heart layers Flashcards
1
Q
What are the primary heart layers?
A
epicardium
myocardium
endocardium
2
Q
What is the visceral epicardium?
A
the visceral pericardium- external most layer of heart layers
3
Q
What does the epicardium contain?
A
adipose
vasculature
nerve fibers
4
Q
What is the epicardium lined with externally?
A
mesothelium
5
Q
What is the myocardium?
A
middle heart layer
6
Q
What does the myocardium contain?
A
; contains cardiac muscles, cardiac conductive (Perkinje) fibers, and blood vessels
7
Q
What is the endocardium?
A
internal heart layers
8
Q
what does the endocardium contain?
A
contains an inner epithelial layer (similar to endothelium) and a subtending CT layer
