Heart And Cardiac Flashcards
What are the 4 covering of heart
Pericardium
Parietal pericardium:
Visceral pericardium:
Pericardial cavity:
What are the 4 covering of heart
Pericardium
Parietal pericardium:
Visceral pericardium:
Pericardial cavity:
double-layered sac that anchors and protects heart
Parietal Pericardium
membrane on heart’s surface
Visceral pericardium
space around heart
Pericardial cavity
3 heart layers
Myocardium
Epicardium
Endocardium
surface of heart (outside)
Epicardium
thick, middle layer composed of cardiac muscle
Myocardium
smooth, inner surface
Endocardium
•4 Chambers of heart
left atrium (LA)
right atrium (RA)
left ventricle (LV)
right ventricle (RV)
separates atria from ventricles
Coronary surcus
Upper portion; Holding chambers
• Small, thin walled, contract minimally to push blood into ventricles
Atria
Seprate left and right atria
Interatrial septum:
Lower portion; Pumping chambers
• Thick, strong walled, contract forcefully to propel blood out of heart
Ventricles
Separate left and right ventricles
Interventricular septum:
structures that ensure 1-way blood flow
Valves
between atria and ventricles
Atrioventricular valves (AV):
AV valve between RA and RV; 3 cusps
Tricuspid valve:
AV valve between LA and LV; 2 cusps
Bicuspid valve (mitral):
What are the two valves in Atrioventricular valves
Tricuspid and Bicuspid
base of pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary
base of aorta
Aortic
attached to AV valve flaps ; support valves
Chordae tendinee:
What happens when Bicuspid Valve is Open?
Blood flows from LA into LV.
Aortic semilunar valve is closed.
• Tension on chordae tendineae is low.
What happens when Bicuspid Valve is Closed?
Blood flows from LV into aorta.
Aortic semilunar valve is open.
Tension on chordae tendineae is high.
carries blood from heart to lungs
• blood is 02 poor, COz rich
Pulmonary Circuit
RIGHT SIDE OF HEART: Pulmonary circuit
receives blood from 3 places:
of lungs where
superior and inferior vena cava and coronary
gas exchange occurs
Sinus
Right atrium
drains blood above diaphragm (head, neck, thorax, upper limbs)
Superior vena cava
drains blood below diaphragm (abdominopelvic cavity and lower limbs)
Inferior venacava
drains blood from myocardium
Coronary sinus
carries blood from heart to body
• blood is 02 rich, CO2 poor
Systemic Circuit
LEFT SIDE OF HEART: Systemic circuit:
openings (pulmonary veins) that receive blood from lungs
Left atrium
opens into aorta
• thicker, contracts more forcefully, higher blood pressure than right ventricle has to get to body
Left ventricle
carries blood from Left Ventricle to body
Aorta
BLOOD SUPPLIES
supply blood to heart wall
• originate from base of aorta (above aortic semilunar valve)
Coronary arteries
has 3 branches
supply blood to anterior heart wall and left ventricle
Left coronary artery
originates on right side of aorta o supply blood to right ventricle
Right coronary artery
Changes in membrane channels’ permeability are responsible for producing action potentials and is called?
pacemaker potential.
What are two Depolarization phase:
Nat channels open
- Ca? channels open
What are two Depolarization phase:
Nat channels open
- Ca? channels open
Na channels close
Ca^2 channels reamain open
Some K channels open
Plateau phase:
K + open
Ca^2+ close
Repolarization phase
contraction of atria and ventricles by cardiac muscle cells
Conduction System