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Heart Anatomy II
Anatomy II Heart
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04/21/2012

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What surrounds the heart?
Definition
pericardium
Term
What is the tissue outside the heart?
Definition
fibrous pericardium
Term
What are the two types of pericardium?
Definition
fibrous and serous
Term
What lines the fibrous pericardium?
Definition
parietal layer
Term
visceral layer is also known as?
Definition
epicardium
Term
What layer of the pericardium is attached to the outside of the heart?
Definition
visceral
Term
What are the three muscles of the heart?
Definition
epcardium, myocardium and endocardium
Term
Heart weight in females
Definition
nine-eleven ounces
Term
Heart weight in males?
Definition
eleven-twelve ounces
Term
Left coronary artery supplies what?
Definition
left atrium
Term
Left coronary consists of what?
Definition
LAD, LCX and sometimes ramus intermedius
Term
Right coronary supplies what?
Definition
right atrium
Term
Right coronary consists of what?
Definition
right marginal artery
Term
What coronary is the most dominant in 50% of people?
Definition
right
Term
What are supplied by both coronary arteries?
Definition
ventricles
Term
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
Definition
atria
Term
What are the lower chambers of the heart?
Definition
ventricles
Term
Tricuspid is located where?
Definition
Between right atrium and ventricle
Term
Pulmonary valve is located where?
Definition
between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
Term
Bicuspid valve is also known as?
Definition
mitral valve
Term
Mitral valve is located where?
Definition
between left atrium and ventricle
Term
Aortic valve is located where?
Definition
between left ventricle and aorta
Term
Leaflets are also known as?
Definition
cusps
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Papillary muscles do what?
Definition
attach to leaflets of mitral andtricuspid valves to prevent prolapse
Term
there are how many cusps on the tricuspid valve?
Definition
three
Term
There are how many cusps on the mitral valve?
Definition
two
Term
What connects the papillary muscles to the mitral and tricuspid valves?
Definition
chordae tendineae
Term
Blood from the inferior and superior vena cava enters?
Definition
the right atrium
Term
blood goes through tricuspid valve to?
Definition
right ventricle
Term
blood from right ventricle goes trough the pulmonary valve to ?
Definition
pulmonary arteries
Term
Blood from pulmonary veins empty into?
Definition
left atrium
Term
Blood goes through the mitral valve to?
Definition
left ventricle
Term
blood is pumped through the aortic valve into ?
Definition
aorta
Term
Electrical impulses in the myocardium follow?
Definition
conductive pathways
Term
The main branch of the arch of the aorta on the RIGHT is?
Definition
brachiocephalic artery
Term
Brachiocephalic artery branches to become?
Definition
right subclavian artery and right common carotid artery
Term
On the left side of the aorta what branches off?
Definition
left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery
Term
There is no ____________ on the left side of the arch of the aorta?
Definition
brachiocephalic artery
Term
Sinuses in the cranial cavity drain blood from where?
Definition
the brain
Term
superior sagittal sinus drains blood from?
Definition
cerebral hemispheres
Term
inferior sagittal sinus drains blood from?
Definition
medial surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres
Term
Straight sinus drains blood from?
Definition
deep aprts of cerebrum and cerebellum
Term
occipital sinus drains blood from?
Definition
cerebellum
Term
transverse sinus drains blood from?
Definition
the brain
Term
cavernos sinus drains blood from?
Definition
orbit and brain
Term
superior and inferior petrosal sinuses drain blood from?
Definition
all regions drained by cavernous sinus, orbit and brain
Term
sigmoid sinus drains blood from?
Definition
brain and meninges
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