How many papillary muscles are found in the left ventricle?
Two
for the bicuspid (mitrial valve)
What is the function of the papillary muscles?
Prevent leakage/regurgitation through AV valves (ensure blood flows in one direction)
The blood drained by the cardiac veins (veins around heart) almost entirely drains into where?
The coronary sinus (wide venous channel on posterior surface of the heart) lies just below the left atrium - which in turn feeds into the right atrium
except for anterior veins
a.b.c
a. pulmonary trunk
b. aorta
c. right coronary artery - runs in right atrioventricular groove, along the back of heart and terminates at the right interventricular artery
what blood vesse runs in the right atrioventricular groove?
right coronary artery
what blood vessel runs within the left atrioventricular groove?
Left circumflex artery
coronary sinus
Where does the coronary sinus end
underside of the right atrium (just below opening for IVC)
X
coronary sinus
The coronary arteries and cardiac veins are embedded in what layer of the heart wall?
Epicardium
usually surrounded by varying amounts of fat
When the anterior interventricular groove continues onto the diaphragmatic surface of the heart it is called?
posterior interventricular groove
A and B
A - atrioventricular groove
B - anterior interventricular groove
where do coronary veins return blood?
coronary sinus -> right atirum
label a.
left coronary artery
label b
LEFT anterior interventricular artery (descending artery)
c.
circumflex artery
d.
posterior vein
e.
Small cardiac vein
f.
right coronary artery
g.
middle cardiac vein
h
circumflex artery
i
posterior interventricular artery
k
coronary sinus
what vein does not drain directly into coronary sinus?
Anterior vein (drains directly into right atrium)
a
anterior vein