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Lecture 14: Heart and Great Vessels Flashcards

1
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What is the pump of the cardiovascular system?

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The heart

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What are the Conducting vessels of the cardiovascular system?

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Arteries and veins

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What are the sites for exchange with tissues in the Cardiovascular system?

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Capillaries

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Where is Drainage for excess tissue fluids in the Cardiovascular system?

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Lymphatic vessels

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What are the functions of the Cardiovascular system?

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  • Maintain homeostasis
  • Transport
  • Regulation of body temperature
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What does the Cardiovascular system transport?

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  • Metabolites and wastes
  • Hormones and signaling molecules
  • dissolved gasses
  • Cells involved in immune and inflammatory responses
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What are the 2 Circuits in the Cardiovascular System?

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  • Pulmonary circuit to the lungs

* Systemic circuit to the rest of the body

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Where does the heart reside?

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In the Mediastinum

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What is the Mediastinum?

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A central region of the thorax within rib cage and bounded on the left and right by the lungs

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Aside from the heart, what else does the Mediastinum contain?

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  • Esophagus
  • Trachea
  • Thymus gland
  • Large blood vessels
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What is the Sac that the heart sits in?

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The Pericardium

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What are the two layers of the Pericardium?

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The outer Fibrous Pericardium and the inner Parietal Pericardium

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What are the 3 layers of the heart from outside to inside?

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Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium

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What does Parietal Pericardium secrete?

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Serous fluid that lubricates the surface between the heart the and pericardial sac

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What kind of tissue is the Parietal Pericardium?

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Mesothelium: Simple Squamous Epithelium

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What is the Epicardium identical to?

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The Parietal (serous) epithelium of the Pericardium

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What is the Largest Layer of the heart tissue?

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The Myocardium

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18
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Describe the surface of the Endocardium?

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Nice and smooth

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19
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Where is the Apex of the heart?

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At the bottom

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Where is the Base of the heart?

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Kind of near the top

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21
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Which side of the heart (Front/Back) is the the right atrium and right ventricle?

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The front of the heart

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What do the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava do?

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Bring deoxygenated blood from the body into the right atrium

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What does the Coronary Sinus do?

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Brings deoxygenated blood from the heart to the right atrium

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Which vessels lead into the Right Atrium?

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  • Inferior Vena Cava
  • Superior Vena Cava
  • Coronary Sinus
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What is the function of the Atrial Appendage?

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An extra source of expansion in the right atrium and help with contraction of the atrium

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Which valve does blood go through from the Right Atrium?

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Deoxygenated blood goes through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle

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How many flaps does the Tricuspid valve have?

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3

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What are the flaps of the tricuspid valve connected to?

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Tendinous cords called the Chordae Tendineae

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What are the Chordae Tendineae attached to?

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The tricuspid valve on one end and papillary muscle on the other end

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What is the purpose of the Tricuspid valve?

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Stop blood from flowing backwards into the Atrium

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How does the Tricuspid valve of the between the Right atrium and Right Ventricle work?

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When blood enters the right ventricle, it pushes the valve closed from the ventricle side and the papillary muscles pull it so that the valve doesn’t invert

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Why are the Ventricles more muscular than the Atrium?

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Because they are pumping blood further

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33
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Where does blood go from the Right Ventricle?

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The pulmonary trunk

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Which valve does blood have to pass through to get to the Pulmonary Trunk?

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The Pulmonary Semilunar Valve

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What does the Pulmonary Semilunar Valve Separate?

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The Right ventricle and the Pulmonary Trunk

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How many flaps does the Pulmonary Semilunar valve that separate the right ventricle and the Pulmonary trunk have?

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3

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What are the Pulmonary Sinuses?

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The spaces inside the the Pulmonary Semilunar valve that blood falls back into

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How does the Pulmonary Semilunar valve work?

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It stops the backflow of blood into the right ventricle by filling the pulmonary sinuses with blood in order to close the valve

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Where does the Pulmonary Trunk come from?

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The right ventricle

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40
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What does the Pulmonary Trunk divide into?

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The Right Pulmonary Artery and the Left Pulmonary Artery

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Where do the Right and Left Pulmonary Artery go to?

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The right and left lungs

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What do the Right and Left Pulmonary Artery do?

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Send deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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What is the exception to the Artery and Vein rule?

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  • The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart
  • The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood to the heart
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44
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How many Pulmonary veins are there?

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2 on each side so 4. 2 Left pulmonary veins and 2 right pulmonary veins

45
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Where do the Pulmonary veins lead to?

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The left atrium

46
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What do the Pulmonary veins carry?

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Oxygenated blood from the lungs

47
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What is the function of the lungs?

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Receive oxygenated blood and send it out to the system

48
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What valve does blood going from the Left Atrium to the Left ventricle have to go through?

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The Mitral (Bicuspid) Valve

49
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What does the Mitral (Bicuspid) Valve separate?

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The Left Ventricle and the Left Atrium

50
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What is the function of the Mitral (bicuspid) valve?

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Prevent backflow into the Left atrium

51
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Which chamber of the heart has the thickest wall?

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The Left Ventricle

52
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What kind of Valve is the Aortic Valve?

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A semilunar valve

53
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What does the Aortic valve separate?

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The Left Ventricle and the Aorta

54
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How many cusps does the Aortic Valve have?

55
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What is Atherosclerosis?

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Lesions on the valves that prevent them from functioning properly

56
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What special feature do the Aortic valve have that the Pulmonary Valve does not have?

