STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Flashcards
Where is the heart located?
in the thoracic cavity between the two lungs.
The heart is surrounded by the _______, which protects and holds the heart in place.
pericardium
What are the two parts of the pericardium?
Fibrous pericardium
Serous pericardium
What part of the pericardium is the:
Tough, inelastic and outer connective tissue.
Fibrous pericardium
What part of the pericardium is the:
Thinner, delicate and forms double layer around heart
Serous pericardium:
What functions to protect the heart buy anchoring it in place(to the diaphragm) and prevents it from overstretching
Pericardium
What functions to protect the heart buy anchoring it in place(to the diaphragm) and prevents it from overstretching
Pericardium
What are the two layers of the serious pericardium?
Parietal layer Visceral layer (epicardium):
What layer of the serious pericardium Adheres tightly to the heart?
Visceral layer
What layer of the serious pericardium is Fused to the fibrous pericardium?
Parietal layer
What is between the parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium?
What is its function?
The pericardial cavity filled with lubricating fluid that prevents friction between membranes
The Heart wall is made of what layers?
Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium
What layer of the heart wall lines the inside and covers valves?
Endocardium
What layer of the heart wall consists of cardiac muscle, forms two separate networks via gap junctions and intercalated disks: Atrial and ventricular.
Myocardium
visceral layer of the serous pericardium is also known as what?
Epicardium
What are the 4 chambers of the heart
R and L Atria
R and L Ventricles
What separates the Ventricles?
interventricular septum
what separates the Two atria
Interatrial septum
Atria are the thinnest chambers why?
They only have to empty their contents into the ventricles
Why are ventricles are thicker than Atria
they have to move blood out of the heart to the lungs (R ventricle) or to the rest of the body (L ventricle)
What is the thicker ventricle and why?
The left ventricle
Pumps blood to the rest of the body
What are the two Atrioventricular valves and what side are they on?
Tricuspid Valve (R) Bicuspid (mitral) Valve (L)
What on the ventricular side connects the papillary muscles to the Atrioventricular valves?
And what do they do?
Chordae Tendineae
Prevent valve cusps from pushing up into the atria when ventricles contract
What are the two semilunar valves?
What is there function?
Aortic Valve
Pulmonary Valve
-Prevent blood from flowing back into the heart
What are the Vessels that bring Deoxygenated blood into the heart?
What chamber do they drain into
- Superior Vena cava
- Inferior Vena cava
- Coronary Sinus
The right Atrium
What drains deoxygenated blood from the coronary veins into the right atrium?
Coronary Sinus
What carries oxygenated blood from the lungs and transports it to the left atrium?
Pulmonary veins
What carries oxygenated blood to the entire body from the left ventricle
Aorta
What is coronary circulation
Blood flow through the myocardium
What are two principal coronary vessels?
(a) Right coronary artery
(b) Left coronary artery
When reviewing an ECG what does the P wave represent?
atrial depolarization
When reviewing an ECG recording what does the QRS complex represent?
ventricular depolarization