Heart dissection Flashcards
Functions (thanks ash)
Supplies blood in upper extremities
Brachiocephalic trunk
Return deoxygenated blood to the heart from head and arms
Superior vena cava
Transfer of deoxygenated blood to the right lung for rexoygenation
Right pulmonary artery
Help the heart deliver oxygen-rich blood in the body
Ascending aorta
Deoxygenated blood from the heart to lungs
Pulmonary trunk
Drain oxygen rich blood from right lung to left atriu
Right pulmonary veins
Receives oxygen poor blood
Right atrium
Supplies blood to right ventricle and right atrium
Right coronary artery
Drain the upper anterior portion of the myocardium of the right ventricle
Anterior cardiac vein
Accepts venous blood and propels to the lungs to be oxygenated
Right ventricle
Provide blood supply to the lateral portion of right ventricle
Marginal artery
Drains part right atrium and right ventricle
Small cardiac vein
Transport of almost all venous blood from the lower extremities back to the right side of the heart for reoxygenation
Inferior vena cava
Send oxygen rich blood to organs and tissues in head and neck
Left common carotid artery
Supplies blood to left arm
Left subclavian artery