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The pericardial sac has ____ layers which are ______.

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Three
Fibrous pericardium
Parietal pericardium
Visceral pericardium

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What is the function of the fibrous pericardium?

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It holds the heart in position in the thorax.

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The fibrous pericardium is attached to _________ and sealed __________.

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Diaphragm

Around the great vessels

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The parietal and the visceral pericardium are part of the ______ pericardium.

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serous

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What is the function of the serous pericardium?

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Secretes fluid so that two layers can glide against each other

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In the thorax, the parietal pericardium is located _________

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fused to the fibrous pericardium

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In the thorax, the visceral pericardium is located ____________

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on the surface of the heart

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What is the origin of the pericardial sinuses?

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Embryonic folds of the heart tube

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The heart is divided by which two sinuses?

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Transverse pericardial sinus

Oblique pericardial sinus

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The heart is composed of ___ layers of tissue, which are _______.

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Three
Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium

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Epicardium

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visceral serous pericardium

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myocardium

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cardic muscle

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endocardium

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linign of the heart

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The ___________ is the heartbeat you can feel in your chest wall.

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apex beat

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Coronary sulcus separates _________ from _________.

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Atria

ventricles

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The right atrium receives blood from the body from which vessels?

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superior and inferior vena cava

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The right atrium receives blood from the heart from what structure?

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coronary sinus

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What valve separates the right atrium from the right ventricle?

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right atrioventricular valve (tricuspid valve)

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The smooth wall of the atria are composed of what kind of tissue?

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sinus venarum

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The smooth wall of the atria are separated from the muscular wall by ______.

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crista terminalis

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The muscular wall of the atria are composed of what kind of tissue?

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pectinate muscles

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What separates the left and right atria?

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interatrial septum

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What is the foramen ovale?

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Opening connecting left and right atrium in a fetus

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What is the fossa ovalis?

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Remnant of the foramen ovale; depression in wall of right atrium in adult hearts

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What is the ridge around the fossa ovalis called?
limbus fossa ovalis
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The cusps of a valve are connected to _______ muscles via ___________.
papillary | chordae tendineae
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The chordae tendineae of the valves prevent ________
prolapse
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The muscular ridges of the ventricles are called _______
trabeculae carnae
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Blood exits the right ventricle through this vessel via this cardiac structure.
pulmonary trunk infundibulum
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The _______ is a moderator band in the right ventricle which prevents _______.
Septomarginal trabecula, distention of the ventricle
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The pulmonary trunk divides into _____________, carries blood to _______, and is guarded by what type of valve.
Left and right pulmonary arteries Lungs Semilunar valve
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The space in the cup of a semilunar valve is called ______
sinus
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What is a nodule?
thickened edge where cups of semilunar valves meet
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What is a lunule?
thickened edge at the top of the cups
35
In the body, the left atrium is located on the _________ side of the heart and receives blood from (how many) vessels called ________.
Posterior | 4 pulmonary veins
36
The auricles of the heart are lined by what type of tissue?
pectinate muscles
37
What chamber of the heart has the thickest walls?
Left ventricle
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What is the name of the valve connecting the left atrium and ventricle?
Mitral valve or bicuspid valve
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Blood leaves the left ventricle through what vessel? And the blood in the vessel goes where?
Aorta | To the body
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The left atrioventricular valve has ______ cusps and the right atrioventricular valve has _____ cusps.
Two | Three
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What type of valve guards the exit of the left ventricle?
semilunar valve
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What is the difference between the pulmonary semilunar valve and the aortic semilunar valve?
the aortic semilunar valve has one ostia each inside the left and right cusps
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The ostia in the cusps of the aortic semilunar valve drain into _________.
coronary arteries
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Hypertrophy
non-tumerous increase in the size of an organ
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What is the cause of left ventricular hypertrophy?
hypertension and/or mitral/aortic valvular disease
46
What are the three functions of the fibrous skeletons of the cardiac valves?
1) supports base of valves 2) provides base for attachment of cardiac muscle fibers 3) serves as electrical insulator
47
The time when ventricles are contracting is called ______ and when the ventricles are relaxed ________.
Systole | Diastole
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In the "lub-dub" or heart sounds: the "lub" is ___________; the "dub" is ________.
AV valves closing | Semilunar valves closing
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The coronary arteries fill during _________.
diastole
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Right branches of the coronary artery are __________.
Posterior interventricular | nodal arteries
51
Left branches of the coronary artery are __________
``` anterior interventricular (LAD) circumflex ```
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The ______, ________, and ______, cardiac veins drain into the _____________ and then into which heart chamber?
great, middle, and small cardiac veins drain into the coronary sinus and then into the right atrium
53
Myocardial infarction, commonly known as _________, results from _________, or restriction of blood supply, which causes _________.
Heart attack ischemia necrosis
54
The heart is innervated by what type of nerves? These nerves reach the heart via ______________.
autonomic nerves | cardiac plexus
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Do sympathetic or parasympathetic nerves supply the heart?
both
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What are the effects sympathetic innervation can have on the heart?
Speeds up heart beat, dialates coronary vessels, increases force of contraction
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What pathway do the sympathetic cardiac nerves take from the spinal chord to the heart?
Nerves com from upper thoracic segments, synapse in the sympathetic chain ganglia, travel to heart as cardiac nerves
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What are the effects parasympathetic innervation can have on the heart?
slows heartbeat, constricts coronary vessels, decreases force of contraction
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What pathway do the parasympathetic cardiac nerves take to get to the heart?
Come from Vagus nerve (CN X), preganglionic fibers synapse in ganglia close to heart
60
Cardiac pain is referred to which dermatomes?
t1-t5
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Where is cardiac pain referred to?
Anterior wall of chest, medial arm, jaws, or face
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Where is a pacemaker placed?
In the sinoatrial node of the right atrium
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Electrical impulses travel from the _________ to the ventricle through the _____ which contains ________ fibers.
AV node AV bundle Purkinje
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Blood in the fetal heart shunts from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta via ____________
ductus arteriosus
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The remnant of the ductus arteriosus in adults is the _________
ligamentum arteriosum
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What causes the blood in a fetal heart to pass through the ductus arteriosus shunt?
pressure gradient
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Does the blood from the ductus arteriosus carry oxygenated or deoxygenated blood?
deoxygenated blood
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The oxygenated blood in the fetal circulatory system originates in the _________ and travels to the heart through the ____________ vein.
placenta | umbilical
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In a fetus, blood from the right atrium travels to the __________ via __________ in order to bypass _________.
left atrium foramen ovale lungs

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