Normal Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology Flashcards
The pulmonary circulatory system is associated with which side of the heart?
The Right Heart
Deoxygenated blood returns to the right heart via _____
The venous system
What is the normal O2 sat for the right heart?
75%
The right heart is a low pressure, low resistance, low oxygen saturation system.
The systemic circulatory is associated with which side of the heart?
The left heart
What is the normal O2 sat for the left heart?
98%
The left heart is a high pressure, high resistance, high O2 sat system.
Anterior (ventral)
Front of the body
Posterior (dorsal)
Back of the body
Lateral
Away from the midline
Medial
Toward the midline
Inferior (diaphragmatic)
toward the patient’s feet, below, or lower
Superior (basal)
toward the head, higher, or above
Proximal
near the origin
Distal
away from the origin
The heart is encased within the ________
Pericardium
What is the pericardium?
A fluid filled sac that covers the heart and helps protect it against infection and trauma.
The outer layer of the pericardium is known as ______
The fibrous pericardium
The inner layer of the pericardium is known as _______
The serous pericardium
What are the two layers of the serous pericardium?
The parietal layer and the visceral layer
The parietal layer lines the inside of the _______
Fibrous pericardium
The visceral pericardium is also known as ______
Epicardium, the outermost layer of the heart wall.
What lies between the visceral and parietal layers and contains a clear fluid that is released by the serous membrane?
The pericardial space
The pericardial space normally contains how many milliliters of fluid?
10-30 ml
What are the 3 layers the heart wall consists of?
Epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium
The _______ is the outermost layer of the heart wall.
Epicardium
It covers the surface of the heart and extends to the great vessels. The epicardium is also the visceral layer of the serous pericardium.
The ______ is the center layer of the heart wall and is composed of thick muscular tissue.
Myocardium
What layer is the major pumping mechanism of the heart?
Myocardium
The myocardium is composed of striated muscle fibrils with contractile elements called what?
The myofibrils
The ______ is a thin layer of the endothelium and underlying connective tissue.
The endocardium
It lines the inner chambers of the heart, valves, chordae tendineae, and papillary muscles.
What are the great arteries?
The Aorta and the Main Pulmonary Artery
What is the tough, fibrous ring that surrounds the superior edge of the valvular leaflets and anchors them between the atria and the ventricle.
The annulus fibrosus