Heart (Interior View) Flashcards

1
Q

Coronary Sinus

A

Drains the Myocardium

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2
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Right atrioventricular Valve

A
Tricupid valve (3 flaps/ cusps)
Blood from the right atrium passes through this into the right ventricle
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3
Q

Pulmonary semilunar Valve

A

Venous blood is then propelled past this into the pulmonary trunk

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4
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Left atrioventricular vavle

A

bicuspid or Mitral (Two cusps)

Blood from left atrium passes through into the left ventricle

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5
Q

Aortic semilunar Valve

A

blood from the left ventricle passes through into the ascending aorta

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6
Q

Papillary Muscles

A

Nipple shaped
Found in each ventricle
connect to the cusps through chordae tendineae
These muscles contract and tug on the chordae tendineae in order to hold the valves CLOSED

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7
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Chordae Tendineae

A

Tough connective tissue strands

Tug on these CLOSING the valve

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8
Q

Murmur

A

Blood may flow back and forth across the cusps

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9
Q

Conduction system of the heart

A
Starts at the Sino-atrial Node 
Then to the atrioventiricular node
Bundle of His
Right and left Bundle Branches
into the Purkinje Fibers causing ventricles to contract
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10
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Sino Atrial Node

A

S-A Node
wall of the right atrium
pacemaker of the heart
Initiates the heart rhythm

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11
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Atrioventricular Node

A

A-V Node

Lower part of the interatrial Septum, above the tricuspid valve

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12
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Atrioventricular Bundle of His

A

A-V node connects here

Runs within the interventricular septum

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13
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Purkinje Fibers

A

Depolarize the cardiac muscle cells, causing ventricles to contract

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14
Q

Fossa Ovalis

A

Wall of the right atrium

Remnant of Embryonic Foramen Ovale

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15
Q

His

A

A man’s name

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16
Q

Foramen

A

Opening

17
Q

Fossa

A

Ditch/ valley

18
Q

Auricle

A

Ear-like