The Heart Flashcards


We have a double circulatory system and a 4 chambered heart. What does this mean…
- double circulatory system:
- four chambered heart:









What are the four chamber of the heart?
- visualise a diagram of them

What are the 4 major valves in the heart?
- visualise a diagram of them

What are the 4 blood vessels that flow into or out of the heart?
- visualise a diagram of them

Visualise these on a diagram of a heart - could you label them?
- papillary muscle
- tendinous cords
- septum
- pericardium (heart muscle)



What happens in atrial systole?

What happens in ventricular systole?

What happens in diastole?



Visualisation test:
Can you picture a graph of pressure change (y axis) against time (x axis). It should have 3 lines
- Left Atrium pressure
- Left ventricle pressure
- Aorta pressure



6 mark Essay Practice:
Describe how electrical activity in the heart causes the events of the cardiac cycle.
First the SAN…..





Visualisation task:
Can you picture the ECG from a single heart beat?
What would it look like and what is each part of the diagram called?



What is a P wave (on an ECG trace)
- visualise
- what event is it linked to

What is a QRS complex (on an ECG trace)
- visualise
- what event is it linked to

