L49 Cardio Histo Flashcards
Fibrous skeleton of heart has _ fibrous rings and _ fibrous trigones
4 rings
2 trigones
Three layers of heart
Epicardium
Myocardium (thickest)
Endocardium
Endocardium components
Endothelial layer
Subendothelial layer: CT and Smooth Muslce
Subendocardial layer: CT and conducting system
Three layers of heart valves
Spongiosa
Fibrosa
Ventricularis
Spongiosa Function Type of tissue Composition Location
Shock absorber
Loose CT covered in endothelium
Located in atrial or blood vessel side of valve
Collagen and elastic fibers w/ proteoglycans
Fibrosa
Function
Contains
Core of valve
Contains fibrous extnensions from Dense irregular CT
Ventricularis
Composition
Location
Dense CT w/ elastic fibers covered in endothelium
Adjacent to ventricular side of valve
Types of cardiac conducting cells
Nodal cardiac cells
Purkinje fibers
Excitation sequence
SA node-->internodal pathway---> AV node (delayed .1 seconds) Bundle of His Right and left bundle branches Purkinje fibers
Nodal cardiac muscles compared to surround atrial contractile cardiac cells
Smaller
fewer myofibrils
lack intercalated discs
Purkinje fibers compared to surround ventricular contractile cardiac cells
Larger
myofibrils at periphery
Larger round nuclei
Purkinje fiber staining
What kind
Why does it stain
PAS staining b/c large amount of glycogen
Layers of blood vessels
Tunica interna
Tunica Media
Tunica Externa
Tunica interna parts
Endothelium
basal lamina
subendothelial layer
Tunica media function
rings of smooth muscle for constriction and dilation
Thickest in arteries