The Heart (Q3,P2) Flashcards
Atria
- Upper chambers of the heart
- Receive blood from the pulmonary and systemic circuits
Ventricles
- Lower chambers of the heart
- the pumping chambers of the heart for both the pulmonary and systemic circuits
Veins
- Carries low O2 blood back to heart
- blood vessels that carry blood that is low in oxygen from the body back to the heart for reoxygenation.
Arteries
- Carries O2 blood from heart to the body
- blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the body.
Pulmonary Circuit
takes blood to and from the lungs
Systemic Circuit
vessels transport blood to and from body tissues
Location of the Heart
- Weights under a pound
- Largest organ of the mediastinum (organs in thoracic cavity)
- Located between the lungs
Layers of the Pericardium
- Fibrous Pericardium
Serous Pericardium: 2. Parietal 3. Visceral
Fibrous Pericardium
- strong layer of dense connective tissue (forms one of the three layers)
- external layer of the pericardium
Parietal Pericardium
Outer layer of the serous pericardium
Visceral Pericardium
- Inner layer of the serous pericardium
- Also forms the Epicardium
Layers of the Heart Wall
- Epicardium
- Myocardium
- Endocardium
Epicardium
Layer of heart wall
the external layer of the heart wall and is also the visceral layer of the serous pericardium
Myocardium
- Layer of heart wall
- consists of cardiac muscle (middle layer of the heart wall)
Muscle arranged in circular and spiral patterns
Endocardium
Layer of the heart wall
– endothelium resting on a layer of connective tissue – inner layer of the heart wall
Lines the internal walls of the heart and forms the heart valves
What are heart chambers?
Internal divisions of the atria and ventricles
Interventricular and interatrial septa
Coronary sulcus
an external groove that marks the division between the atria and the ventricles
Anterior and posterior interventricular sulcus
external grooves that mark the division between the ventricles on the both the anterior and posterior side of the heart
Right Atrium
- End of the Systemic Circuit
(low O2 blood has cycled around the body and comes back for more O2) - Receiving chamber for oxygen poor blood
- Vessels coming into this chamber include the Superior Vena Cava, Inferior Vena Cava, Coronary Sinus