Heart and the Pericardium Flashcards
Circulation elements (13)
pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, lung, heart, heart base, heart apex, 4 chambers, 2 sides, arteries, veins, arterioles, venules, capillary bed
Heart chambers (4)
right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle
Heart great vessels (9)
ascending aortta, arch of aorta, deescending aorta, superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, left pulmonary arteries, right pulmonary arteries, left pulmonary veins, right pulmonary veins
pouching in the pericardium folding on itself
pericardial sinuses
pericardial sinuses (2)
transverse and oblique
heart surface anatomy (11)
small cardiac vein, inferior margin, apex, obtuse margin, anterior interventricular groove, great cardiac vein, anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery, auricles, coronary sinus, sulcus terminalis
nerves running anterior to heart
phrenic nerves
double layer membrane around heart
serous pericardium
heart layer elements (8)
visceral layer, parietal layer, pericardial space, fibrous pericardium, central tendon of diaphragm, endocardium, myocardium, epicardium
another name for epicardium
visceral layer of serous pericardium
where is heart pain referred to (2)
thoracic walls and proximal upper arms
visceral sensory fibres from the heart enter at
T1-T4
parasympathetic nerve supply to the heart (3)
decreases HR, vagus nerve, parasympathetic cardiac nerves
sympathetic nerve supply to the heart (6)
increases HR, increases force of contraction, preganglionic fibres T1-T4, postganglionic fibres from cervical and upper thoracic sympathetic ganglia, sympathetic cardiac nerves, cardiac plexus
Heart valves open in diastole
tricuspid and mitral
Heart valves open in systole
aortic and pulmonary
heart valves (4)
pulmonary semilunar, aortic semilunar, mitral, tricuspid
heart valves connected by
fibroskeleton
mitral valve leaflets (3)
anterior 1-3 and posterior 1-3
tricuspid valve leaflets (3)
anterior, septal, posterior