The Heart Flashcards
What are the two circuits of blood flow?
Pulmonary to lungs-right side receives deoxygenated blood and pumps it to the lungs
Systemic to body-left side receives oxygenated blood and pumps it throughout the body
Where is the heart located?
middle mediastinum. apex directed anteriorly and left
ligamentum arteriosum
passes from left pulmonary artery to the root of the aorta.
The pulmonary trunk is anterior to aorta
coronary sulcus
separates atria from ventricles (like a crown)
Pericardium
Inner layer-touches heart, visceral pericardium or epicardium
Parietal layer-serous or parietal pericardium
There is potential space between these two.
Outside layer of parietal pericardium is fibrous pericarium. There is no space between fibrous and parietal layers
Pericardial space
a serous fluid filled space between parietal and visceral layers
Cardiac tamponade
aka hemopericardium. accumulation of blood in pericardial space
Pericarditis
lack of serous fluid causes pain when visceral parietal layers adhere
What layer of the heart are intercalated discs found? What are they?
Myocardium (middle layer between endo and epicardium which is the visceral layer). Intercalated discs are gap junctions that help with communication
The right atrium receives blood from
superior and inferior vena cava. it is deoxygenated
The left atrium receives blood from
the pulmonary veins that this oxygenated
The right ventricle pumps blood
through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs
The left ventricle pumps blood
through the aorta to the body. It has much thicker myocardium than the right ventricle
Interventricular septum
separates the ventricles, muscular inferiorly and membranous superiorly
Characteristics of the right atrium
Sinus venarum, openings to SVC, IVC, and coronary sinus, fossa ovalis, sinoatrial node, AV node, pectinate muscle, crista terminalis, right auricle
Sinus venarum
smooth muscle of the right atrium, posterior wall
fossa ovalis
interatrial septum of right atrium. in fetal heart this was the foramen ovale
Characteristics of right ventricle
Trabeculae carnae, conus arteriosis, chordae tendinae, papillary muscles (anterior, posterior and septal), moderator band
Trabeculae carnae
support and structure of walls of ventricle, more robust than pectinate
Conus arteriosis
also called the infundibulum, smooth walled, cone shaped outflow leading to pulmonary trunk
Chordae tendinae
responsible for anchoring leaflets of valve
Papillary muscles
conical projections of myocardium that project via chordae tendinae to tricuspid valve in right ventricle and bicuspid valve in left ventricle
Moderator band
muscular bundle that runs from interventricular septum to anterior papillary muscle. Contains elements for transmission of electrical impulse (branch of AV bundle branch). prevents over dilation of ventricle.
Systemic circuit
left atrium and ventricle
Characteristics of left atrium
smooth walled, receives the four pulmonary veins that carry oxygenated blood. Joined by pectinate-lined left auricle
Pulmonary veins carry
oxygenated blood to the left atrium
Characteristics of left ventricle
strongest pumping and thickest myocardium, trabeculae carnae, chordae tendinae, papillary muscles (anterior and posterior), bicuspid valve