Heart External Anatomy
100- In what cavity is the heart found?
Mediastinum
200- What is the name for the outermost membrane that the heart is found in?
Fibrous pericardium
300- Where is the serous fluid found that helps decrease friction as the heart beats?
Pericardial cavity
400- What is another name for the visceral pericardium?
Epicardium
500- What are the 3 layers of the heart wall from outside to inside?
Epicardium, myocardium and endocardium
Heart Internal Anatomy
100- What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
Right and left atrium, right and left ventricle
200- Which ventricle will be full of oxygenated blood?
Left
300- What is the name of the wall that separates the ventricles?
septum
400- What are the semilunar valves?
Pulmonary and aortic
500- Which valves are attached to chordae tendinae?
Tricuspid and Bicuspid
Heart Function
100- Which side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs to become oxygenated?
Right
200- What is the name for the blood vessels which bring deoxygenated blood into the heart?
Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
300- What causes the Lub sound of a heart beat?
Closing of A-V valves
400- When the atrium is in systole what is happening in the ventricles?
Diastole
500- List the order in which blood passes through the valves of the heart:
Tricuspid, pulmonary, bicuspid and aortic
EKG and Blood Pressure
100- What does ECG or EKG stand for?
Electrocardiogram
200- Which wave on an EKG represents the contraction of the ventricles?
QRS complex
300- What is the name of the piece of equipment used to measure BP?
Sphygmomanometer
400- What is the equation for determining cardiac output?
CO- Stroke volume x Heart Rate
500- What are 2 factors that affect blood pressure?
Blood volume, peripheral resistance and viscosity
Blood Vessels
100- Which blood vessels are carrying blood away from the heart?
Arteries
200- What are the smallest blood vessels called?
Capillaries
300- What is one characteristic unique to veins?
Thinner tunica media and valves to prevent backflow
400- What is the outermost layer of blood vessels called?
Tunica externa
500- Which layer of blood vessels contains smooth muscle?
Tunica media