Heart and Great vessels Flashcards
-Heart (surface markings, heart valves, electrical excitation) -Pericardium (fibrous and serous layers/ cardiac tamponade and pericarditis) -Coronary arteries (origin, course and functional consequences of their obstruction) -Great vessels (course of great arteries, veins and the azygos venous system)
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Outline the direction of blood flow through the heart
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Right atrium = via the superior/inferior venae vacae (body) and the coronary sinus (heart)
Right ventricle = outflow to the pulmonary trunk
Left atrium = blood from the pulmonary veins (lungs)
Left ventricle = towards the ascending aorta
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Q
Describe the similarities and differences between the left and right atria
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RIGHT ATRIUM
Limbus of fossa ovalis, Fossa ovalis, Right auricle, Crista terminalis, Musculi pectinati,
LEFT ATRIUM
Valve of foramen ovale, Left auricle, mitral valve, Pulmonary veins,
