What chamber of the heart pumps blood into the pulmonary trunk?
Right ventricle
Branches of right coronary artery:
1. Posterior Interventricular artery
2. Right Marginal Branch
Portions of the Pericardium:
-Deep to Fibrous pericardium; outer layer of serous membrane covers the inner surface of the fibrous pericardium
Parietal Pericardium
Valve: ____________
Location: Entrance to aorta
Function: Prevents blood from moving from the aorta into the left ventricle during ventricular relaxation
Aortic Valve
Fibrous strings that attach cusps of tricuspid and mitral valves to papillary muscles in wall of heart.
Chordae Tendinaea
The outermost layer of the sac surrounding the heart is composed of tough connective tissue. What is this layer called?
Fibrous pericardium
Hollow, cone-shaped, muscular pump; Generates force to transport respiratory gases, nutrients, and wastes through body
Heart
The thick-walled inferior chambers of the heart that pump blood into the arteries are called