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Opening to the left and right coronary arteries

57
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How many Cusps does the Aortic Semilunar valve have?

58
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What do the two holes in the cusps of the Semilunar Valve lead to?

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The left and right Coronary Arteries

59
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What do the Left and Right Coronary Arteries allow for?

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Oxygenated blood to feed the heart

60
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What does the Tricuspid Valve separate?

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The right atrium and the right ventricle

61
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What does the Bicuspid (mitral) valve separate?

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The Left Atrium and the Left Ventricle

62
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What does the Pulmonary Valve Separate?

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The right ventricle and the pulmonary artery

63
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What does the Aortic Valve Separate?

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The Left ventricle and the Aorta

64
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What are the valves of the heart like when the heart contracts?

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The atrioventricular valves are closed (Bicuspid and Tricuspid) and the Semilunar Valves (Pulmonary and Aortic) valves are open

65
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What are the Semilunar Valves and when are they open?

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The Pulmonary and Aortic valves and they are open when the heart contracts

66
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What are the Atrioventricular valves and when are the open?

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Tricuspid and Bicuspid (mitral); When the heart is not contracting

67
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What are the Atrioventricular valves and when are the open?

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The Tricuspid and the Bicuspid (mitral) valves and when the heart is not contracting

68
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What is the function of the Coronary Blood Vessels?

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They are the Vascular Supply to the heart tissue

69
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What are the two branches of the Coronary Artery?

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  • Right Coronary Artery

* Left Coronary Artery

70
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Where does the Right Coronary Artery sit?

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In the Coronary Sulcus in between the right atrium and the right ventricle

71
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Where do the Right and Left Coronary Artery come off of?

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The wall of the Aorta

72
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What are the two branches of the Left Coronary Artery?

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The Circumflex Branch and the Anterior Interventricular artery

73
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Where does the Circumflex branch of the LCA go?

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Through the coronary sulcus to the back side of the heart

74
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Which Coronary Artery feeds the Left Atrium and Ventricle?

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The Circumflex branch of the LCA

75
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Where does the Anterior Interventricular Artery of the LCA travel?

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Through the interventricular septum

76
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What is the Major blood supply for the two ventricles?

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The anterior interventricular artery of the LCA

77
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What happens once the RCA winds around the back of the heart?

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It gives rise to the Posterior Interventricular Artery

78
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What is the Coronary Sinus?

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The area of the heart where coronary veins meet and drain into the right atrium

79
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Which path does the Great Cardiac Vein follow?

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The same path of the Anterior Interventricular Artery

80
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What kind of cells conduct in the heart?

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Specialized myocardial cells

81
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What are Cardiac cells filled with?

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Sarcomeres, the filaments needed to contract

82
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What are the two types of cells in the Conduction system?

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  • Contractile cells

* Conductive cells

83
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What cells are the majority of Myocardium?

A

Contractile cells

84
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What are Contractile cells responsible for?

A

Contraction of the heart

85
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What are Conductive cells responsible for?

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Spontaneous depolarization and transmission of electrical signals

86
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What do Gap junction present between cardiac myocytes allo for?

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Ion flow to synchronize muscle contraction and transmit electrical signals

87
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What is the Pacemaker of the heart?

A

The SA node

88
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Which node has the fastest rate of depolarization in the heart?

A

The SA node

89
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Where is the Sinoatrial (SA) node found?

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In the base of the Superior Vena Cava

90
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Where does the signal first go when the SA node fires?

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The right Atria and through the Bachmann’s bundle to the left Atria

91
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What is the pathway that the signal from the SA node flows to the Left Atrium known as?

A

Bachmann’s bundle

92
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Aside from the the Atria where does the the signal from the SA node go?

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The AV node

93
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What occurs once the signal from the SA node gets to the AV node?

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The AV node pauses to allow the Atria to contract

94
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Where does the Signal go after the AV node?

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It goes the the AV bundle (of His) and through the right bundle branch to the Purkinje fibers

95
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What is the Cardiac Cycle?

A
  • Contraction of the Atria

* Contraction of the ventricles when the atria relax

96
Q

What is the Lub and Dub sounds of the heart?

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Lub is the AV valves closing and the Dub is the Semilunar valves closing

97
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What does the Aorta do?

A

Sends blood to the body

98
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What is the path of the Arch of the Aorta?

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It goes anterior to posterior`

99
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What do the major branches of the Arch of Aorta supply?

A

The upper limbs and the head

100
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What is the branch of the right side of the Arch of Aorta?

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The Brachiocephalic trunk

101
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What does the Brachiocephalic trunk on the right side of the Aorta branch into?

A

The Right Common Carotid artery and the Right Subclavian Artery

102
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Where does the Right Subclavian Artery go?

103
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Where does the Right Common Carotid Artery go?

104
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What are the Branches on the Left side of the Aortic Arch?

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The Left Common Carotid Artery and the Left Subclavian Artery

105
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What is not present on the Left branch of the Aortic arch?

A

The Brachiocephalic trunk

106
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Which vessel does blood take to get to the Left and Right Lungs?

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The Left and Right Pulmonary Artery

107
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What does the Superior Vena Cava do?

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Bring blood from the limbs and the head to the heart

108
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What does the Inferior Vena Cava do?

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Bring blood from the lower body to the heart

109
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What do the 4 Pulmonary veins do?

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Bring oxygenated blood blood from the lungs to the Left Atrium

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