Lab 7: Heart and Mediastinum Flashcards
Describe boundaries of mid mediastinum
Sup = sternal angle
Inf = diaphragm
Ant and post = fibrous pericardium
Name roots of great vessels visible in mid mediastinum
Aorta
Pulmonary trunk, pulmonary arteries =x2 and pulmonary veins = x4
Ivc and svc
What is ligamentum arteriosum
Ductus arteriosus closes = remnant
Shunt between pulmonary trunk and aorta - bypasses lungs
Name neurovasculature outside pericardium
Phrenic
Pericardiophrenic vessels
Describe phrenic
In front of hilum and vagus - posterior to hilum
Cardiac plexus
Describe pericardiophrenic vessels
Arteries and veins
Run with phrenic nerves
What else can we see in mid mediastinum
Coronary circulation
Heart and pericardial coverings
Primary bronchi = left and right
Name the layers of the pericardium and their function generally
Serous membrane, pericardial cavity = potential space
Fibrous pericardium
Parietal serous pericardium
Visceral pericardium
Describe fibrous pericardium
Attaches to diaphragm and sternum
Encompasses all, anchored to root of gre vessels and at diaphragm
Pericardial fat
Describe parietal serous pericardium
Against fibrous
Describe visceral serous pericardium
Against heart
Epicardial fat
Describe coronary arteries
First branch aorta
Blood to heart
Describe coronary sinus
Means you are posterior in av sulcus
Drains into right atrium along with svc and ivc
Opening close to ivc
Name and describe branches of right coronary artery
Sinoatrial nodal branch = runs between svc and aorta towards posterior aspect, under - around auricle of right atrium
Right marginal artery = apex, towards side
Posterior interventricular artery = middle back, in some people = comes from left coronary
Name and describe branches of left coronary artery
Anterior interventricular artery = big, down middle
Circumflex branch = around back and gives =
Left marginal artery = comes down sides
Describe venous drainage of heart - mainly
Great cardiac vein = travels with anterior interventricular artery then with circumflex a
Middle cardiac vein = travels with posterior interventricular artery
Small cardiac veins = travels with right marginal artery
Where do great, middle and small cardiac veins drain
Into coronary sinus