TOPIC 6 - CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Flashcards
A hollow muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
Heart
Heart is situated in ?
Mediastinum between left & right lungs
Channels through which blood blows and distributes throughout the body.
Blood vessels
A circulatory fluid within the cardiovascular system.
Blood
Outer layer of heart
Epicardium
Inner layer of heart
Endocardium
Middle layer of heart
Myocardium
Chamber of heart that forms the apex
Left ventricle
What is the largest cardiac valve?
Left ventricle
2nd largest cardiac valve
Right ventricle
4th largest cardiac valve
Right atrium
3rd largest cardiac valve
Left atrium
Valves situated between atrium and left ventricle
AV valves
Valve situated between right atrium and right ventricle
Right AV/Tricuspid valve
Valve situated between left atrium and left ventricle
Left AV/Mitral/Bicuspid valve
Which of the following valves resemble the bishop’s miter?
Left AV/Mitral/Bicuspid valve
These are half-moon shaped valves.
Semilunar valves
Valve situated between left ventricle and aorta
Aortic valve
Valve situated between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
Pulmonic valve
Pointed portion of heart directed caudally
Apex
Wide portion of the heart directed cranially
Base
Ear-like appendages attached to right atrium and left atrium
Auricles
Supporting structure of left and right AV valves and is cord-like
Chordae tendinae
Chordae tendinae is attached to ?
Papillary muscles
Papillary muscles is situated inside of ?
Left and right ventricles
Vein and artery that supplies blood to the heart
Coronary blood vessels
Passageway of deoxygenated blood from coronary veins
Coronary sinus
The heart extends _____ on the left side under the _____ rib.
3/5’s, 6th
On an average, the heart weighs about _____ percent of the total body weight.
0.7
The apex of heart in this animal is handsbreadth above olecranon.
Horse
In horse, the base of heart lies between ____ and ____ on a level with ____ rib cartilage.
3rd; 6th; 16th
Venous blood is carried to the sinus venous of the right atrium by? (Hint: 3 answers)
- Cranial and caudal vena cava
- Vena azygos
- Right and left coronary veins
Trace the flow of blood starting from venous return in heart.
Right atrium -> Tricuspid valve -> Right ventricle -> Pulmonary valve -> Pulmonary artery -> Lungs -> Pulmonary vein -> Left atrium -> Bicuspid valve -> Left ventricle -> Aortic valve -> Aorta -> Systemic circulation
The weight of the heart of the horse is approximately ?
100 lbs
Between the cranial and caudal border of heart of horse, which is first convex then become concave ?
Caudal border
Between the cranial and caudal border of heart of horse, which is purely convex ?
Cranial border
This animal has very fatty heart and has two bones.
Ox/cattle
This animal’s heart is the most pointed among all domestic animals.
Sheep
This animal’s heart has double apex.
Pig
This animal’s heart’s apex is blunt and rounded, making the shape of heart ovoid.
Dog
Fibro-serous sac which completely encloses the heart
Pericardium
Outermost layer of pericardium
Fibrous layer
Inner/second layer of pericardium
Serous layer
The visceral surface of serous layer of pericardium faces ?
Heart’s epicardium
The parietal surface of serous layer of pericardium faces ?
Fibrous pericardium
Between fibrous and serous layer, which layer does heart makes an invagination ?
Serous layer
The invagination made by heart in serous layer of pericardium contains fluid called ?
Pericardial fluid/Liquor pericardiii
Pericardial fluid can be found in between of ?
Parietal and visceral pericardium
Pericardium is referred to as epicardium. True or False?
True
Blood vessels that transport blood that is mostly O2-enated away from the heart
Artery & arterioles
3 arteries that doesn’t supply O2-rich blood
- Pulmonary artery
- Omphalomesenteric artery
- Umbilical artery
Blood vessels that transport blood (mostly deoxygenated) toward the
heart.
Veins and venules
3 veins that doesn’t supply deoxygenated blood
- Pulmonic vein
- Omphalomesenteric vein
- Umbilical vein
Microscopic to small blood vessels serving as site for
exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste products
between tissues and circulation
Capillaries
Inner layer of blood vessels containing endothelial cells.
Tunica intima
Middle layer of blood vessels containing smooth muscles.
Tunica media
Outermost layer of blood vessels containing connective tissues
Tunica adventitia
What are the solid components of blood ?
- RBC
- WBC
- Platelets
- Lymphocytes