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PMSC12004 - Advanced
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Study Set Exam

Anatomical Location of Heart - Answer thoracic cavity, medially between lungs called
mediastinum

heart is seperated by from mediastinal structures by pericardium

dorsal surface lies near vertebrate

anterior surface deep into sternum and coastal cartilage

aorta and pulmonary trunk are attached to superior surface

Composition of heart - Answer Endocardium

Myocardium

Epicardium

Endocardium - Answer innermost layer contains purkinje fibers which transmits action
potential

lines inner surfaces of heart chambers including heart valves

2 layers- inner layer: lines heart chambers made of endothelial cells. second layer:
subendocardial connective tissue, continuous with connective tissue of myocardium

Myocardium - Answer muscle layer made of cardiomyocytes correlates to contractile
function. made up in walls of all four chambers. thicker in ventricles & thinner in atria.
Main function is facilitate contraction & relaxation of heart walls to relieve & pump blood
into systemic circulation. Myocardial cells provide scaffold for heart chambers &
conduct electrical stimuli

Epicardium - Answer outermost layer, visceral layer of serious pericardium which
protects heart, provides signal from embryonic heart formation and maturation,
secretes factors for cardiomyocyte proliferation and survival, helps with heart injury
response and regeneration

Blood flow heart to lungs - Answer Blood flows into right atrium from Superior & Inferior
Vena Cava. Right ventricle receives blood from right atrium through tricuspid valve.
high to low pressure gradient moves blood to pulmonary trunk. Pulmonary trunk
branches into left and right pulmonary arteries that take blood to lungs.

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