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Apex
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base
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atria
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ventricles
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interatrial septum
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interventricular septum
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semilunar valves,
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fossa ovalis
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atrioventricular valves
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chordae tendineae
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papillary muscles
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Myocardium
Thick, muscular layer
Responsible for pumping action
not capable of regeneration (hyperplasia)
hypertrophy
hypertrophy can be caused by what
physiological and Hypertension (high blood pressure)… The high blood pressure causes the ventricle to grow in order to over come the higher pressure to open the valve to the atrium.
Thin and dilated enlarged heart will cause
a difficulty pumping the blood, you want a balance between the two.
Cardiac muscle cells
similar to skeletal in that it is striated containing myosin and actin (thick and thin filaments), but they branch and have interpolated disks.
Epicardium
Also called the visceral pericardium and contain epicardial fat, most external layer
The epicardium include
blood capillaries, lymph capillaries, nerve fibers, and epicardial fat.
Epicardial fat is
Used for quick fuel, but also can be bad if too much gathers on the outside and inside can cause coronary artery disease.
Blood flow is unidirectional due to
one set of 2 atrioventricular AV valves
on set of 2 semilunar valves
they prevent back flow
Mitral bicuspid valve has
two cusps lies left