The Coronary Circulation Flashcards
GO OVER WITH NOTES
GO OVER WITH NOTES
What is the blood supply of the heart?
- Right and left coronary arteries (RCA) and (LCA)
- these are the only branches of the ascending aorta
- the endocardium receives blood from the chambers of heart
describe cardiac muscle?
- striated but voluntary
- bibles branch and join with each other with intercalated discs
- works as a single functional organ or syncytium
- synchronised contraction
- does not tetanize.
When do the coronary arteries fill up?
They fill up when the aortic sinuses fill up in diastole.
In systole the aortic valve cusps close the opening of the arteries
describe the the blood supply to the heart?
- supplied by coronary arteries and their branches
where do the coronary arteries energy from?
aortic sinuses
- right coronary
- left coronary
with an anastomoses between them.
where does the endocardium get blood from?
it receives oxygen and nutrients directly from the chamber of the heart.
Name the branches of the right coronary artery
- SA node branch
- AV nodal brunch
- the right (acute) marginal branch
- posterior interventricular branch.
What two arteries form the anastamosis at the apex
- The posterior interventricular branch (posterior descending artery)
- the left coronary artery.
What are the terminal branches of the left coronary artery?
Circumflex branches and anterior interventricular artery (left anterior descending artery LAD).
what are the 4 branches of the right coronary artery?
- SA nodal branch
- Right marginal branch
- Posterior inter ventricular branch
- AV nodal branch
What does the anterior interventricular branch supply?
The sternocostal surface
where does the coronary artery start?
right aortic sinus
Name the branch of the circumflex artery and what artery it forms an anastamosis with.
Left (obtuse) marginal branch. Anastamosis with RCA
What does the right coronary artery and its branches supply?
- walls of right atrium and right ventricle
- SA node and AV node
- posterior part of the inter ventricular septum
- small areas of the walls of left atrium and left ventricle
What does the left coronary artery and its branches supply?
- walls of the left atrium and left ventricle
- most of the inter ventricular septum, including the distal parts of the AV node.
where does the left coronary artery arise from?
- the left aortic sinus between the left auricle and the pulmonary trunk.
- enters into the coronary sulcus
what does the left coronary artery divide into?
- circumflex
- anterior inter ventricular branches
What is coronary dominance?
This is the artery that gives off the posterior interventricular (posterior descending) artery determines the coronary dominance. In 80% of people the RCA is dominant.
left coronary artery branches?
- anterior inter ventricular
- circumflex artery
- left marginal branch
What is coronary co-domincance?
Where both RCA and LCA supply the posterior interventricular artery.