Lab practical -blood, heart, vessels Flashcards
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Apex
-inferior end of the heart, tapers to a point -points toward left hip
base
-broad/superior portion of heart -directed toward right shoulder
auricles
-increase volume of atria -small wrinkled protruding appendages
pericardium
-protective layer (may be absent) -double walled sac- heart is enclosed
epicardium
-protective layer-“upon the heart” -visceral layer
myocardium
-produces pumping force -middle layer -composed of cardiac muscle
endocardium
-heart lining-3rd layer -glistening white sheet of endothelium -lines the heart chambers and covers the fibrous skeleton of valves
interventricular septum
-longitudinal division that separates left/right ventricles -interatrial septum separates atria
Left AV/Bicuspid/Mitral Valve
-2 flaps, open and close in response to differences in BP, AV valves prevents backflow into atria when ventricles are contracting
Right AV/Tricuspid valve
-3 cusps, open and close in response to differences in BP, AV valves prevents backflow into atria when ventricles are
Chordae tendineae
- anchor/stabilize heart valves -“heart strings” -attached to each AV valve flap are tiny white collagen chords, which anchor the cusps to the papillary muscles protruding from the ventricular walls
Papillary muscle
- contract to close AV valves -cone-like , project into ventricular cavity
Right atrium
-receives O2 poor blood from body, push blood downstairs into ventricles, blood enters atria via 3 veins: 1) superior vena cava 2) inferior vena cava 3) coronary sinus
Right ventricle
-pumps blood into pulmonary trunk, routes the blood to lungs where gas exchange occurs -makes up most of anterior surface of heart
Left atrium
-receives blood from lungs -4 pulmonary veins enter, they transport blood from lungs back to heart - makes up most of heart’s base
Left ventricle
-pumps blood to all body tissues -dominates the inferoposterior, discharging chamber, ejects blood into the aorta , the largest artery in the body
Superior vena cava
-return blood to RIGHT ATRIUM from body regions superior to the diaphragm
Inferior vena cava
-return blood to RIGHT ATRIUM from body regions below the diaphragm
Pulmonary trunk
-takes blood to lungs -RV pumps blood into pulmonary trunk
R. Semilunar/Pulmonary valve
-prevent backflow of blood -SV between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery; prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into heart - SL valves guard bases of the large arteries issuing from the ventricles (artery & pulmonary trunk) & prevent backflow into associated ventricles
pulmonary arteries
-take blood and lungs
pulmonary veins
- take blood to left atrium , transport blood from the lungs back to the heart
aorta
- takes blood to all tissues -the LV ejects blood into aorta , the largest artery in the body
L. Semilunar/Aortic valve
-prevents backflow of blood -SV valve between the L. ventricle & aorta, controlling the flow of blood - SL valves guard bases of the large arteries issuing from the ventricles (artery & pulmonary trunk) & prevent backflow into associated ventricles