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1
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What tissues lack blood vessels?

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Cartilage and The epidermis both receive a nutrient supply by diffusion from the blood supply of underlying tissues

2
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What is a portal system?

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Two sets of capillaries connected by a portal vein which isn’t part of the normal path of circulation.

3
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What is the hepatic portal circulation?

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The hepatic portal vein connects the capillaries of the digestive tract with those of the liver.

4
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What forms the right border of the heart?

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The Right atrium and a little the right ventricle

5
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What chambers make up the left border of the heart?

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The left ventricle. Also known as the apex of the heart.

6
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What makes up the anterior border of the heart?

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The right atrium, left ventricle and right ventricle. (the right ventricle is about 1/2 the border)

7
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What makes the posterior border of the heart?

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The left atrium. Also known as the base

8
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What chambers form the inferior border of the heart?

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Mainly the right ventricle with the left contributing near the apex.

9
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What do we call the veins & arteries that supply the heart itself with blood?

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Coronary Arteries

Cardiac Veins

10
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Into what vessels do the cardiac veins drain?

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First the Coronary Sinus then into the right atrium

11
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What is contained in the anterior mediastinum?

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Thymus gland or remnants
Fat
Ligaments

12
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What plane separates the superior & inferior mediastinum and what level is it at?

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The thoracic plane at T4.

It passes through the sternal angle.

13
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Where on the surface is the apex of the heart?

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The 5th left intercostal space in the mid-clavicular line.

14
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What is situs inversus?

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A congenital condition where pretty much everything internally has been inverted around the middle axis to the other side.
People are usually asymptomatic but it can be very confusing.

15
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Whats the difference in the heart with a child?

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A child’s is higher and more horizontal

16
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What structures are considered lateral to the heart?

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The lungs and phrenic nerves

17
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What structures are found posterior to the heart>

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The oesophagus
Descending aorta
Thoracic Vertebrae T5-T8

18
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What structures are anterior to the heart?

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The anterior edges of the lung/pleurae
Thymic remnants
The sternum
Costal cartilages 4-7

19
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What are the layers of the heart wall & what surrounds it?

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Innermost - Endocardium
Middle - Myocardium (cardiac muscle)
Outermost - Epicardium (Visceral Pericardium)

All surrounded by a pericardial cavity and serous parietal pericardium. Around that is a fibrous pericardium.

20
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What makes up the endocardium?

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A layer of squamous epithelium on a basement membrane with some connective tissue.

21
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What makes up the epicardium?

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Connective tissue + a basement membrane with simple squamous epithelium on it.
The epithelium of the epicardium is also the serous visceral pericardium.

22
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What layer of the heart wall forms the valves?

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The endocardium (also lines the heart chambers)

23
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What connects the myocytes in the myocardium?

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Intercalated Discs.

Which are made of gap junctions (electrical communication) & desmosomes (binding myocytes together)

24
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What do intercalated discs allow?

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The cardiac muscle to act as a functional syncytium. All contracting simultaneously and as one.

25
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How does cardiac muscle appear in histology?

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Faintly Striated
Branching
Mononucleated
Connected by intercalated discs

26
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Which section of the heart wall can put on fat?

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The epicardium

27
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What are cusps and how many are in each valve?

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thin structures derived from the endocaridum that make up the valves.

All the valves have 3 cusps (tricuspid) except the mitral which has 2 (bicuspid), L atrium to L ventricle.

28
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What do chordae tendinae and papillary muscle do?

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They prevent the valves from turning inside out and failing and to function.

29
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What is incompetance and stenosis of a heart valve?

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Incompetence is widening of the valve

Stenosis is narrowing of the valve

30
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What do we call an infection of the heart valves?

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Bacterial Endocarditis

31
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What are the 4 valves?

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R Atrium -> R ventricle = Tricuspid Valve
R Ventricle -> Pulmonary Trunk = Pulmonary Valve
L Atrium -> L ventricle = Mitral or Bicuspid Valve
L Ventricle -> Aorta = Aortic Valve

32
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What do we call the aortic and pulmonary valve?

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Semilunar valves

33
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What do we call the tricuspid and mitral valves?

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Atrioventricular Valves

34
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What happens when a valve has stenosis?

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It narrows and the chamber must generate a greater pressure to force blood out resulting in hypertrophy and eventually cardiac failure.

35
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What happens to an incompetent valve?

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It cant close properly so there is some regurgitation of blood and the chamber must work harder. again leading to hypertrophy and cardiac failure.

36
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What are the 2 functions of connective tissue in the heart? and what is it also known as?

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Structural support in the form of the:

  • Atrioventricular septum
  • roots and anchorage of great vessels
  • supports myocytes and capillaries.

Electrical insulation:

  • Separates atria from ventricles to prevent simultaneously contraction.
  • Separates myocardium from great vessels so the vessels don’t contract.

Its also known as the Cardiac Skeleton.

37
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Why does blood only enter the coronary arteries during distole?

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During systole:

  • The aortic valve is open
  • the cusps block the openings in the aorta to the aortic sinuses

During Diastole:

  • The valve shuts
  • The aortic sinuses are exposes and blood flows in from the aorta.
38
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Why does blood only enter the heart’s capillaries during distole?

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Because during systole the heart is contracted cutting off the capillaries.

39
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In what layer of the heart are its coronary arteries found?

A

In or on the epicardium

40
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What happens when theres occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery?

A

Heart Attack

41
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What are the attachments of the heart?

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It sits in a dense connective tissue bag called the fibrous pericardium.
Its attached to the Sternum, Central Tendon of the diaphragm and hangs from the roots of the great vessels.

42
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what is the function of pericardial fluid within the serous membrane?

A

It acts as a lubicant

43
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To what are the serous membranes bound to?

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The parietal layer is bound to the fibrous pericardium

The Visceral Layer is bound to the heart as part of the epicardium

44
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What is the function of the serous pericardium?

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To allow freedom of movement to the heart during the cardiac cycle.