Walls Of The Heart

Question 1

Epicardium

Answer 1

External layer of the heart and the inner layer of the pericardium

Question 2

Myocardium

Answer 2

Middle and thickest of the heart’s three layers, specialized cardiac muscle tissue capable of constant contraction and relaxation that creates the pumping movement necessary to maintain the flow of blood throughout the body

Question 3

Endoocardium

Answer 3

Epithelial tissue, inner lining of the heart, comes into direct contact with the blood as it is being pumped through the heart

Question 4

Coronary arteries

Answer 4

Supply oxygen rich blood to the myocardium

Question 5

Veins

Answer 5

Remove waste products from the myocardium