heart practical Flashcards
blunt rounded point of heart
apex
larger flat part
base
located in
thoracic cavity
formed by the pericardium
pericardial caivty
anchors heart within mediastinum
pericardial cavity
2 layers of pericardium
fibrous and serous
tissue that surrounds the heart
pericardium
tough fibrous outer layer of CT
layer of pericardium
fibrous
inner layer of epithelial cells
layer of pericardium
serous
portion of the serous pericardium lining the fibrous pericardium
Parietal pericardium –
portion covering the heart
Visceral pericardium or Epicardium –
– produced by serous pericardium
-helps reduce friction as the heart moves within the pericardium
pericardial fluid
separates atria from ventricles
Coronary sulcus –
grooves which indicate the division between right and left ventricles
Anterior and posterior interventricular sulcus –
Veins carrying blood to the heart
superior and inferior vena cava
pulmonary veins
Arteries carrying blood away from the heart
aorta and pulmonary trunj
- receive blood from veins
- primarily function as reservoirs
- contraction of the__ forces blood into the ventricles
atria
Right atrium receives blood through 3 major openings:
SVC, IVC, Coronary sinus
Left atrium receives blood through
pulmonary veins
partition separating the two atria
Interatrial septum –
– pumps blood into pulmonary trunk
right ventricle
pumps blood into aorta
left ventricle
- partition separating the two ventricles
Interventricular septum
between right atrium and right ventricle and between left atrium and left ventricle
-allow blood to flow from the atria
Atrioventricular valves –