Heart (FINAL) Flashcards
Region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs
Mediastinum

Mediastinum

apex
most posterior surface

base
3.

visceral pericardium
2.

parietal pericardium
Fluid found within 3

serous fluid
paricardial cavity
A liquid that acts as a lubricant for the movement of the heart. It is found in small quantities between the two layers of the pericardium.
serous fluid
1.

fibrous pericardium
6.

fibrous pericardium
Pericarditis
A swelling and irritation of the thin saclike membrane surrounding the heart (pericardium).
5.

myocardium
I

myocardium

fibrous skeleton

chordae tendinae
c.

papillary muscle

cordae tendinae and papillar muscles

The trabeculae carneae are muscular columns covering much of the inner surfaces of the ventricles.

endocardium (flap)

pectinate muscles (musculi pectinati) are parallel ridges in the walls of the atria of the heart. They resemble the teeth of a comb,

left coronary artery

right coronary artery

pulmonary veins left

posterior interventricular artery

posterior sulcus
anterior interventricular artery

circumflex artery

left coronary artery