Heart Flashcards
The serous pericardial membrane is also called what?
epicardium
Where do you find trabeculae carnae?
in the left and right ventricles
Where do you find pectinate muscle?
right atrium
What does the crista terminalis separate?
separates auricle and atrial wall
What is the name of the funnel to the pulmonary trunk fro the right ventricle?
conus arteriosus
Where do you see the moderator band in the heart? What is its function/
in the right ventricle (coming from interventricular septum and attaching onto ant. papillary muscle)
What artery travels with the middle cardaic v?
posterior interventricular a.
What artery travels with the great cardiac v?
anterior interventricular a.
What artery travels with the small cardiac v?
right coronary a.
Where do the anterior cardiac veins empty into?
right atrium (NOT coronary sinus)
What are the branches of the right coronary artery?
right marginal branch
posterior IV a.
anterior atrial br (sinuatrial nodal branch)
The left coronary a. immediately divides into what two arteries?
anterior IV a.
circumflex a. (will give off left marginal a.)
What veins/arteries are used for coronary bypass surgeries?
Great saphenous v - most commonly used
radial a.
internal thoracic a.
What supplies the sympathetic innervation to the heart? Where are the ganglia located?
T1-T5
ganglia are in the sympathetic trunk
What supplies the parasympathetic innervation to the heart? Where would the ganglia be?
Vagus
ganglia are found directly on the organ
What are sympathetic fibers in the deep and superficial cardiac plexuses? What about parasympathetics?
sympathetics - postganglionic
parasympathetics - preganglionic
