Histology Flashcards
Histology wise: what does the pericardium contain?
- (F) Non-elastic dense irregular connective tissue
- (PS) Connective tissue
- (VS) Mesothelium (Squamous) & Adipose tissue
How many chambers does the heart have?
The heart contains four chambers.
Whats the function of the veins?
Both atria receive blood from vessels that return blood to the heart, the VEINS.
Whats the function of the arteries?
The ventricles eject blood from the heart towards vessels that distribute it, the ARTERIES.
Which structures can we find in the right atrium? State 5
✓Auricle ✓ Pectinate muscles (anterior wall) ✓ Interatrial septum ✓ Fossa ovalis ✓ Tricuspid valve
Blood supply right atrium?
- Superior vena cava
- Inferior vena cava
- Coronary sinus
Blood supply right ventricle?
From right atrium through tricuspid valve
What structures can we find in the right ventricles? state 6
- Tricuspid valve ✓ Interventricular septum: partitions ventricles ✓Papillary muscles (trabeculae carneae) ✓ Chordae tendinae ✓ Pulmonary semilunar valve ✓ Pulmonary trunk
What strcutures do we find in the left atrium? state 4
✓ Auricle
✓ Interatrial septum
✓ Pectinate muscles (confined to auricle)
✓ Bicuspid (mitral) valve
Blood supply left atrium?
FOUR pulmonary veins
What structures can we find in the left ventricles? State 4
✓ Bicuspid valve
✓ Interventricular septum: partitionsventricles
✓ Papillary muscles (traberculae carneae)
✓ Chordae tendinae
✓ Aorta
✓ Aortic semilunar valve
Blood supply left ventricle?
✓ From left atrium through the bicuspid valve (left atrioventricular valve)
Pulmonary trunk where do they exit? (left & right pulmonary arteries)
Exit RV
Where does the Aorta exit?
Exits LV
Inferior and superior vena cava, enter
Enter RA
4 Pulmonary veins, enter:
Enter LA
Which side pumps deoxiginated blood?
The right side of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood through the pulmonary circuit towards the pulmonary alveoli
Which side pumps oxygenated blood?
The left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood through the systemic circulation to all the body tissues except the pulmonary alveoli
Cardiac valves, histology:
Four dense connective tissue rings that surround the valves of the heart
Atrioventricular valves:
▪ Tricuspid (right side)
▪ Bicuspid or Mitral (left side)
Semilunar or Sigmoid:
▪ Pulmonary
▪ Aortic
When AV valves open: Why do they do it and which muscles are included for this process?
THIS occurs when ventricles are relaxed, chordae tendineae are slack and papillary muscles are relaxed.
When AV valves close: Why do they do it and which muscles are included for this process?
A-V valves close preventing backflow of blood into atria.
− THIS occurs when ventricles contract: blood pushes valve cusps closed; papillary muscles contract and pull taut the chordae tendineae, prevent in this way cusps from everting.
Endocardium histology
Endothelium and various connective tissue.
Myocardium Histology:
Cardiomyocytes
Epicardium histology
Visceral layer of serous pericardium.
• In humans, the subserous layer contains white
adipose tissue where the nerves and blood vessels that serve the heart are found.