Lab 3 - Sheep Heart Flashcards
link between pulmonary trunk and aorta
adult: ligamentum arteriosum (fibrous bridge)
fetus: ductus arteriosus (carried blood from pulm trunk to aorta)
flap between LA and RA
adult: fossa ovalis
fetus: foramen ovale
visceral pericardium
aka epicardium
- can’t move around (stuck to heart)
- made of mesothelial cells
appearance of fat
- at body temp. (37º): snotty
- out of body: hard
appearance of diaphragm
- muscular (dark red)
- hard
- fibrous
- different to rats
thin walls =>
low pressure
head orientation
cranial
tail orientation
caudal
bellyside orientation
ventral
backside of body orientation
dorsal
frontside on horizontal plane
anterior
backside on horizontal plan
posterior
pulmonary trunk
- most ventral great artery
- thick, rubbery/elastic, opaque (cream-coloured)
left anterior vena cava
- blood from head + forelegs (+ right anterior vena cava)
- several cardiac veins drain into here
posterior vena cava
blood from hind legs
right atrium shape in humans vs sheep
humans: vertical/ long
sheep: horizontal
great vein appearance
almost invisible as the thin and membranous walls have collapsed after death
clues for orientation
1) pulmonary trunk
- only in ventral view
2) interventricular sulcus
- present/absence (lateral)
- diagonal (ventral)
- vertical (dorsal)
3) apex/LV
- left (dorsal)
- right (ventral)
4) shape of heart
- flat on dorsal
- round on ventral
5) auricle
- sit/flop in ventrally
blood always goes
DOWN pressure gradient
brachiocephalic trunk
- provide for forearm/limbs + head
- first trunk of aorta
why did the ductus arteriosus close
after birth due to smooth muscle contraction (vasoconstriction) + oxygen meaning blood to lungs (less resistance)
pressure in right atrium
~5 mm Hg
- low pressure system (lung circulation)
two parts of atria
1) main part: smooth internal wall for laminar flow (no turbulance/loss of energy)
2) atrial appendage (auricle): trabeculated for 3D flow/contraction
- different origins in developing embryo
pressure in left atrium
~8 mm Hg