Heart Chamber Types
Atrias
Ventricles
Atria
blood reservoir, primer pumps
Ventricles
main force for blood movement through body
RIGHT SIDE
to lungs
pulmonary circuit
LEFT SIDE
to body
systemic circuit
trace BF thru heart
3 heart wall layers
epicardium
outer connective tissue
myocardium
middle muscular layer
endocardium
inner, endothelium overlaying a think connective layer
septum
muscular wall separating L and R halves of heart
pericardium
triple layer bad that surrounds and protects heart
purpose of Heart Valves
prevent back flow of blood, ensuring one-way blood flow
Heart Valves open/close passively
open and close passively with pressure of blood against them
AV Valves
Purpose of Chorea Tendinae and Papillary Muscles
-chordae tendon attach to pointed ends of cusps, which are attached to papillary muscles (arise from ventricles). when ventricles contract, papillary muscles contract, pulling down on cusps, preventing AV valves from reopening during ventricular contraction and causing leakage of blood into atria
SV valves
3 classes of tissue in Myocardium
Specialized Conductive
little contractile ability ; rhythmicity and varying confection rates
Tissue in myocardium
Synctical Arrangement in Myocardium
Intercalated Disks
Gap Junctions
diffusion of ions between fibers with very little electrical response
Desosomes
adhering junctions
Major importance of synctical arrangement
that 1 impulse spreads to all fibers in synctium