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Heart anatomy

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What is the fibroserous sac that holds the heart and roots of the great vessels?   show
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show Posterior to the body of the sternum (2 through 6th ribs); anterior to 5th through 8th thoracic vertebrae  
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show Fibrous pericardium and the serous pericardium  
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show Inferior: central tendon of the diaphragm; Anterior: sternum via the sternopericardial ligaments  
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Where are the phrenic nerves relative to the pericardium?   show
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What is the main function(s) of the fibrous pericardium?   show
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show See p. 64 or slides to determine if correct  
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show The outer coats of the great vessels passing through it.  
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What is the serous pericardium?   show
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Where are the parietal and the visceral layers of the serous pericardium?   show
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show To lubricate the moving parts of the heart (surfaces of the pericardial cavity)  
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Relative to the heart, where are the sinuses located?   show
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show The transverse sinus (between aorta/pulmonary trunk and the superior vena cava) and the oblique sinus (cul de sac around the six major veins entering the heart behind the LEFT ATRIUM)  
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show It's a passage between the right to the left of the pericardial cavity; can "scoop" the inferior surfaces of the arch of the aorta and the pulmonary trunk  
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show Apex, sternocostal surface, diaphraghmatic surface, and the base  
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show Tip of the left ventricle; points anteriorly, inferiorly, and to the left; Found in the left 5h intercostal space approximately 8-10 cm from midline  
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show Right atrium, right ventricle, small part of left ventricle  
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What cardiac components comprise the diaphragmatic surface?   show
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What cardiac components comprise the base of the heart?   show
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show Right border: SVC, R. atrium, IVC; Left border: A. of aorta, P. trunk, left auricle, left ventricle; Superior Border: Great vessels; Inferior border: right ventricles, part of left ventricle  
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What structure divides the two parts of the right atrium?   show
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show Smooth muscular ridge; starts at roof of atrium in front of the opening of the superior vena cava extending down to the antioer lip of the inferior van cava  
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What is the cavity posterior to the crista terminalis? What major vessel(s) does it receive?   show
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What major chamber lies anterior to the crista terminalis?   show
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What is the sulcus terminalis?   show
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Describe the texture(s) of the wall of the right atrium   show
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Where are the pectiate muscles?   show
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show Sup. vena cava, Inf. vena cava, Coronary sinus, right atrioventricular orifice  
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Where does the superior vena cava open into the right atrium?   show
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show The inferior posterior part of the right atrium, almost in line with the SVC; contains a non-function valve of embryonic importance  
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Where does the coronary sinus open into ?   show
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show It is a non-functioning valve of embryonic origin  
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Where is the right atrioventricular orifice   show
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Where is the fossa ovalis   show
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What does the fossa ovalis mark? What did this structure do?   show
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show The limbus fossa ovalis  
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How does the right ventricle communicate with the right atrium?   show
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show Via the pulmonary orifice  
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The right ventricle is partially divided into inflow and outlfow tracts by a smooth muscular crest called ______   show
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Which of the tracts is posterior? Which of the tracts is anterior? What are their walls like?   show
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show It is the ouflow tract for the right ventricle; it is funnel shaped; it is also called the conus arterious  
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What are the inflow tract walls lined with?   show
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What structures does the trabeculae give rise to?   show
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How many sets of papillary muscles are there? What are they and how are they named?   show
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What structure attaches the apex of each papillary muscle to the cusps of the tricuspid valve?   show
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Which of the papillary muscles is the most constant + prominent?   show
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show Prevent eversion of the atrioventricular valve into the atrium during ventricular systole  
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Where is the tricuspic valve?   show
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What are the three cusps of the tricuspid valve called?   show
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How are they secured?   show
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show Specialized trabeculae carnae running from the interventricular septum to the base of the anterior papillary muscle; carries right branch of the bundle of His to the anterior papillary muscle  
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How many valves does the pulmonary valve have?   show
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How are the cusps named?   show
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show The center of the free margin of each cusp  
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show The thin margins of each side of the nodule  
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show They are pockets/sinuses/dilations of the pulmonary trunk where the cusps attach along the curved inferior margins of each sinus; backflow of blood during diastole fills the sinuses, but the cusps prevent regurgitation of blood  
