The Heart

The Blood Pump

The Circuits

Pulmonary

Systemic

Coronary

Traveling with blood.

Arriving at the Heart

The Systemic Circuit

Now arriving at the Right Atrium

Travel to the right atrium by way of Superior Vena Cava, Inferior Vena Cava and Coronary Sinus

Landmarks of note?

Fossa ovalis: once foramen ovale

Pectinate Muscles

Auricle

Interatrial septum

Atrioventricular Valve: Tricuspid valve

Next stop Right Ventricle

Right Ventricle

Arrival through the tricuspid valves

Chordae tendineae

Papillary muscles

Landmarks of note

Trabeculae carnae

Conus arteriosus

Interventricular septum

Pulmonary semilunar valves

Next stop Pulmonary Trunk

Travel to the Lungs & Back

The Pulmonary Circuit

Pulmonary trunk

Right & Left pulmonary Arteries

Lungs (arterioles, capillaries, venules)

Right and Left Pulmonary Veins

Arrival back at the heart: the Left Atrium

 

Back in the Heart Left Atrium

What’s different from Right Atrium?

Blood has more oxygen

No Coronary sinus

Bicuspid Valve or Mitral valve

Next stop the Left Ventricle

Last Room in the Heart

The Left Ventricle

What’s different?

Muscle wall is thicker

Aortic Semilunar valve

Next stop Aorta and the Systemic circuit

 

 

 

The Aorta

Ascending, Arch Descending, Thoracic, Abdominal…

Branches of

Right and Left Coronary arteries

Brachiocephalic

Left Common Carotid

Left Subclavian

Ligamentum arteriosum: and old branch

Surface of the Heart

Base and Apex

Sternocostal surface

Diaphragm surface

Left & Right

Vertebral

Surface of the Heart

Coronary Sulcus

Coronary sinus

Great Cardiac vein

Small cardiac vein

Circumflex artery

Interventricular sulci

Anterior

Anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery

Great Cardiac Vein: Starts here

Posterior

Middle Cardiac vein

Putting the Heart Together in Layers

Pericardium – a sac for the heart

Dense fibrous

Areolar

Mesothelium

Pericaridal cavity

Epicardium

Myocardium

Endocardium

Endothelial

Areolar

Heart Muscle

Intercalate discs

Gap Junctions

No Triads: T- tubules too short

Built for endurance, which means…

The Cardiac Cycle

Systole

Diastole

Electrocardiograms

P wave

QRS complex

T wave

Sinoatrial node: nodal cells

Atrioventricular node

Interventricular bundles

Purkinje fibers

The Fibrous Skeleton of the heart

 

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