardium?
Partieal layer and visecreal layer
What are the three layers that make up the walls of the heart
epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
The outer layer, which is also the visceral pericardium“upon the heart”
epicardium
Known as the “heart muscle”
Myocardium
Middle and thickest layer composed mainly of cardiac muscle
Myocardium
Known as the “inside of the heart”
Endocardium
Inner lining that covers the heart valves and is continuous with the inner lining of the great vessels
Endocardium
Continuous with the endothelial lining of blood vessels
Endocardium
How many chambers are in the heart
4