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show Two internal sections, but no definite line of demarcation  
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What veins empty into the posterior portion of the heart?   show
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show They are smooth  
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show Pectinate muscles (musculi pectinati)  
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What structure is in contact with the posterior side of the left atrium? What layers/spaces lie between them?   show
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show The walls are ~3x thicker; trabeculae carnae not as well developed  
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show Aortic vestibule; anologous to the conus arterious  
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show The interventricular septum  
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show 1) pars muscularis (thick and muscular); 2) Pars membranacea (thin membranous). P. membranacea lies above the muscularis and close to the atrioventricular orifices  
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Where is the mitrial valve? How many cusps does it have? What attaches them (cusps) to the wall?   show
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What is the cardiac skeleton? How is it organized? What is its function?   show
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What is the physiological significance of the cardiac skeleton?   show
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show The right right aortic sinus-->emerges on the right side of the pulmonary trunk  
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show Runs through the right coronary sulcus between the right atrium and the right ventricle  
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What are its major branches?   show
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show Given off from the atrial branch near the origin of the RCA  
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What area does the right marginal branch supply?   show
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show At the crux of the heart  
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show In the posterior interventricular sulcus  
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What structures does the right coronary artery supply?   show
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show From the left aortic sinus and emerges on the left side of the pulmonary trunk  
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show While it is still behin the left auricle, brachnes into the anterior interventricular branch (left anterior descending, LAD) and the circumflex branch  
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Where does the anterior interventricular artery run through?   show
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Where does the circumflex artery run through? What does it supply?   show
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What is left coronary dominance? How common is it?   show
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What are the branches of the circumflex artery?   show
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show left atrium, left ventricle (most), part of the right ventricle, anterior 2/3 of IV septum (including the bundle of His), SA and AV node (occasionally)  
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show Lies in the left coronary sulcus from the left margin of the heart to its orifice in the right atrium; receives most of the veins in the heart  
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show Lies in the anterior interventricular sulcus and passes upward and to the left of the left coronary sulcus; becomes continous with the left margin of the hear after receiving the oblique vein of the left atrium  
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Where is the middle cardiac vein? Where does it pass through? Where does it empty into?   show
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Where is the small cardiac vein? Where does it pass through? Where does it empty into?   show
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show The anterior cardiac veins and the least cardiac veins  
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Where are the anterior cardiac veins? Where do they run through? Where do they empty?   show
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What are the venae cordis minimis (least cardiac veins)?   show
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show The cardiac plexus; diffuse netwrok of delicate fibers extending from in front of the trachea to the aortic arch, pulmonary trunk, and ligamentum arteriosum  
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show Superior cervical, middle cervical, and inferior cervical (named after the ganglion they arise from); sympathetic;  
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show From the upper four or five thoracic ganglia of the sympathetic trunk  
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show Postganglionic  
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show From the upper four or five thoracic segments of the spinal cord  
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* What are the three main function of the sympathetic cardiac branches?   show
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* Where does the heart get its parasympathetic branches?   show
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How many cervical cardiac nerves supply the heart? Where do they arise from?   show
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show arise from the vagal trunks or the recurrent laryngeal branches of the vagus  
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show preganglionic, small, plexus, walls  
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* What are the (3) main functions of the parasympathetic innervation of the heart?   show
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Describe the path the afferent (sensory) fibers of the heart take to reach the spinal cord   show
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What information is carried by the vagal afferents of the heart?   show
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show Conduction of the pain sensations of the heart; T1 and T5 (they enter via the dorsal roots), may result in referred pain to the dermatomes supplies by the upper thoracic spinal nerves (T1, T2: ulnar border of upper limb; T2-T5: upper part of thorax)  
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What are the components of the conducting system of the heart?   show
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show Crescent shaped structure (5-8 mm in length) occupying the whole thickness of the wall of the right atrium; on the anterior lip of the superior vena caval orifice near the top of the crista terminalis; pacemaker  
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show Embedded in the interatrial septum close to the opening of the coronary sinus; on the fibrous AV ring close to the attachment of the septal cusp of the tricuspid valve; in the septum extends forward from the opening of the c. sinus; continues as AV bundle  
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