Lecture Notes Flashcards
This is a system of blood vessels that is one pump and contains four different chambers and is approximately the size of a fist
The Heart
The Heart has two main circulations, This circulation is a short loop that runs from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
Pulmonary Circulation
The Heart has two main circulations, this circulation is a long loop that travels to all parts of the body and back to the heart
Systemic circulation
The heat has two types of vessels, this vessel transports blood away from the heart
Arteries
The heart has two types of vessels, this vessel transports blood back to the heart
Veins
Where is the heart located?
In the mediastinum between the second rib and the fifth intercostal space
What other organ is the heart fixed to? This is also the organ the heart rests on
Diaphragm
What is the double walled sac called that the heart is enclosed in that protects, anchors and prevents overfilling?
The Pericardium
The layer of the serous pericardium lines the internal surface of the fibrous pericardium?
Parietal layer
The layer of the serous pericardium on the external surface of the heart
Visceral layer
What fluid filled pericardial cavity separates the layers to decrease friction?
Pericardial Cavity
What is another name for the visceral layer of the pericardium?
Epicardium
What is the second layer of the heart that is known as the fibrous skeleton that supports vessels and valves as well as limiting the spread of action potential
Myocardium
This final layer of the heart is a continuation with the endothelial lining of the blood vessels
Endocardium
What two sections are the chambers of the heart broken into?
Atria
Ventricles
This section of the chamber of the heart is the part that receives the blood
Atria
This section of the chamber of the heart is the part that is known as the discharging chamber
Ventricles
What are the two atria separated by?
Interatrial septum
What part of the atria increases its volume?
Auricles
What are the two ventricles separated by?
Interventricular septum
What are the muscles called that ridged in the atrias?
Pectinate muscles
What are the three vessels entering the right atrium?
Superior Vena Cava
Inferior Vena Cava
Coronary Sinus
What are the two vessels that enter the left atrium?
Right Pulmonary vein
Left Pulmonary vein
What are the walls of the ventricles ridged by?
Trabeculae Carneae