The Heart Flashcards
contractile cells of the heart
- account for ___% of the entire heart tissue
- responsible for _____ of the heart
- activated by change in ________
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contracting
membrane potential
conducting cells of the heart
-responsible for ____ing and ____ing impulses in the heart
generat
distribut
conducting cells of the heart have autonimity
T/F
T
SA and AV nodes are the _____ of the heart
pace setters
SINOATRIAL NODE(SA)
- found in the (anterior or posterior?) wall of the ____
- contains pace maker cells
- generates impulse and sends it to the ____ through the _____ pathways
Posterior
right atrium
AV node
internodal
AV NODE
- found in the ____ of the ______
- collects impulse from —— through the internodal pathway and passes it to the _____ or_____
floor
right atrium
SA
AV bundle or bundle of his
SA-AV-bundle of his-bundle branches- ______
purkinje fibers
the purkinje fibers distribute the impulse to the contractile cells, trigger _______ after _______ has been completed
ventricular contraction
atrial contraction
then ______ makes up the bulk of the heart
Myocardium
CARDIAC TAMPONADE
- as a result of pericardial _____
- leading the ______ on the heart
- and the vessels not being able to expand properly
effusion
too much pressure
HEART
- muscular pump
- describe how blood moves
blood from SVC and IVC enter rt atrium, then rt ventricle, then through the pulmonary trunk to the pulmonary arteries to the lungs then oxygenated blood comes through the pulmonary veins to the lt atrium then the left ventricle then aorta to the rest of the body
APEX OF THE HEART
- formed by the _____ part of the left ventricle
- lies post to the __th inter coastal space in adults
- it’s the region of ____
inferio lateral
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maximal pulsation
BASE OF THE HEART
- formed mainly by the ______ and. ______ back part of the _____
- bounded above by the _______________
- bounded below by the post part of the ______ which contains the ____
left atrium
small
rt atrium
bifurcation of the pulmonary artery
cornonary sulcus;
BORDERS OF THE HEART
- 4
- (1)right border- is made up of the right ____
- (2)left border- made up of left _____ ,left ____
- (3)inferior border-mainly ____ and _____
- (4)superior border-_____ atrias,____ auricles, and the _____
atrium
ventricle
auricle
right ventricle; left ventricle
both
both
great vessels
RIGHT ATRIUM
-receives (arterial or venous?) blood from the ___ and ____ through its_____ wall
Venous
SVC and IVC
posterior
smooth posterior wall of right atrium is called ______
sinus venarum
rough anterior wall of right atrium is due to _____
pectinate muscles
fossa ovalis on the _________ piercing
inter atrial septum
Fossa ovalis is a _____ of the _____ used to ____ blood from the _____ to ______ at the _____ level
remnant
foramen ovali
shunt
right atrium to the left
embryonic
Right atrium doesn’t have AV orifice
T/F
F