Left and right atria
Chambers that receive blood returning from your body through your veins
Left and right ventricles
Chambers where blood is pumped to your body through your arteries
Mitral valve
The mitral valve controls the flow of oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle
Tricuspid valve
The tricuspid valve controls the flow of oxygen-poor blood from the right atrium to the right ventricle
Aortic valve
The aortic valve controls flow of oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle to the body
Pulmonary valve
The pulmonary valve controls flow of oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
heart wall
heart chambers
heart valves
heart vessels
SinoAtrial Node
AtriVentricular Node
Systole and Distole
Pulmonary vs. Systemic circulation
pulmonary - heart and lungs
systemic - heart and rest of body organs and tissues
- distribute o2 to tissues and organs and pick up CO2 and recycle it through pulmonary circulation
cardiac circulation
heart’s blood supply
Coronary arteries
§ Come off the aorta (=fresh O2!) either on the LEFT or RIGHT side of the Pulm. Trunk
§ Left Coronary Artery; branches into:
• Left Anterior Descending (LAD) or Anterior interventricular
o “Widow maker” because its blockage leads to sudden and deadly MI (heart attack)
• Circumflex Artery
§ Right Coronary Artery; branches into:
• Right Marginal
• Posterior Descending (PDA) or Posterior interventricular
conduction system
SA node - wall of atrium - AV node - atria contracts - atrioventricular bundle - right and left bundle branches - action potential goes to apex - ventricular walls - perking fibers - contraction in unison
EKG
Know how to draw and label!
o Measures ELECTRICITY of heart (not heartbeat!) o Pwave
- Atrial Depo o QRS Complex
- Vent. Depo and Atrial Repo (Atr. repo is hidden by big vent. depo) o Twave Vent. Repo
o Flat segment between P-Q = Atr. contraction o Flat segment between S-T = Vent. contraction
heart sounds
Heart sounds (“lub/dub”) = sounds made of the valves closing
o S1 –“lub”
- AV’s closing = vents. start to contract
o S2–“dub”
- Semi’s closing = vents. relax
Cardiac Innervation from Brain
o Sympathetic nerves - increase heart rate (norepi/epi) - increase blood pressure o Parasympathetic nerves (Vagus nerve) - decrease heart rate (AcH)
Arteries
o Greatest velocity of blood
o Highest pressure
Arterioles
o Greatest resistance (due to push of narrower vessel walls on blood flow)
o Resistance leads to many pathos!
Capillaries
o Lowest resistance
o allows for fluid/gas/nutrient exchange with tissues
Venules
o drain out of caps
Veins
o Lowest pressure