Heart Chambers, Valves And Surface Markings Flashcards
Describe right atrium
Inflow
Outflow
Gross features
- receiving chamber. Inflow through SVC( above diaphragm or upper body ), IVC( below diaphragm or lower body ) and coronary sinus( from myocardium ).
- makes up right border of heart
- posterior wall is smooth and has fossa ovalis lined by rim called limbus of fossa ovalis
- anterior wall is trabeculated by musculi pectinati and has edge called crista terminalis from SVC to IVC
- outflow tract faces anterior and medial through tricuspid valve into RV
List and describe the three heart layers
What are auricles
1 endothelial- lines chambers and blood vessels
2 myocardium- cardiac muscles responsible for myogenic contractions
3 epicardium - outer part
- CT covering the atriums.
Describe right ventricle
Inflow
Outflow
Gross features
- pumping chamber to lungs via pulmonary trunk through semi lunar valves. Inflow from RA through tricuspid valve
- forms most of sternocostal part and part of diaphragm part
- outflow is upwards through pulmonary valve into trunk
- walls trabeculated with 3 papillary muscles with chordae tendinae
Describe tricuspid valve The cusps The attachments Is state during RV systole Competence
- 3 cusps attached at base to fibrous ring which is part of fibrous heat skeleton and to interior of RV via chordate tendinae to papillary muscles.
- anterior , septal and posterior cusps to anterior , septal and posterior papillary muscles.
- closed during ventricle systole to prevent backflow into RA
- active competence requires functional papillary muscles
Describe trabeculate carnae,
Where does septal cusp go
Describe septomarginal trabeculae
Describe conus arteriosus
- trabeculations of post wall of RV.
- goes to inter ventricular septum - trabeculations of inner RV from interventricular septum to ant wall.
- smooth sup inner wall of RV leading to pulmonary trunks
Describe pulmonary valve
State when closed
Describe sinus, nodule and lunule of valve
Competence of PV
- 3 cusps ( ant, right and left ) attached to fibrous ring part of heart fibrous skeleton
- closed during ventricular diastole to prevent backflow
- nodule is tip , lunule is rim and sinus is depression or dilation
-passive competence
Describe left atrium
Inflow
Outflow
Gross features
- forms base of heart and covered by left auricle.
- Inflow is the 4 pulm veins and outflow is mitral valve into LV
- posterior to it is esophagus
Describe left ventricle
Inflow
Outflow
Gross features
- left border of heart, apex and most of inferior surface
- walls trabeculations with 2 papillary muscles ie ant and post
- Inflow through mitral valve
- outflow outwards and upwards through aortic valve into aorta
- Thicker as it pumps blood to entire body wall
Describe mitral valve
Attachments
State when closed
- 2 cusps , ant and post attached to ant and post papillary muscles via chordae tendinae
- attaches to fibrous ring part of fibrous skeleton
- closed during ventricle systole to prevent backflow into LA
Describe aortic valve
Attachments
State when closed
Gross features
- 3 cusps ( left , right and post ) at apex of aortic vestibule, attached to fibrous ring of heart fibrous skeleton
- gas aortic sinus to supply heart
- closed during LV systole to prevent backflow into LV
Describe what happens to and around aortic valve during LV systole and diastole
Systole - ventricle contacts forcing blood into aortic through valve. Also mitral valve forced closed
Diastole - ventricle relaxes and aortic valve closes but mitral open and ventricle fills with blood. Blood files aortic sinus and flows into coronary arteries to supply blood to heart.
Describe cardiac skeleton
- bases of valves attach to dense fibrous rings ( also give attachments to myocardium ) which interconnect in a plane between atria and ventricles ( separates atria and ventricles )
- the ring insulates myocardium of atria and ventricles
- fibrous trigone is area through which passes atrioventricular bundle of heart
List and describe clinical correlations of valves
- mitral valve most frequently diseased
- mitral valve insufficiency ( incompetence ) valve unable to close completely ie defective functioning
- mitral stenosis- cusps rigid and fuse - heart murmur and length of munhu indicates severity of stenosis
- aortic stenosis
Describe shape of heart during inspiration and expiration
Effect this has on apex and apex beat
- Narrower
- shorter
- they vary in position while breathing
Describe borders of heart and contents of each border
Right - 3rd to 6th costal Margin. Right atrium
Left - 2nd costal margin to 5th intercostal space. Left ventricle
Superior- 2nd right margin to 3rd left costal margin. Great vessels
Inferior - 6th costal margin to 5th intercostal space right. Right and left ventricle