External Anatomy/Pericardium
What are the three layers of pericardium?
Fibrous, parietal, and visceral
Most people have which heart dominance?
Right
What is the vertical ridge that separates smooth and rough parts of the muscular tissue and where is it found?
Crista terminalis, right atrium
The aortic and pulmonary valves can be ausculated at which intercostal space?
2nd
The serous pericardium can be divided into
Parietal and visceral
The anterior most chamber is the...
right ventricle
The right coronary artery is made up of
The right marginal artery and the posterior interventricular artery
Trabeculae carnea are ___ and are found in the ___
Irregular muscular elevation projecting from the right ventricular wall
The beginning of ventricular systole (closure of mitral/tricuspid valves) makes the
lubb sound
Chordae tendineae attach the triscuspid valves to what structures?
Anterior, posterior and septal papillary muscles in the right ventricle, and anterior and posterior papillary muscles in the left ventricle
What forms epicardium?
Visceral pericardium reflected on the heart
What structure determines left or right dominant heart?
Posterior interventricular artery
What is the fossa ovalis?
A shallow depression, which is a remnant of the foramen ovale
The dupp sound indicates
Ventricular relaxation (closure of aortic and pulmonary valves)
What connects the left atrium to the left ventricle?
Mitral valve
If your patient is experiencing trouble swallowing, you may want to check for..?
Enlargement of the posterior most heart structure, the left atrium
What are the three tributaries of the Coronary sinus?
Great cardiac, middle cardiac, and small cardiac veins
Which is the thickest chamber of the heart?
Left ventricle
The mitral valve can be ausculated at this point of the heart
What vein is usually harvested from in order to perform bypass?
Saphenous
Cardiac tamponade: fluid within the pericardium
Ischemia to the cardiac tissue leading to angina pectoris causing obstruction in blood supply to cardiac tissue may indicate the need for what procedure?
Coronary artery bypass
What connects the septal and anterior papillary muscles in the right ventricles?
The Moderator Band
What is the order, right to left, superior to posterior of the valve ausculation sites (by the name of the valve)
Aortic, Pulmonary, Tricuspid, Mitral (All Physicians Take Money)
What are the openings in the left atrium?
Four pulmonary veins, and the mitral valve