Heart Anatomy Flashcards
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pericardium encloses
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- heart and roots of great vessels
2
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external sac of pericardium
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- fibrous pericardium
3
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internal sac of pericardium
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- serous pericardium
4
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fibrous pericardium composed of
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- tough connective tissue
5
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fibrous pericardium continuous with
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- adventitia of great vessels
6
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fibrous pericardium attached to
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- central tendon of diaphragm as well as sternum
7
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fibrous pericardium supplied by
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- internal thoracic (pericardiacophrenic and muscuophrenic) and inferior phrenic arteries
- as well as aorta
8
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pain in fibrous pericardium conveyed by
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- general sensory fibers of phrenic nerve
9
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parietal layer of serous pericardium lines
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- inner surface of fibrous pericardium
10
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visceral layer of pericardium called
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- epicardium
11
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visceral layer of pericardium adheres
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- adheres to heart and forms outer covering
12
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the parietal and serous layers are continuous with
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- one another around the large arteries and around the large veins
13
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coronary sulcus
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- atrioventricular sulcus
- encircles heart dividing atria from ventricles
14
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anterior and posterior inter ventricular sulci
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- separate two ventricles
15
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right border of the heart
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- right atrium
16
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left border of the heart
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- left auricle
- left ventricle
17
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anterior surface of heart
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- right ventricle
18
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posterior surface of heart
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- left atrium
- in the back and out of view