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Where is the heart located?

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Near the anterior chest wall

Directly posterior to the sternum

Slightly left of the midline

Projects inferiorly and slightly anteriorly

Projects to the left

Posterior to the sternum

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How many times does the heart beat a day?

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100,000 times a day

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How many chambers does the heart have?

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Four

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How big is the heart?

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Size of a clenched fist

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How many litres of blood does the heart pump a day?

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8,000 L a day

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Name the four chambers of the heart.

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Right atrium

Right ventricle

Left atrium

Left ventricle

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What does the right atrium do?

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Collects blood from the systemic circuit (deoxygenated blood from the body)

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What does the right ventricle do?

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Pumps blood to the pulmonary circuit (to lungs to be oxygenated)

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What does the left atrium do?

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Collects blood from the pulmonary circuit (oxygenated blood)

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What does the left ventricle do?

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Pumps blood to the systemic circuit

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How does blood flow through the heart?

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Systemic circuit -> right atrium -> right ventricle -> pulmonary circuit -> left atrium -> left ventricle -> systemic circuit

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Where are the large/great vessels connected?

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To the base of the heart/the superior aspect

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What are the four main great veins?

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Aorta

Vena Cava

Pulmonary veins

Pulmonary artery

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What happens in right heart failure?

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Can’t pump blood to the lungs

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What happens in left heart failure?

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Cant pump blood to the body

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What happens during a single heartbeat?

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First both the atria contract

Then both the ventria contract

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During a heartbeat what happens when the ventria contract?

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During this, both ventria eject equal volumes of blood

The right ventricle pumps its blood into the pulmonary artery

The left ventricle pumps its blood into the aorta

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What is the pericardium?

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A fibrous sac that surrounds the heart

There is a small amount of fluid between the sac and the heart

Inner layer = attached to muscle wall of the heart (visceral layer/epicardium)

Fluid

Thick fibrous membrane that attaches heart to diaphragm (parietal layer)

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What cavity is the heart located in?

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The mediastinum cavity

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Other than the heart what else is found in the mediastinum cavity?

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The oesophagus and the trachea

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What is the name of the inner membrane of the pericardium?

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Visceral layer

Epicardium

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What is the name of the outer membrane of the pericardium?

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Parietal layer

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What are viscera?

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The soft organs of the body

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What type of membranes make up the pericardium?

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a double serous membrane

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What is the function of the pericardial fluid?
Lubricates the heart
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What is the coronary sulcus? | 2
Deep grove on the external surface of the heart It marks the border between the atrial chambers and the ventricle chambers
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What marks the border between the atrial chambers and the ventricle chambers?
The coronary sulcus
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What are the anterior and posterior interventricular sulci?
Shallow depressions between the ventria on both the anterior and posterior positioning
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What do all the sulci mark out?
They mark the route for the coronary arteries and veins (blood supply for heart)
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How many layers are there to the heart wall?
Three
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What are the three layers to the heart wall?
Epicardium Myocardium Endocardium
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What is the epicardium?
The visceral pericardium, the serous membrane composed of mesothelium and loose areolar connective tissue
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What makes up the epicardium? | 2
Mesothelium Loose areolar connective tissue
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What makes up the endocardium?
Simple squamous endothelium supported by areolar tissue
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What is the myocardium?
The muscle wall of the heart
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What does the myocardium form?
The atria and ventria
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What does the myocardium consist of? | 3
Concentric layers of cardiac muscle Blood vessels Nerves
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Describe the structure of the myocardium. | 3
The muscle layer forms two sheaths of muscle One sheath around the atria Another sheath around the ventria
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Describe the muscle of the heart. | 6
Made of interconnected cardiac muscle cells Secured by desmosomes Linked by gap junctions Convey force of contraction Propagate action potentials Muscle cells are connected at intercalated discs
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What is the function of intercalated discs?
If one cell becomes excited the whole sheath of muscle will become excited
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What is the endocardium?
It lines the inner surface of the heart and valves
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What is the endocardium made of? | 2
Simple squamous epithelium (continuous with endothelium of the large blood vessels) Some areolar connective tissue
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What is the epithelium of blood vessels called?
Endothelium
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What is carditis?
Inflammation of any one of the heart wall layers
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What allows excitation to spread through a sheath of muscle?
Myofibres
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What exactly is the excitation of muscle?
Excitation is an electrical process in the form of depolarisation
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How many syncytia does the heart have?
Two
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What are the two syncytia of the heart?
The atrial syncytium The ventricular syncytium
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What is the conduction system of the heart? | 2
The SA node passes signal to atrial muscle (through wires spread across atria) and to the AV node at the same time The AV node passes signal to ventricle muscle
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What is the SA node more often called?
The pacemaker

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