Heart - Unit 2 Flashcards
3 membranes covering the heart
fibrous, parietal, and visceral paricardiums
the thick/outer pericardium layer that helps protect heart by suspending it in chest, and prevents overfilling of blood
fibrous
thin/slick pericardium underneath fibrous pericardium. it decreases friction between heart and fibrous
parietal
innermost pericardium and outerlayer of heart wall. thin/slick and contains fat. helps decrease friction.
visceral
pericardial fluid is
the small V of clear lubricant between parietal and visceral pericardiums
3 layers of heart wall
epi, myo, endo-
cardiums
outer layer of heart wall
epicardium
thick middle layer of heart walls. cardiac muscle tissue.
myocardium
deepest layer of heart walls. clear/slick membrane that decreases friction between blood and heart. lines the chambers and valves
endocardium
4 chambers of heart
left/right atrium and ventricle
interatrial septum
separates LA from RA
interventricular septum
separates LV from RV
tricuspid valve
allows blood flow from RA to RV
bicuspid valve
allows blood flow from LA to LV
cordlike tendons attached to underside of AV valves and binds to ventricular walls via papillary muscles. prevent valves from inverting
chordae tendinae
tiny blood vessels with leaky walls
capillaries
large blood vessels that carry blood away from heart
artery
large blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart
veins
arteries that branch of aorta and supply blood to myocardium
coronary
veins that drain blood from myocardium to coronary sinus
cardiac veins
2 circuts of blood
systemic and pulmonary
LV pumps blood through it. goes from oxy to deoxy
systemic circut