WEEK 2 - CARDIO Pt1 Flashcards
What are the organs of the cardiovascular system?
heart - pump
arteries - supply
capillaries - exchange
veins/lymphatics - drainage
what is the blood vascular system?
a continuous loop, closed supply and drainage system.
what is the lymphatic (vascular) system?
an open entry drainage system (one way)
any blood that leaves the blood vascular space in institial tissue:
can be picked up by capillaries and drained into the lymph system.
what are the supply path?
arteries
explain the location of arteries:
major arteries are placed specifically to avoid damage - deep within the trunk, on the flexor side of the limb.
what are the protective mechanisms of arteries?
- deep within trunk/far from surfaces
- flexor side of limb
- important structures have two main arteries so that if one is damaged or blocked then the part of the body will still have blood flow.
capillaries have varying degrees of _____.
permeability.
what are the three levels of capillary permeability?
- continuous (controlled/light)
- fenestrated (leaky)
- sinusoidal (very leaky)
what are the three types of drainage things?
- deep veins
- superficial veins
- lymphatics
what is the pointed end of the heart called?
apex
what is the blunt end of the heart called?
base
what is the part of the chest that the heart is in?
mediastynum
which way does the apex point?
anteriorly
explain the heart’s loction in relation to the ribs:
the base is between the 2nd and 3rd rib
the apex is between the 5th and 6th rib
what is the name of the part of the chest that the apex beats against?
Point of maximal intensity - PMI
what is the name of the tbing that seperates the left and right ventricles?
the interventricular septum
what is the right pump made of and what blood does it pump?
right atrium and right ventricle - unoxygenated blood
what is the left pump made of and what blood does it pump?
left atrium and left ventricle - oxygenated blood
what is the name of the valve between the atrial and ventricular chambers?
atrioventricular valves (right: tricuspid, left: bicuspid)
what is the pulmonary valve?
makes sure blood doesnt flow backwards from the pulmonary gland artery into the left ventrical
where does the right atrium recieve blood from and what blood?
deoxygenated bloodfrom the superior vena cava, corony sinus, and inferior vena cava.
where does the left atrium recieve blood from and what type of blood?
the 4 pulmonary veins, oxygenated blood.
what are the 3 layers of the heart?
endocardium (within)
myocardium (muscle - bulk of the wall)
epidcarium (outer)
All sits within the pericardium
what is the pericardium?
the sack that the heart sits in to lubricate/protect it as it beats continuously.
what type of tissue is endocardium?
squamous epithelium (endothelium)
what are the features of the endocardium?
- stops blood from clotting against the walls
- loose irregular fibrous connective tissue (FCT)
- small blood vessels
- punkinje fibres (electrical)
why is the right side wall thinner than the right?
bc pulmonary artery to lungs is a short distance. 0.5cm thick vs 1.5cm.
what are the features of the epicardium?
- large blood vessels
- padding: FCT, adipose tissue
- some of the pericardium is overlaped with the epicardium as it is fused to it.
what lines every artery, vein and capillary?
endothelium
what are the features of the pericardium?
- the part that touches the heart is the ‘viseral layer’
- the other side is called the parietal layer
- the inside is called the pericardial space (fluid filled)
- the other is fibrous pericardium
what are punkinji cells?
cardiac muscle cells that stop contracting and turn into communicative cells.
what is the function and names of AV valves?
atrioventricular valves prevent blood from retuning into the atria during ventricular contraction.
right: tricusbid
left: mitral/bicuspid
what is the stage called in which the ventricle is being filled?
diastole
what happens during diastole?
AV valves open, semilunar valves closed. ventricles are filled from atrium.
what is systole?
av valves closed, semilunar open, ventricle muscles contracted.
what are the functions and names of semilunar valves?
prevent blood returning to ventricles during diastole.
right: pulmonary valve
left: aortic valve.
pushed open as blood flows out of the heart, closes when blood starts to flow back in.
what is the papillary muscle?
small muscle on the ventricular wall that is attached to the chordae tendinae which attaches to the mitral valve to stop the valve from slamming shut.
where is the right coronary artery?
in the cardiac circulation. it runs iver the epicardium on heart wall and branches off at the aorta.
where is the left coronary artery?
in the cardiac circulation. it runs iver the epicardium on heart wall and branches off into the anterior interventricular artery (anterior part of the heart towards the apex) and the circumflex artery (supplies to posterior side of heart)
what are the cardiac veins called and where do they drain to?
left - small cardiac vein
right - great cardiac vein
drain into coronary sinus which drains into the right atrium for reoxygenation.
what are cappilaries made of? how big are they?
rolled up epithelial cells. big enough for one red blood cell in single file.