Heart Anatomy

valve between RA and RV

tricuspid valve

valve between LA and LV

bicuspid valve

what side of the heart are the IVC and SVC

the right side

collagen cords that anchor the tri/bicuspid valves

chordae tendinae

muscle that connects to chordae tendinae

papillary muscles

valve between RV and pulmonary trunk

pulmonary semi lunar valve

valve between LV and aorta

aortic semi lunar valve

what separates the left and right ventricles

interventricular septum

right-most vessel on the aortic arch

brachiocephalic

middle vessel on the aortic arch

left common carotid artery

left-most vessel on the aortic arch

left subclavian artery

what does the brachiocephalic vessel turn into

the right subclavian artery and the right carotid artery

layer of tissue that lines the inner layer of the heart

endocardium

middle muscular layer of the heart

myocardium

outside layer of the heart

visceral pericardium

what is in the pericardial cavity

serous fluid

layer superficial to the pericardial cavity

parietal pericardium

outermost layer of the heart that anchors, protects, and prevents blood overfill

fibrous pericardium

where does the right side of your heart pump blood

to the lungs

where does the left side of your heart pump blood

to your body

structures that bring deoxygenated blood to the RA

SVC, IFC, and opening of the coronary sinus

fossa ovalis

scar tissue in between the atriums that was once the foramen ovale

fatty tissue sitting on top of the RA

right auricle

structures that bring oxygenated blood to the LA

pulmonary veins (4)

fatty tissue sitting on top of the LA

left auricle

what branches off the base of the aorta

right and left coronary arteries

right coronary artery

right marginal branch

posterior descending artery

what are branches of the RCA

SA nodal branch, right marginal artery, and PDA

left coronary artery

left anterior descending artery

circumflex artery

what are branches of the LCA

LAD and circumflex artery

where does the coronary sinus empty

the RA

what feeds into the coronary sinus

great cardiac vein, small cardiac vein, and middle cardiac vein

what runs with the great cardiac vein

it runs with the LAD

what runs with the small cardiac vein

it runs with the RCA

what runs with the middle cardiac vein

it runs with the PDA

coronary sinus

great cardiac vein

small cardiac vein

middle cardiac vein

inferior vena canva

superior vena cava