The heart system Flashcards
What is the region containing the heart?
Mediastinum. Located between lungs, sternum & thoracic
What are the Membranes surrounding the heart?
Pericardium:
Fibrous pericardium- outer connective tissue sheath.
Parietal layer- outer serous membrane is attached to fibrous pericardium.
between 2 layers is pericardial cavity with serous fluid.
Visceral Layer- inner serous membrane is attached to heart wall.
What are the 3 layers of the heart wall?
Epicardium- outermost Made of epithelial & connective
tissue
Myocardium- middle, thickest
* Made of cardiac muscle
Endocardium- innermost
* Made of endothelium (simple
squamous epithelium) &
connective tissue
What carries blood from cardiac veins to R Atrium?
Coronary sinus.
Returns blood to heart
Veins
Carries blood away from the heart
Arteries
the flow of blood between heart & lungs
Pulmonary circuit
The flow of blood between heart & body
Systemic circuit
What provides blood for myocardium?
Coronary arteries
Branches into the Ant. Interventricular branch
L coronary artery
Branches into posterior interventricular branch
R coronary artery
Returns blood from the myocardium
Coronary veins
Where is the great cardiac vein?
In interventricular sulcus
Where is the small cardiac vein ?
In coronary sulcus
Separates L&R atria
Interatrial septum
Separates L&R ventricles
Interventricular Septum
What are on the walls of atria?
Pectinate muscles
What are on the walls of ventricles ?
Papillary Muscles
What prevents return of blood to atria?
Atrioventricular Valves.
What is a complete sequence of contraction & relaxation?
Cardiac cycle
The contraction phase is called
systole
The relaxation phase is called
diastole
Maximum pressure in arteries during ventricular contraction and pushes blood out into the blood
Systolic Blood pressure
pressure in arteries when ventricles are in filling stage
Diastolic blood pressure