Heart and Vessels Flashcards
1
Q
What is vasculogenesis?
A
The formation of new blood vessels
2
Q
What is angiongenesis
A
The formation of blood vessels from existing ones
3
Q
What is the sinus venosus
A
where the veins to the heart come together
4
Q
What is the truncus arteriosus?
A
An arterial trunk that becomes the aorta and pulmonary artery
5
Q
What is the bulbos cordis?
A
This gives rise the ventricles of the heart
6
Q
What forms the division between the Land R chambers and what happens when there is a defect in this process?
A
Atrio-ventricular canal
The ventricles become linked
7
Q
What divides the primitve atrium?
A
Septum primum
8
Q
What is an ostium primum defect?
A
Defect in the atrial septum
9
Q
What are the symptoms of Fallots Tetrology?
A
Overiding aorta
LVH
Shut
PA stenosus
