The Heart Exam Flashcards
Which circuit is on the right side?
Pulmonary circuit
What does the Pulmonary circuit do?
Carries blood to the lungs to be oxygenated and back to the heart
Which circuit is on the left side?
Systemic circuit
What does the Systemic circuit do?
Carries oxygenated blood to the tissues and returns to the heart
What part of the heart sends all the organs blood?
The aorta
What brings oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Pulmonary veins
How does deoxygenated blood go to the heart?
The inferior and superior venae cavae
What sends blood to the lungs?
The pulmonary trunk
Where is the base of the heart?
The top larger part
Where is the apex of the heart?
The small end
What covers the heart?
Pericardium
What is the deepest layer of the heart?
The endocardium
What is the middle “meaty” layer of the heart?
The myocardium
What is the outermost layer of the heart?
The epicardium
The little gap in the layer of pericardium is called?
The pericardial cavity
The pericardial cavity has two layers, what are they?
The fibrous layer and the serous layer
What’s the purpose of the pericardium?
Allows heart to beat without friction and room for expansion
What is the other name for epicardium?
The visceral pericardium
What is the parietal pericardium?
The pericardial sac
What is the inflammation of the pericardium membrane called?
Pericarditis
What is another term for the myocardium?
The fibrous skeleton of the heart
What are the four chambers of the heart?
Left and right atria, left and right ventricles
Which chambers are inferior?
the ventricles
What does the pulmonary trunk do?
Main blood vessels for the right side going to the lungs (deoxygenated)
What chamber does the superior and inferior vena cava go to?
The right atria
What does systole mean?
contraction
What does diastole mean?
relaxed
What separates the atria?
The interatrial septum
What is the internal ridges of myocardium called?
Pectinate muscles
What separates the ventricles?
The interventricular septum
What are the ridges in the ventricles called?
Trabeculae carneae
What are the 3 and 2 muscles called in the ventricles?
Papillary muscles
What separates the atria and ventricles?
Atrioventricular sulcus
What overlays the interventricular septum?
The interventricular sulcus
What are the two valves?
The Atrioventricular and Semilunar
What do the valves do?
Ensure one-way flow of blood through heart
What does the atrioventricular valve control blood flow between?
The atria and ventricles
What is the right AV valve?
The tricuspid valve
What is the left AV valve?
The mitral valve
What are the cords connective the AV valves to the papillary muscle?
The chordae tendineae
What does the semilunar valve control flow of?
Control flow into great arteries
Where is the pulmonary semilunar valve?
Between right ventricle and pulmonary trunk
Where is the aortic semilunar valve?
Between left ventricle and aorta
What valve is open when the ventricles relax? (Pressures drops inside the venticles?
The AV valve opens
What valve is open when the ventricles contract?
The Semilunar valve opens
How does the blood enter the heart at first?
In the right atrium from superior and inferior venae cavae
Where does the blood go after the right atrium?
Through the right AV valve into the right ventricle
What causes the pulmonary valve to open?
Contraction of the right ventricle
Where does the blood go after the pulmonary trunk?
It gets oxygenated then returns through pulmonary veins in left atrium
Why is some of the blood pumped by the heart stay in the heart?
Because it goes through strenuous workload and needs oxygen and nutrients
What is the big blue vein on the back of the heart?
The coronary sinus
The aorta has two red veins go down the front, what are they called?
The Right coronary artery and the left coronary artery
What compresses the coronary arteries and obstructs blood flow?
Contraction of the myocardium
What does the opening of the aortic vale during ventricular systole do to coronary arteries?
It blocks blood flow to the coronary arteries
What is the left coronary artery branch called?
The anterior interventricular branch
What is the circumflex branch?
A branch off the LCA
What is the right coronary artery branch called?
The right marginal branch and posterior interventricular branch
What is coronary artery disease?
A constriction of the coronary arteries
What does the coronary artery disease do to blood flow?
There is build-up of fat in the arteries that constricts blood flow
What is Myocardial infarction?
A heart attack