Heart Flashcards
which intercostal space do you insert pericardiocentesis to relieve cardiac tampanode
left 5th or 6th ICS parasternal line
which chamber of the heart forms most of the inferior surface?
left ventricle
which chamber of the heart forms most of the posterior surface of the heart?
left atrium
when does development of the heart tube occur?
4th week of iul
what does sinus venosus develop into?
smooth part of atria and coronary sinus
what does the primitive atria develop into?
rough part of atria (auricles)
what does primitive ventricle develop into?
rough part of ventricles
what does bulbos cordis develop into?
smooth part of ventricles
what does truncus arteriosus develop into?
pulmonary trunk and aorta
myocardium in which chamber of the heart is thickest?
left ventricle
myocardium in which chamber of the heart is thinnest?
R and L atria
what are in the subendocardial layer?
arteries, veins, and purkinje fibers
what are in the subepicardial layer?
arteries, nerves, nerve ganglia
which septa are membraneous? which are are muscular?
atrial septum- membraneous
ventricular septum- membraneous (upper), muscular (lower)
what are the main blood supply to the pericardium?
pericardiacophrenic artery (from internal thoracic a) musculophrenic artery
what artery supplies the epicardium?
coronary a