The Heart & Layers Flashcards
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Layers of the Heart
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Epicardium Myocaridum Endocardium
2
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Epicardium
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- Visceral layer of pericardial sac
- Reduces friction
- Made up of simple squamous
3
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Myocardium
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Cardiac Muscle
4
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Endocardium
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- inside the heart chambers
- (Endothelium is lining of BVs coming into heart
- made of simple squamous because it needs to be slick
5
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Superior Vena Cava
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- means “great vein:
- brings blood from upper body to right atrium
6
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Inferior Vena Cava
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- Brings blood from lower body to right atrium
7
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Right Atrium
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- Receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cavas
8
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Tricuspid Valve
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- One way valve that allows blood to move from Rt. Atrium to Rt. Venricle
- Has 3 tendons called cordae tendonae anchored to the papillary muscles
9
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Right Ventricle
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- Pumps blood through the pulmonary semi-lunar valves and into pulmonary trunk which separates into the two pulmonary arteries
10
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Pulmonary Semi-Lunar Valve
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- pulmonary= lungs
- semi-lunar= half moon leaflets
- named after the pulmonary artery
11
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Pulmonary Artery
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- blood is going away from the heart to the lungs
- Artery Always Away
12
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Pulmonary Veins
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- carry oxygenated blood from lungs to heart
- 2 from left lung, 2 from right lung
13
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Left Atrium
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Receives blood from pulmonary veins
14
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Bicuspid Valve (Mitral Valve)
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Built like the tricuspid but with only 2 leaflets
15
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Left Ventricle
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- Pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
- Strongest part of the heart
