Pericardium And Heart

Question 1

Fibrous sac that surrounds the heart and proximal portions of the great vessels

Answer 1

Pericardium

Question 2

Parts of the pericardium

Answer 2

• Fibrous
• Serous

Question 3

Part of the pericardium described as an external tough membrane

Answer 3

Fibrous

Question 4

Part of the paricardium described as an internal thin layer with two parts

Answer 4

• Parietal layer
• Visceral layer

Question 5

Tough external layer of the pericardium

Answer 5

Fibrous pericardium

Question 6

What is the fibrous pericardium continuous with inferiorly?

Answer 6

Central tendon of the diaphragm

Question 7

What is the fibrous pericardium continuous with superiorly?

Answer 7

Great vessels

Question 8

What does the fibrous pericardium form?

Answer 8

CT ligaments that keeps the middle mediastinum in place

Question 9

What are the ligaments that keeps the middle mediastinum in place?

Answer 9

• Sternopericardial ligament
• Vertebropericardical ligament

Question 10

Serous pericardium layers

Answer 10

• Parietal pericardium
• Visceral pericardium

Question 11

Where does the parietal layer of the serous pericardium adhere?

Answer 11

Fibrous pericardium

Question 12

Where does the visceral layer of the serous pericardium adhere?

Answer 12

Heart

Question 13

What does folding of the heart during development form?

Answer 13

2 spaces (sinuses) from posterior to the heart

Question 14

Name the pericardial spaces

Answer 14

• Transverse pericardial sinus
• Oblique pericardial sinus

Question 15

Fluid buildup in the pericardial space

Answer 15

Pericardial effusion

Question 16

Blood filing up the pericardial space

Answer 16

Hemopericardium

Question 17

Fluid build up in the pericardial space gets to be to much it will cause significant pressure on the heart

Answer 17

Cardiac tamponade

Question 18

Cardiac tamponade signs and symptoms

Answer 18

• Anxiety, restlessness
• Chest pain
• Radiating to neck/shoulder/back
• Worsened by coughing/deep breathing
• Fainting
• Rapid breathing
• Swelling of abdominal/other areas

Question 19

Pericardium blood supply

Answer 19

• Small regional arteries
  1. Bronchial a.
  2. Esophageal a.
  3. Musculophrenic a.

Question 20

Artery that branches off the internal thoracic a. and travels with the phrenic nerve

Answer 20

Pericardiophrenic artery

Question 21

Nerve that is sensory to the pericardium

Answer 21

Phrenic nerve

Question 22

Which nerve supplies visceral motor to the pericardium?

Answer 22

Vagus

Question 23

Where does the somatic nervous system come from?

Answer 23

Sympathetic trunk