Heart Anatomy

Question 1

where is the heart located?

Answer 1

laterally by lungs, posterior by ventural column

Question 2

what body cavities is the heart found in?

Answer 2

central body cavity, pericardial cavity

Question 3

what layer is also called the visceral pericardium

Answer 3

epicardium

Question 4

what layer lines the heart chambers?

Answer 4

endocardium

Question 5

what layer contains cardiac muscle?

Answer 5

myocardium

Question 6

what 2 layers make up the serous membrane that surrounds the heart?

Answer 6

parietal pericardium and epicardium

Question 7

does the right side of the heart receive blood from the body or lungs?

Answer 7

body

Question 8

the right side of the heart pumps blood to the?

Answer 8

lungs

Question 9

is the right side blood oxygenated or deoxygenated ?

Answer 9

deoxygenated

Question 10

what does it mean when the heart is autorhythmic?

Answer 10

the heart doesn’t need nerves to control the heart beat.

Question 11

what controls the action potentials in the heart?

Answer 11

sinoatrial node