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fibroserous sac enclosing the heart:
2 parts - fibrous and serous |
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outer layer of the pericardium; tough fibrous sac surrounding the serous pericardium, the heart, and the pericardial cavity;
the "wall" |
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visceral layer; membrane forming a closed cavity; covers the heart
2 parts - parietal layer- lines the surface of the fibrous pericardium; visceral layer - covers the myocardium of the heart ("epicardium") |
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| inflammation of the pericardium |
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| acute compressions of the heart due to fluid infusion or hemorrhage into the pericardium |
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| thin mesothelial layer lining the atria and ventricles |
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| muscular layer making uo the majority of the thickness of the heart wall |
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| thin layer of mesothelium covering the surface of the heart; visceral layer of the serous pericardium |
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3 layers
myocardium
endocardium
epicardium |
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| muscular four chambered organ that drives the circulatory system; has input and output channels, veins and arteries |
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| the right side of the heart to the lungs; receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs for oxygenation |
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| through the left side of the heart to the heart itself to the rest of the body, it delivers oxygenation blood from the lungs |
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| Circulation through the Heart |
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1. Vena cava
2. Right atrium
3. Right ventricle
4. Pulmonary arteries
5. Lungs (alveoli)
6. Pulmonary veins
7. Left atrium
8. Left ventricle
9. Aorta
10. Body |
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| large vein returning blood from the head, neck, and thoracic limbs to the right atrium |
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| large vein returning blood from the thorax, the viscera, and the caudal part of the body to the right atrium |
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| chamber of the heart receiving deoxygenated blood from the body |
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| chamber receiving blood from the right atrium and sending it to the lungs |
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| funnel shaped end of the right ventricle leading to the pulmonary trunk |
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| large vessel carrying blood from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries to the lungs |
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| two branches of the pulmonary trunk: carrying blood to the lungs, one to the right lung and one to the left lung |
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| receive deoxygenated blood through the pulmonary arteries; oxygenates the blood and sends it back to the heart through the pulmonary veins |
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| vessels emptying oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium of the heart |
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| receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins |
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| sends oxygenated blood to the body and heart |
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| major outflow from the left ventricle into the systemic circulation |
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| Problems with the right side of the heart |
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| pulmonic circulation - causes blood to back up in the caudal vena cava, filling the abdomen with fluid and into the jugular, resulting in a jugular pulse |
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| Problems with the left side of the heart |
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| Somatic circulation - causes blood to back up in the lungs; congestion of the lungs |
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