Quiz 2: Lecture 4-6 Flashcards
✔️How many chambers in the heart? What are they? What do they do?
4 chambers
- left ventricle: pumps oxygenated blood to the body
- right ventricle: pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- left atrium: holding chamber, collects oxygenated blood from lungs, then sends it to left ventricle
- right atrium: holding chamber, collects deoxygenated blood from inferior vena cava, then sends it to right ventricle
✔️What is the mediastinum?
The cavity (region) between the lungs, sternum, and spine
(Broken up into superior, and inferior mediastinum)
✔️Phrenic nerve is located where?
Anterior to the anterior scalene, then deep into the thorax, then ANTERIOR to the HEART
✔️Where is the vagus (parasympathetic) nerve?
Anterior to the anterior scalene, medial to the phrenic nerve, then goes POSTERIOR to the HEART
✔️How is the mediastinum divided?
Superior and Inferior
Inferior mediastinum also contains anterior, middle, and posterior mediastinum
✔️What does the superior mediastinum contain? (Think nerves, pipes, cardiac structures)
Brachiocephalic veins, superior vena cava, aortic arch (+ branches), trachea, esophagus, phrenic and vagus nerves, thoracic duct and lymphatics
What is the pericardium?
The pericardium is the surrounding covering of the heart that is broken into 3 separate layers; the fibrous pericardium, and serous pericardium [2 layers; parietal (outer), and visceral (inner)
Describe the fibrous pericardium (and innervations, blood supply, etc.)
- creates the boundaries within the mediastinum cavity
- very tough and strong layer
- innervated by the phrenic nerves as they pass to the diaphragm
- blood is supplied via internal thoracic artery (pericardiophrenic vessels)
Describe the serous pericardium
Parietal layer: divides the fibrous pericardium and visceral layer of pericardium
Visceral layer: directly on the heart
What is the pericardial cavity?
- Space between parietal and visceral layers of the heart
- contains a small amount of serous fluid to allow for frictionless movement when the heart beats
What is cardiac tamponade?
A medical emergency when fluid or blood builds up in the pericardial cavity around the heart
What are the two loop systems within the cardiorespiratory system?
Pulmonary loop: transports blood to and from the lungs
Systemic loop: transports blood to and from the rest of the body
Explain the process in which blood goes to and from the lungs (pulmonary loop)
Right atrium —> right ventricle —> pulmonary trunk —> (splits into right and left pulmonary arteries) —> lungs -> pulmonary veins —> left atrium
Explain the superior and inferior vena cava
Superior vena cava: blood returned from arms, neck, face, and skull
Inferior vena cava: blood returned from lower extremity, liver, and abdominal viscera
Both drain into the right atrium
Which vessels lead into the brachiocephalic veins
Internal jugular veins, and subclavian veins
Which vessels lead into the superior vena cava (SVC)
Right and left brachiocephalic veins
Function of azygos vein
Drain blood from thorax into the superior vena cava
⁉️Where does the renal vein and hepatic vein go?⁉️
Inferior Vena Cava (IVC)
Describe the pulmonary arteries
- Carry deoxygenated blood from pulmonary trunk (powered by the right ventricle) to the lungs
- posterior orientation in relation to the other trunks
Describe the pulmonary veins
- Carry oxygenated blood from lungs to heart (left atrium)
- located inferior to where the pulmonary arteries come out of the heart
- 2 sites of attachments for the veins on each side of heart (4 total)
In regards to the two loop systems, which side of the heart corresponds with each system?
Right: pulmonary circulation
Left: systemic circulation
What is ventricular contraction called? What is ventricular relaxation called?
Contraction: systole (sis-toe-lee)
Relaxation: diastole (die-ass-toe-lee)
Where does all the deoxygenated blood in the body go to?
Right atrium
The coronary sinus (CS) drains _______ into the right atrium
The deoxygenated blood of the heart