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The Heart

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Heart location   Thoracic cavity, 2/3 left, inside mediastinum  
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Apex   Inferior, anterior, and left  
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Base   Superior, posterior, right  
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Functions of heart   pump blood through vessels, and produce horomones  
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How many layers does pericardium have?   Three: fibrous pericardium, serous pericardium parietal layer, serous pericardium visceral layer  
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Fibrous pericardium   Dense irr. c.t. attached to diaphragm and large blood vessels, not elastic  
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Serous pericardium parietal layer   attached to fibrous pericardium  
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Serous pericardium visceral layer   attached to surface of the heart  
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Pericardial fluid function   To decrease friction during heartbeat  
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What is between layers of the heart?   Pericarial fluid  
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Myocardium   Cardiac muscle cells, joined by intercalated disks  
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Endocardium   Inner lining of heart made up of epithelial tissue and c.t. that seperates blood from muscle  
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Right atrium   Recieves blood from body  
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Left atrium   Recieves blood from lungs  
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Auricle   Pouch near top of atria to increase volume  
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Pectinate Muscle   Ridgid walls especially in auricles  
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Sinoatrial node   Special bundle of modified cardiac cells "pacemaker"  
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Trabeculae carneae   Ridges of muscle in the ventricles  
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Chordae tendineae   Tendon-like cords that attach to bottoms of bicuspid and tricuspid valves and then to the papillary muscles  
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When moving blood from atria to ventricles   AV valve open and SL valves closed  
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Moving blood from ventricles to body   AV valves close and SL valves open  
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Coronary artery   Artery that carries blood to cardiac cells  
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