Where the heart lies

Question 1

What is the Mean Arterial Pressure or MAP?

Answer 1

Primary driving force for blood force and Pressure reserved in the arteries during heart relaxation

Question 2

MAP & (directlt proportional)

Answer 2

cardiac output (CO) x Peripheral Resistance (PR)

Question 3

What organ lies in the center of the thorax/thoracic cavity?

Answer 3

heart

Question 4

Describe the loaction of the heart in the thoracic cavity

Answer 4

Ventral side of the thoracic cavity, sandwiched between the lungs

Question 5

Organ that lies in the mediastinum

Answer 5

heart

Question 6

What makes up the myocardium (cardiac muscle tissue)?

Answer 6

Cardiac muscle cells
Connective tissues

Question 7

What makes up the endocadium?

Answer 7

Endothelium and areolar tissue

Question 8

What makes up the parietal pericardium?

Answer 8

Dense fibrous layer, areolar tissue, mesothelium

Question 9

What makes up the epicardium (visceral pericardium)?

Answer 9

Mesothelium and areolar tissue

Question 10

Cavity between parietal and visceral layers

Answer 10

The Pericardium
Pericardial cavity

Question 11

What fluid does the pericardium contain?

Answer 11

Pericardial fluid

Question 12

Describe the pericardial sac

Answer 12

Fibrous tissue

Surrounds and stabilizes heart