Outcome 9 - Cardiovascular System Flashcards
what are the layers of the pericardium?
- fibrous pericardium
- serous pericardium
what is the purpose of the pericardium?
- it surrounds and protects the heart
- it allows for vigorous and rapid contractions
- it holds the heart in the mediastinum
the serous pericardium is double layered, what are they called?
- parietal layer
- visceral layer (epicardium)
what is the fibrous pericardium composed of?
- tough, inelastic, dense irregular connective tissue
what is the pericardial cavity?
the space between the parietal and visceral layer
what are the three layers of the heart wall?
- epicardium
- myocardium
- endocardium
What are the two layers of the epicardium made out of?
- visceral serous layer (outermost layer) - mesothelium
- adipose and fibroelastic tissue (inner layer)
describe the myocardium.
- it is a cardiac muscle tissue
- it has involuntary movements – pumping action
- 95% of the heart wall
describe the endocardium.
- it is a thin layer of connective tissue with a thin layer of endothelium
- they provide smooth lining for chambers and over valves
what are the external chambers of the heart?
- auricle
- sulci
what is an auricle?
it is the wrinkled “pouch-like” structure on the anterior surface of the atria
what is the sulci?
- they are grooves that hold the coronary blood vessels and fat
- they mark the boundary between 2 chambers
what are the 3 sulci?
- coronary sulcus
- anterior inter ventricular sulcus
- posterior inter ventricular sulcus
where do you find the coronary sulcus?
it is deep in the heart, and it separates the atrium from the ventricles
where do you find the anterior interventricular sulcus?
ANTERIORLY between the right and left ventricles, shallowly
where do you find the posterior interventricular sulcus?
POSTERIORLY between the right and left ventricles, shallowly
what are the four chambers of the heart?
right and left atria
right and left ventricles
what separates the right and left atrium?
interatrial septum
what is the fossa ovalis?
an oval depression on the septum
what is the valve separating the RIGHT atrium from the RIGHT ventricle?
tricuspid valve
aka R atrioventricular valve
the right atrium receives blood from _____, ______, and the _________.
from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cave and the coronary sinus
so right side - deoxygenated blood
where do you find the pectinate muscles?
on the internal surface, anterior surface and the auricle
what are the cardiac muscle ridges found in the right ventricle called?
trabeculae carneae
chordae tendineae attaches the cusps of the valves to ______.
papillary muscles
what is the name for the septum that separates the right ventricle from the left ventricles?
interventricular septum
what is the valve that separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary trunk?
pulmonary valve
the left atrium receives blood from _____ by the ________ ______.
from the lungs by the pulmonary veins
what is the valve called between the LEFT atrium and LEFT ventricle?
bicuspid valve (2 cusps)
aka mitral or L atrioventricular valve
what is the ligament arteriosum?
- it connects the arch of the aorta and pulmonary trunk
what is the largest part of the heart?
the left ventricle
what is the blood flow after blood leaves the L ventricle?
Left ventricle –> aortic valve –> ascending aorta –> arch of the aorta –> descending aorta –> rest of the body
what carries the blood from the aorta to the heart wall?
coronary arteries that branch from the ascending aorta
what does the fibrous skeleton do for the heart?
- it provides a structural foundation and prevents the overstretching of valves
- it also provides a point of insertion for bundles of cardiac muscle fibres
- acts as an electrical insulator
the 4 dense CT rings that surrounds the valves, fuse together by _______. These fuse rings then become a part of _______.
fuse together by trigones
fused rings become part of the interventricular septum
what is an important role of the fibrous rings?
they prevent the valves from overstretching and becoming leaky
what are the two types of valves in the heart?
- atrioventricular valve
- semilunar valve
what are the two kinds of atrioventricular valve?
- triscuspid (RA and RV)
- bicuspid/mitral (LA and LV)
what are the two kinds of semilunar valves?
- aortic valve
- pulmonary valve
when do the semilunar valves close?
during ventricular relaxation
what are the two coronary arteries?
- L coronary artery
- R coronary artery
what does the left coronary artery divide into?
- the anterior interventricular branch aka the left anterior descending branch
- circumflex branch
where does the LAD supply blood to?
walls of both VENTRICLES
what does the circumflex branch supply blood to?
walls of the left atrium and ventricle
what does the right coronary artery branch into?
- posterior interventricular branch
- marginal branch
where does the posterior interventricular branch supply blood to?
the right and left VENTRICLES
where does the marginal branch supply blood to?
RIGHT ventricle
during ____, blood is shunted into the right and left coronary artery.
relaxation
what does the deoxygenated blood from the myocardium drain into?
coronary sinus
what drains into the great cardiac vein?
both right and left ventricles + left atrium
what drains into the middle cardiac vein?
both right and left ventricles
what drains into the small cardiac vein?
the right atrium and right ventricle
what drains into the anterior cardiac vein?
right ventricle
what is myocardial infarction (MI)?
the death of cardiac muscle tissue due to interrupted blood supply
*complete blood flow obstruction
what is ischemia?
the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle tissues
- hypoxic state which weakens tissue cells
what is angina?
it describes chest pain that could radiate to the t-spin, shoulder, arm, jaw, neck
- associated with MI and ischemia
what is the short axis plane?
oblique coronal
what is the horizontal long axis?
oblique transverse
(heart oriented towards you, and you cut anteriorly/posteriorly)
what is the vertical long axis?
oblique sagittal
how does ATP production occur in skeletal muscles? cardiac muscles?
skeletal - can occur anaerobically
cardiac - almost exclusively on aerobically
what are autorhythmic fibres?
“self-exciting” muscle fibres
- meaning they generate AP without stimulus
what are the autorhythmic fibres composed of?
~1% cardiac muscle fibers
99% contractile muscle fibers
what does the autorhythmic fibers do?
- act as a pacemaker - setting rhythm of excitation for the heart beat
- forms conduction systems - gives pathways for ap to travel
what are the 5 different autorhythmic fibers?
- sinoatrial node (SA node)
- atrioventricular node (AV node)
- bundle of his (aka av bundle)
- right and left bundle branches
- purkinje fibers
what is the sa node?
- it is known as the pacemaker of the heart
- it creates an ap of the fastest rate
what is the role of the av node?
- it slows down the ap from the sa node
- will fire ap if the something were to happen to the sa node –> rate is much slower than the sa node’s (40-60 bpm)
where do you find the sa node? av node?
sa - right atrium next to the opening for the inferior vena cava
av - in the wall of the septum between atrium and ventricle; anterior to the coronary sinus opening
what are internodal tracts? where are they found?
myocytes extending from the sa node to the av node
- found throughout right atrium
what are Bachman’s bundles? where are they found?
myocytes extending from sa node to av node
- found throughout the left atrium
when does the atria contract?
follow an ap that is triggered by the sa node