THE HEART
[Pages:48]THE HEART
Dr. Ali Ebneshahidi
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Functions is of the heart & blood vessels
1. the heart is an essential pumping organ in the cardiovascular system where the right heart pumps deoxygenated blood (returned from body tissues) to the lungs for gas exchange, while the left heart pumps oxygenated blood (returned from the lungs) to tissues cells for sustaining cellular respiration.
2. Attached to the heart is blood vessels that transport blood in various circulation pathways- pulmonary blood vessels transport blood between the heart and the lungs, and systemic blood vessels transport blood between the heart and body tissues.
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Brachiocephalic trunk Superior vena cava
Right pulmonary artery
Ascending aorta Pulmonary trunk
Right pulmonary veins Right atrium Right coronary artery (in coronary sulcus) Anterior cardiac vein Right ventricle Marginal artery Small cardiac vein Inferior vena cava
(b)
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Left common carotid artery Left subclavian artery Aortic arch
Ligamentum arteriosum Left pulmonary artery
Left pulmonary veins
Left atrium
Auricle
Circumflex artery Left coronary artery (in coronary sulcus) Left ventricle
Great cardiac vein
Anterior interventricular artery (in anterior interventricular sulcus) Apex
Figure 18.4b
Heart chambers
hollow cavities within the heart for containing blood. Two smaller chambers called atrium are near the base, and two larger
chambers called ventricle are close to the apex. Right atrium (RA) after receiving deoxygenated blood from body
tissues through the superior and inferior vena cava, pumps the blood into the right ventricle (RV) via the right atria ventricular orifice. RV then pumps the blood to the lungs for gas exchange, through the pulmonary trunk and arteries. Left atrium (LA) after receiving oxygenated blood from the lungs through the pulmonary veins, pumps the blood into the left ventricle (LV) via the left atria ventricular orifice.
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LV then pumps the blood to the body tissues for supplying oxygen to every body cell, through the aorta.
RA and LA are separated by a central heart wall called interatrial septum, while RV and LV are separated by interventricular septum.
LV has a thicker myocardium layer (for stronger contractions) and contains rough ridges called trabeculae carneae (for containing a larger blood volume in exercising conditions).
Note: Coronary arteries (from the first branching of aorta) supply oxygenated blood to the cardiac muscle.
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Aorta
Left pulmonary artery Left pulmonary veins Auricle of left atrium Left atrium Great cardiac vein
Posterior vein of left ventricle
Left ventricle
Apex (d)
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Superior vena cava Right pulmonary artery
Right pulmonary veins
Right atrium
Inferior vena cava
Right coronary artery (in coronary sulcus) Coronary sinus
Posterior interventricular artery (in posterior interventricular sulcus) Middle cardiac vein
Right ventricle
Figure 18.4d
Heart Valves
Two heart valves located between atria and ventricles are called atrioventricular valves (AV valves) which include the tricuspid valve between RA and RV , and bicuspid valve (or mitral valve ) between LA and LV.
Two heart valves located at the exiting arteries are called semilunar valves (SL valves) which include the plumonic semilunar valve at the base of pulmonary trunk, and the aortic semilunar valve at the base of aorta.
Each AV valve consists of cusps (extensions of endocradium), chordae tendineae, and papillary muscles (the latter two are designed to prevent eversion of the cusps into the atria).
AV valves prevent backflow into atria, while SL valves prevent backflow into ventricles.
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Superior vena cava
Right pulmonary artery Pulmonary trunk
Right atrium Right pulmonary veins Fossa ovalis Pectinate muscles
Tricuspid valve Right ventricle
Chordae tendineae Trabeculae carneae Inferior vena cava (e)
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Aorta
Left pulmonary artery Left atrium Left pulmonary veins
Mitral (bicuspid) valve Aortic valve Pulmonary valve Left ventricle
Papillary muscle Interventricular septum Myocardium Visceral pericardium Endocardium
Figure 18.4e
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