Heart Flashcards

Anatomy section (61 cards)

1
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Contracts forcefully to pump blood vessels of the body

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Heart

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2
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The seat of strong emotion

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Heart

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3
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The heart and blood vessel make up the??

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Cardiovascular system

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4
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The healthy heart of adult pumps approximately

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5L of blood per minute

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5
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Normal heart rate

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60 to 100 BPM

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The right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs and back to the left side of the heart through vessels of??

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Pulmonary circulation

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The left side of the heart pumps blood to all other tissue of the body and back to the right side of the heart through vessels of the???

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Systemic circulation

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8
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Functions of the heart

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Generating blood pressure, routing blood, ensuring one way blood flow, regulating blood supply

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9
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Blunt rounded point of the hart is the

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Apex

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10
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The opposite end of the heart is the

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Base

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11
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Associated structures forms a midline partition called

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mediastinum

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12
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The heart is surrounded by its own cavity, called

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Pericardial cavity

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13
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CPR stands for?

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Cardio Pulmonary resuscitation

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14
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two thirds of the heart mass lies to the _ of the midline

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Left

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The apex is behind _ and _ ribs

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5th and 6th

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16
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The pericardial cavity is formed by the

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Pericardium

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17
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surrounds the heart and anchors it within the mediastinum

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Pericardial sac

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18
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The pericardium consist of 2 layer which are:

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Fibrous pericardium and serous pericardium

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19
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The outer layer of the pericardium

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Fibrous pericardium`

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20
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The inner layer of the pericardium

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Serous pericardium

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21
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Lines the fibrous pericardium

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parietal pericardium

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22
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covers the heart surface

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visceral pericardium

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23
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Located at the base of the heart

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Atria or atrium

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Extend from the base of the heart toward the apex

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Ventricles

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Extends around the heart, separating atria from the ventricle
coronary sulcus
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Carry blood from the body to the right atrium
Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
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Carry blood from the lungs to the left atrium
Pulmonary veins
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Splits the right and left pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary trunk
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Carry blood to the lungs
Pulmonary arteries
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Carries blood to the rest of the body
Aorta
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What are the 3 major openings where atrium receives blood?
Superior vena cava, Inferior vena cava and coronary sinus
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The two atria is separated by each other by a partition called
Interatrial septum
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The two ventricles is separated by a partition called
Interventricular septum
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The _ has thicker wall than it's other half
Left ventricle
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Located between each atrium and ventricle
Atrioventricular valve
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Composed of three cusps or flaps of tissue
Tricuspid Valve
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Also called the mitral valve; composed of two cusps
Bicuspid valve
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Cone shaped muscular pillars
papillary muscles
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Connective tissue that binds papillary muscles
chordae tendinae
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Located between each ventricle and its associated with great artery
Semilunar valve
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Located between the right ventricle and pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary semilunar valve
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Located between left ventricle and aorta
Aortic semilunar valve
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Surrounds the AV and SV valve and give them solid support
Cardiac Skeleton
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Supply blood to the wall of the heart
Coronary arteries
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Originates on the left side of the Aorta
Left coronary arteries
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Lies in the anterior interventricular sulcus
anterior interventricular artery
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Extends around the coronary sulcus on the left to the posterior surface of the heart
Circumflex artery
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Extends inferiorly along the lateral wall of the left ventricle from the circumflex artery
Left marginal artery
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Originates on the right side of the aorta
Right coronary artery
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Lies in the posterior interventricular sulcus
Posterior interventricular artery
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Extends inferiorly along the lateral wall of the right ventricle
Right marginal artery
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Drain blood from the cardiac muscle
Cardiac veins
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Most of the cardiac vein drains blood from
Coronary sinus
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Thin, serous membrane forming the smooth outer surface of the heart
Epicardium
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Thick, middle layer of the heart composed of cardiac muscle
Myocardium
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Smooth inner surface of the heart which composed of simple squamous epithelium
Endocardium
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Ridges and columns of the cardiac muscle is called
Trabeculae carneae
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Breaks down blood clot
Tissue Plasminogen activator ( t-PA)
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Elongated, branching cells that contain one, or occasionally two central nuclei
Cardiac muscle
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Cardiac muscle cells are bound end to end and laterally to adjacent cells by specialized cell to cell contacts called?
Intercalated disks
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Allow cytoplasm to flow freely between the cell
Gap Junctions