HEART PREPARATION ASSIGNMENT : for 4/12/2011
go to the link on the links page,
more links to heart structure and function
. Watch at least the first 2 videos. The more the better.
in your textbook (and other sources as neccessary) find - and look at - pictures of the following vocabulary terms:
HEART
mediastinum
pericardial cavity - pericardial fluid
parietal pericardium = pericardial sac
fibrous layer (outer)
serous layer (inner)
visceral pericardium = epicardium
myocardium
endocardium
CHAMBERS:
ATRIUM (ATRIA) - right & left
auricle
musculi pectinati
interatrial septumfossa ovalis (foramen ovale)
VENTRICLE(S) - right & left
interventricular septum
trabeculae carneae
VALVES:
chordae tendinae
papillary muscles
cusp(s)
atrioventricular:
tricuspid
mitral
to great vessels:
pulmonary semilunar valve
aortic semilunar
EXTERNAL STRUCTURES:
anterior interventricular sulcus
posterior interventricular sulcus
coronary sulcus = atrioventricular sulcus