Heart and vessels Flashcards
Layers of PC
Are inseparable.
1) Inner parietal serous pericardium
2) Middle fibrous pericardium
3) Outer pericardial mediastinal pluera
Phrenicoparicardial Ligament
The continuation of the fibrous pericardium to the sternum and diaphragm
Auricular surface
Faces the left thoracic wall. Because the tips of the two auricles project on this side. Aorta bends to the right.
Atrial surface
Faces the right thoracic wall (the right ventricle winds across the cranial surface from the atrial surface). Aorta bends to the left.
Sulcus coronarius
Groove that lies between the atria and ventricles and contains coronary vessels and fat
Sulcus interventricularis paraconalis
A groove running transversally on the auricular surface. Longer and more distinct than the subsinuosal. Begins at the base of the pulmonary trunk. Contains the paraconal interventricular branch of the left coronary a.
The blood circulating through heart
Body -> v.cava cr.+cau. ->(A.pulmonalis)-> RA -> RV (O2 down) -> P -> LV (O2 up) -> LA -> Ao. -> Body
The four openings into the Sinus Venarum of the RA
1) V.cava cau.
2) Sinus coronarius
3) V. cava. cr.
4) Ostrium atrioventricularie dextrum
Sulcus interventricularis subsinuosis
A groove ventral to the coronary sinus on the atrial surface of the heart
Tuberculum intervenosum
A transverse ridge of tissue between the two caval openings of the interatrial septum. It diverts the inflowing blood from the two caval veins toward the Ostrium atrioventricularie dextrum.
Fossa Ovalis and Foramen Ovale
A depression caudal to the intervenous tubercle. It is the remnant opening of the foramen ovale, which in fetus allows blood to pass from the right to the left atrium.
Pectinate Muscles
Interlacing muscular bands which strengthen the interior wall of the right auricle. They radiate to the auricle from the crista terminalis. They are also located on the lateral wall of the atrium proper.
Endocardium
A thin membrane lining the internal surface of the heart which is continued in the blood vessels as the endothelium-lined tunica intima.
Crista Terminalis
A smooth-surfaced, thick portion of heart muscle shaped like a semi-lunar crest at the entrance to the auricle. Pectinate muscles radiate from this crest to the auricle.
Ostrium atrioventriculare (dext. et sin.)
An opening that allows communication between the atriums and ventricles. It contains the atrioventricular valve.