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the heart Flashcards

1
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overview

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  • The right side receives oxygen-poor blood from the body and tissues and then pumps it to the lungs to pick up oxygen and dispel carbon dioxide
  • its left side receives oxygenated blood returning from the lungs and pumps this blood throughout the body to supply oxygen and nutrients to the body tissues
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strongest part of the heart

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-left ventricle

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3
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the heart simplified

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  • cone shaped
  • 4 chambers - two atria and two ventricles
  • double pump - the ventricles
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systemic circulation

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-blood vessels that transport blood to and from all the body tissues

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pulmonary circulation

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blood vessels that carry blood to and from the lungs

-much less pressure then systemic circulation

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6
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base

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-top of heart

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apex

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-tip of heart

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location of heart

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In mediastinum -> behind sternum and pointing left, lying on the diaphragm

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weight of heart

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It weighs 250-350 gm (about 1 pound)

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pericardium layers

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  • Three layered:
    1. Fibrous pericardium
    1. Serous pericardium of layers (2) & (3)
      - Parietal layer of serous pericardium
      - Visceral layer of serous pericardium = epicardium: on heart and is part of its wall (Between the layers is pericardial cavity)
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11
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myocardium

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-muscle of the heart

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epicardium

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-visceral layer of serous pericardium

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13
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endocardium

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-layer lining the chambers

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14
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layers from out to in

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  • epicardium
  • myocardium
  • endocardium
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15
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interatrial septum

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-divides the left and right ventricles

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atrium

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  • prime the ventricles

- makes sure ventricles are able to enough contract blood

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interventricular septum

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-separate left and right ventricles

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18
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tricuspid valve

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-from right atrium to right ventricle

19
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pulmonary or pulmonic valve

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-right ventricle to pulmonary trunk (R and L branch)

20
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semilunar valves

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-pulmonic and aortic valves

21
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mitral valve (bicuspid)

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-left atrium to left ventricle

22
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aortic valve

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-left ventricle to aorta

23
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flow

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-Body to right heart to lungs to left heart to body
-Body, then via vena cavas and coronary sinus to RA, to RV, then to
lungs via pulmonary arteries, then to LA via pulmonary veins, to LV, then to body via aorta
-From body via SVC, IVC & coronary sinus to RA; then to RV through tricuspid valve; to lungs through pulmonic valve and via pulmonary arteries; to LA via pulmonary veins; to LV through mitral valve; to body via aortic valve then aorta

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relative thickness of muscular walls

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  • LV thicker than RV because it forces blood out against more resistance;
  • systemic circulation is much longer than the pulmonary circulation
  • Atria are thin because ventricular filling is done by gravity, requiring little atrial effort
25
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heartbeat

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a single sequence of atrial contraction followed by ventricular contraction

26
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systole

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contraction

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diastole

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normal heart rate

29
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tachycardia

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greater than 100

30
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bradycardia

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-slower than 60

31
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S1 : Heart sound

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-S1 is the closing of AV (Mitral and Tricuspid) valves at the start of ventricular systole

32
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S2 : Heart sound

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  • S2 is the closing of the semilunar (Aortic and Pulmonic) valves at the end of ventricular systole
  • Separation easy to hear on inspiration therefore S2 referred to as A2 and P2
33
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murmurs

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  • the sound of flow
  • Can be normal
  • Can be abnormal
34
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places to auscultate the heart

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-Routine places are at right and left sternal border and at apex

35
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electrical conduction signal

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  • specialized cardiac muscle cells that carry impulses throughout the heart musculature, signaling the chambers to contract in the proper sequence
  • can create its own signal
  • originates in the SA node
  • AV node delays enough for the atria to contract before the ventricles
  • bundle of his
  • right and left bundle branches
  • right and left ventricles
  • purkinje fibers
36
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SA node

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  • sinoatrial
  • in wall of right atrium
  • sets basic rate (60-100)
  • is the normal pacemaker
  • impulse from SA to atria
  • impulse also to AV node via internodal pathway
37
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atria

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-contract top down

38
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ventricle

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-contract bottom up

39
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AV node

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In interatrial septum

-40-60

40
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AV bundle (bundle of his)

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  • Into interventricular septum

- Divides R and L bundle branches become subendocardial branches (“Purkinje fibers”)

41
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contractions being at the

42
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autonomic innervation

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  • Sympathetic -> Increases rate and force of contractions

- Parasympathetic (branches of Vagus nerve) -> Slows the heart rate

43
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AV node

Cardiac Emergencies (13 decks)

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