Structure of the heart Flashcards
Blood enters the RA from which structures?
SVC,IVC, coronary sinus
Blood passes to the RV through which structure
Right AV orifice
What controls the passing of blood from RA to RV
Tricuspid valve
What walls is the right atrium made up of?
Smooth and rough walls
Smooth wall
Sinus Venarum
Rough wall
Atrium proper
What separates the smooth from the rough wall internally and externally?
In- crista terminalis
Ex- sulci terminalis
Where do the venae cava drain to?
Smooth wall of RA
What structures make the rough wall?
Pectinate muscles
Where are the pectinate muscle also found?
Auricle (overlaps aorta)
What structure separates left and right atria?
Interatrial septum
A structure found on the interatrial septum and what does it develop into?
Fossa ovalis> foramen ovale
Edge of the fossa ovalis
Limbus ovalis
What structure is linked to the RV?
Pulmonary trunk, known as conus arteriosus (infundibulum)
What makes the rough wall of RV?
Trabeculae carnae (irregular structures)
What do some trabeculae carnae form?
Papillary muscles(projections of the RV)
What attaches to the papillary muscles?
Chordae tendinae
Chordae tendinae extend from which structure to which one?
Papillary muscles to cusps
Papillary muscles divisions
- Anterior(largest)
2.Posterior
3.Septal(small/ absent)
Name the specialized trabeculum and what it does
Septomarginal trabeculum (MODERATOR BAND)
Helps the anterior papillary muscle to contract the same time as the other muscles during ventricular contraction
Between which structures does the moderator band form?
Anterior papillary muscle and interventricular septum
Function of the tricuspid valve
Closes the AV orifice