Physiology week 3 Flashcards
heart chambers (4) and what separates them?
L + R atrium (top of heart)
L + R ventricle (bottom of heart)
intraventricular septum (separate L and R)
heart vessels
-pulmonary trunk and L + R pulmonary arteries
-aorta (pump blood away from heart)
-superior and inferior vena cava (bring deoxygenated blood to right atrium)
-pulmonary veins
what is the pathway of blood?
Blood comes into the right atrium from the body, moves into the right ventricle and is pushed into the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. After picking up oxygen, the blood travels back to the heart through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium, to the left ventricle and out to the body’s tissues through the aorta.
2 types of heart valves and 2 valves within each
where are they located
- atrioventricular valves: between atria and ventricles, prevent back flow (large and floppy - chordae tendinae)
–>tricuspid valve
–>mitral/bicuspid valve - semilunar valves: between ventricles and great arteries (smaller tighter)
–>pulmonary semilunar valve
–>aortic semilunar valve
Atrioventricular valves
–>tricuspid valve
–>mitral/bicuspid valve
atrioventricular valves: between atria and ventricles, prevent back flow
–>tricuspid valve
–>mitral/bicuspid valve
-when left ventricle contracts blood moves to aorta, not left atrium
-when right ventricle contracts, blood moves into pulmonary artery, not right atrium
-larger “floppy”
-anchored by the chord tendinae to stop “flopping back: (prolapse) into atria during ventricular contraction
Semilunar valves
–>pulmonary semilunar valve
–>aortic semilunar valve
semilunar valves: between ventricles and great arteries
–>pulmonary semilunar valve
–>aortic semilunar valve
-when ventricle relaxes during diastole. blood isn’t “sucked back” into that ventricle
-smaller “tighter” - no chordae tendinae
which valves have something to stop their prolapse and what is it?
atrioventricular (tricuspid and mitral/bicuspid valve) –> chordae tendinae
significance of apex of the heart
bottom point
-point of maximal impulse
-easiest to palpate cardiac impulse
S1 and S2 sounds
S1 “lub”- begin systole; close mitral and tricuspid valves
–> low frequency; atrioventricular valves and big and floppy
S2 “dub”- begin diastole; close aortic and pulmonary valves
–> high frequency; semilunar are smaller and tighter
which phases do S1 and S2 start and which valves are involved
S1- begin systole (atrioventricular- tricuspid and mitral/bicuspid)
S2- begin diastole (semilunar- aortic and pulmonary valves)
angle of louis
“bump” between manubrium and body of sternum - right below 2nd intercostal space
what is on the right border of the heart?
right atrium
what is on the inferior surface of the heart?
right ventricle and a bit of the left ventricle (apex)
what’s on the left border of the heart?
left ventricle and atrium
what’s at the base (top) of heart?
where great arteries emerge from the superior aspect