A&P 2 Unit 16 (Lab) [The Heart, Part 1] Flashcards

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Describe the location of the heart within the thoracic cavity.

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  • Located in the mediastinum
  • 2/3 of heart’s mass lies to the left of the midline.
  • Apex points towards the left hip.
  • Great Vessels are attached to heart’s base.
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Medisstinum

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An area in the throacic cavity between the lungs

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Pericardial Cavity

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  • The heart is surounded by a fluid-filled pericardial cavity, created by serous membrane.
  • Pericardial Fluid is the fluid in the pericardialcavity. It acts as a lubricant.
  • Composed of fibrous pericardium & parietal pericardium
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The serous membranes of the pericardial cavity.

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  • Parietal Pericardium
  • Visceral Pericardium
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Parietal Pericardium

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  • Parietal Layer of Serous Membrane
  • There is fluid between it and the heart
  • Secretes serous fluid (pericardial fluid)
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Visceral Pericardium

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  • Visceral Layer of Serous Membrane
  • Attached directly to the heart
  • Secretes serous fluid (pericardial fluid)
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The 3 Layers of the Heart Wall

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  1. Endocardium
  2. Myocardium
  3. Epicardium
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Endocardium

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  • Inner most layer of the cardiac wall.
  • Type of simple squamous epithelium called endothelium
  • It is continuous with the endothelium lining all blood vessels in the body.
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Myocardium

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  • The cardiac muscle.
  • The middle myocardoium is the actual muscle of the heart.
  • Consists of cardiac muscle tissue & its fibrous skeleton
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Epicardium

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  • Visceral Layer of Serous Membrane
  • Outer most layer of the heart wall
  • Consists of a layer of epithelial tissue & loose connective tissue.
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Cardiac Muscle Histology

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  • Cells are short, branched, & striated, usually with a single nucleus; cells are interconnected by intercalated discs.
  • Located in the heart
  • Functions:
    • Circulates blood
    • Maintains blood (hydrostatic) pressure
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Fibrous Pericardium

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  • Full of collagen fibers and doesn’t stretch
  • Prevents the heart from over stretching
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Desmosomes

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  • Strong intercellular junctions
  • Much like rivots
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Intercalated Discs

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  • The area where one cardiac muscle cell joins to another cardiac muscle cell.
  • Contain desmosomes & gap junctions
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Gap Junctions

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  • Allow depolarization to spread from cell to cell.
  • Little proteins are what connect the cells
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16
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The 2 Circuatory Systems of the Body

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  • Pulmonary Circulation
  • Systemic Circulation
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Pulmonary Circulation

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  • The right side of the heart pumps blood into the pulmonary circulation.
  • Gas exchange occurs between pulmonary capillaries and air: O2 enters the blood & CO2 leaves the blood
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Systemic Circulation

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  • The left side of the heart pumps blood into the systemic circulation.
  • Gas exchange occurs between systemic capillaries & interstitial fluid: O2 leaves the blood & CO2 enters the blood.
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Oxygenated Blood’s Location in the Heart

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  • Left side of the heart.
  • Receives from lungs, pumps to rest of the body
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Deoxygenated Blood’s Location in the Heart

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  • The right side of the heart
  • Receives blodd from the body, pumps to the lungs.
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Right Atrium

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Right Ventricle

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Left Ventricle

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Left Atrium

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2 Atria

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  • Upper
  • Smaller capacity
  • Receive blood
  • Left & Right
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2 Ventricles

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  • Lower
  • Larger capacity
  • Receive blood from atria
  • Pumps blood out
  • Left & Right
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Right Atrium

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  • The right atrium is the superior right chamber.
  • It receives deoxygenated blood from the body’s main veins- the superior vena cava, and the coronary sinus.
  • These veins drain a series of blood vessels collectively called the systemic circuit, in which gases & nutrients are exchanged between the blood & the tissue cells.
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Right Ventricle

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  • The right ventricle is a larger chamber inferior to the right atrium, from which it receives deoxygenated blood.
  • It ejects blood into a vessel called the pulmonary trunk, or the pulmonary artery.
  • The pulmonary trunk branches into right & left pulmonary arteries, which deliver deoxygenated blood to the lungs through a series of vessels collectively called the pulmonary circuit.
  • Within the pulmonary circuit, gases are exchanged, & the blood becomes oxygenated.
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Left Atrium

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  • The superior left chamber.
  • It receives oxygenated blood returning from the pulmonary circuit via four pulmonary veins.
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Left Ventricle

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  • Receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium & pumps it into the largest artery in the systemic circuit, the aorta.
  • The aorta then branches repeatedly to deliver the oxygenated blood to the body’s cells.
  • Note that the left ventricle is considerably thicker than the right ventricle, reflecting the fact that the pressure is much higher in the systemic circuit than it is in the pulmonary circuit.
  • The higher pressure requires the left ventricle to pump harder, and thus it is thicker.
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2 Atrioventricular Valves

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AV Valves

  1. Tricuspid Valve (Right AV Valve)
  2. Bicuspid Valve (Left AV Valve) (Mitral Valve)
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2 Semilunar Valves

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  • Pulmonary Valve
  • Aortic Valve
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Tricuspid Valve

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Pulmonary Valve

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Aortic Valve

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Bicuspid (Mitral) Valve

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Tricuspid Valve

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OPEN: Blood flows from Right Atrium to Right Ventricle.

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Bicuspid Valve

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OPEN: Blood flows from Left Atrium to Left Ventricle

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Pulmonary Valve

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OPEN: Right Ventricle to pulmonary trunk (Right & Left Pulmonary Arteries)

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Aortic Valve

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OPEN: Left Ventricle to Aorta

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Coronary Circulation

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  • The portion of the systemic circulation supplying blood to the myocardium (In coronary arteries) and draing the myocardium (in cardiac veins).
  • The right & left coronary arteries are the first branches of the aorta.
  • Deoxygenated blood in the cardiac veins flows into the coronary sinus (a large, thin-walled vein on the posterior heart), which empties into the right atrium.
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Myocardial Infarction

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It happens when blood stops flowing properly to part of the heart and the heart muscle is injured due to not receiving enough oxygen. Usually this is because one of the coronary arteries that supplies blood to the heart develops a blockage due to an unstable buildup of white blood cells, cholesterol and fat.

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Superior Vena Cava

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Right Pulmonary Artery

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Right Pulmonary Veins

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Opening of Superior Vena Cava

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Fossa Ovalis

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Opening of coronary sinus

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Opening of inferior vena cava

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Inferior Vena Cava

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Left Common Carotid Artery

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Left Subclavian Artery

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Brachiocephalic Trunk

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Arch of Aorta

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Ligamentum Arteriosum

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Left Pulmonary Artery

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Pulmonary Trunk

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Left Pulmonary Veins

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Chordae Tendineae

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Interventricular Septum

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Papillary Muscle

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Trabeculae Carneae

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Descending Aorta

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Right Auricle of Right Atrium

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Right Coronary Artery

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Inside

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Right Atrium

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Coronary Sulcus

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Inside

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Right Ventricle

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Left Auricle of Left Atrium

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Branch of Left Coronary Artery

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Inside

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Left Ventricle

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Anterior Interventricular Sulcus