Lecture 14: Heart and Great Vessels Flashcards
What is the pump of the cardiovascular system?
The heart
What are the Conducting vessels of the cardiovascular system?
Arteries and veins
What are the sites for exchange with tissues in the Cardiovascular system?
Capillaries
Where is Drainage for excess tissue fluids in the Cardiovascular system?
Lymphatic vessels
What are the functions of the Cardiovascular system?
- Maintain homeostasis
- Transport
- Regulation of body temperature
What does the Cardiovascular system transport?
- Metabolites and wastes
- Hormones and signaling molecules
- dissolved gasses
- Cells involved in immune and inflammatory responses
What are the 2 Circuits in the Cardiovascular System?
- Pulmonary circuit to the lungs
* Systemic circuit to the rest of the body
Where does the heart reside?
In the Mediastinum
What is the Mediastinum?
A central region of the thorax within rib cage and bounded on the left and right by the lungs
Aside from the heart, what else does the Mediastinum contain?
- Esophagus
- Trachea
- Thymus gland
- Large blood vessels
What is the Sac that the heart sits in?
The Pericardium
What are the two layers of the Pericardium?
The outer Fibrous Pericardium and the inner Parietal Pericardium
What are the 3 layers of the heart from outside to inside?
Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium
What does Parietal Pericardium secrete?
Serous fluid that lubricates the surface between the heart the and pericardial sac
What kind of tissue is the Parietal Pericardium?
Mesothelium: Simple Squamous Epithelium
What is the Epicardium identical to?
The Parietal (serous) epithelium of the Pericardium
What is the Largest Layer of the heart tissue?
The Myocardium
Describe the surface of the Endocardium?
Nice and smooth
Where is the Apex of the heart?
At the bottom
Where is the Base of the heart?
Kind of near the top
Which side of the heart (Front/Back) is the the right atrium and right ventricle?
The front of the heart
What do the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava do?
Bring deoxygenated blood from the body into the right atrium
What does the Coronary Sinus do?
Brings deoxygenated blood from the heart to the right atrium
Which vessels lead into the Right Atrium?
- Inferior Vena Cava
- Superior Vena Cava
- Coronary Sinus
What is the function of the Atrial Appendage?
An extra source of expansion in the right atrium and help with contraction of the atrium
Which valve does blood go through from the Right Atrium?
Deoxygenated blood goes through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle
How many flaps does the Tricuspid valve have?
3
What are the flaps of the tricuspid valve connected to?
Tendinous cords called the Chordae Tendineae
What are the Chordae Tendineae attached to?
The tricuspid valve on one end and papillary muscle on the other end
What is the purpose of the Tricuspid valve?
Stop blood from flowing backwards into the Atrium
How does the Tricuspid valve of the between the Right atrium and Right Ventricle work?
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
Why are the Ventricles more muscular than the Atrium?
Because they are pumping blood further
Where does blood go from the Right Ventricle?
The pulmonary trunk
Which valve does blood have to pass through to get to the Pulmonary Trunk?
The Pulmonary Semilunar Valve
What does the Pulmonary Semilunar Valve Separate?
The Right ventricle and the Pulmonary Trunk
How many flaps does the Pulmonary Semilunar valve that separate the right ventricle and the Pulmonary trunk have?
3
What are the Pulmonary Sinuses?
The spaces inside the the Pulmonary Semilunar valve that blood falls back into
How does the Pulmonary Semilunar valve work?
It stops the backflow of blood into the right ventricle by filling the pulmonary sinuses with blood in order to close the valve
Where does the Pulmonary Trunk come from?
The right ventricle
What does the Pulmonary Trunk divide into?
The Right Pulmonary Artery and the Left Pulmonary Artery
Where do the Right and Left Pulmonary Artery go to?
The right and left lungs
What do the Right and Left Pulmonary Artery do?
Send deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What is the exception to the Artery and Vein rule?
- The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart
- The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood to the heart