Heart

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: Heart : 1. What is the apex and base of the heart? How are they oriented in the body? : 2. Define the pericardium - fibrous coat and serous pericardium. : 3. What "anchors" the heart in the thorax? : 4. What is venous mesocardium? : 5. What is arterial mesocardium? : 6. What is the transverse sinus? : 7. What is the oblique sinus? : 8. What is epicardium? Myocardium? Endocardium? : 9. What is the blood supply to the heart? : 10. In the right atrium, define the: crista terminalis, sulcus terminalis, pectinate muscles, coronary sinus, fossa ovalis. : 11. In the right ventricule, define the : trabeculae carnae, papillary muscles, chordae tendinae, moderator band, conus arteriosus/infundibulum. : 12. Contrast the right atrium with the left atrium in terms of structure. : 13. Contrast the right ventricle with the left ventricle in terms of structure. : 14. What is the interventricular septum? : 15. Discuss the structure and function of the atrioventricular valves. : 16. Discuss the structure and function of the semilunar valves. : 17. Define the skeleton of the heart. : 18. Define the SA node, AV node, AV bundle, moderator band, and Purkinje fibers. : 19. Discuss the cornary arteries of the heart. : 20. Discuss the coronary veins of the heart. : 21. What is the cardiac cycle - systole/diastole? : 22. Why is there no correlation to the thoracic projections of the valves of the heart with the sites of auscultation? : 23. What is the ductus venosus? : 24. What is the foramen ovale?

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