The Heart
The primary function of the heart
What is pump blood throughout the body
Number of chambers in the heart
What is four
The three layers of the heart wall
The three main types of blood vessels
What are arteries, veins, and capillaries
What is the aorta
The location of the heart in the body
What is in the thoracic cavity, slightly left of the midline
The more muscular ventricle
What is the left ventricle
What is the myocardium
The blood vessels with the thickest walls
The blood vessels that bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart
What are the superior and inferior venae cavae
The name of the sac that surrounds the heart
Valve that separates the right atria and right ventricle
Reason why blockages in the coronary arteries is dangerous
What is decreased blood flow to heart, can cause heart attack
The three layers of blood vessels
The curved section at the superior aspect of the aorta
What are the two layers of the pericardium
What is the fibrous pericardium and the serous pericardium
Difference between semilunar valves and atrioventricular valves
What is semilunar lack chordae tendinae and atrioventricular do not
Tissue that makes up the myocardium
What are myocites (cardiac muscle tissue)
Structural difference between capillaries and arteries/veins
What is capillaries only have a single cell thick endothelium lining
The difference between the pulmonary veins and other veins
What is pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood, other veins carry deoxygenated blood
The structures that anchor the heart in place
What are papillary muscles and chordae tendinae
The place where the coronary veins drain into
What is the coronary sinus, into the right atrium
What are vasa vasorum
The structures that the superior vena cava drains
What are the arms, neck, head, and chest