The Heart: Circulatory System Flashcards
What is the Functions of Cardiovascular System? (4)
- Regulates Blood Supply
- Generates Blood Pressure
- Route’s Blood
- Ensures 1-way blood flow.
Structures of Heart
a. Heart Characteristics
b. Heart Covering
c. Heart Layers
d. Cardiac Muscle
e. Atria
f. Ventricle
Upper Portion (Atria)
Holding Chambers
Small thin, walled, contract minimally to push blood into ventricles
Atria
Separates right and left atria
Interatrial septum
Lower portion (Ventricles)
Pumping Chambers
Thick, strong walled, contract forcefully to propel blood out of heart
Ventricles
Separates right and left ventricles
Interventricular Septum
Carries blood from heart to lungs
Right side of heart: Pulmonary Circuit
Receives blood from 3 places
Right atrium
3 ways to enter the blood
Superior Vena Cava
Inferior Vena Cava
Coronary Sinus
Opens into pulmonary trunk
Right Ventricle
Splits into right and left pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary trunk
Carry blood away from heart to lungs
Pulmonary arteries
Left side of heart
systemic circuit
Carries blood from heart to body
Systemic circuit
Openings (pulmonary veins) that receives blood from lungs
Left atrium