Lecture notes
Microanatomy of the heart
- Module
- Medicine
- Institution
- Queens University Belfast (QUB)
Lecture notes of 10 pages for the course Medicine at QUB (Anatomy)
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CARDIO MICROANATOMYGeneralorganisation
Muscular pumpresponsible for
moving blood around the circulation
Divided into two sides each
by
an atrium and ventricle
A
Right heart pulmonary circulation
Fed
by inf and sup vena cavae
blood sent to lungs via pulmonary trunk
B Left heart systemic circulation
Fed pulmonary veins sent to body via aorta
by
External features liga ductus
men turn arteriosm Cfo eatal
arteriosm Tethers
aorta 1 p trunk
of
, Pericardium
Composition Fibrous
pericardium limits heart
motion stopping it from over
expanding Attaches to great
vessels at base of heart and
to the Central tendon of the
diaphragm
Serous pericardiumCx 2
Encloses the pericardialcavity
Parietal outer t visceral inner
3 layers of the heart wall
Epicardium Visceral pen car
f H
di um Simple squamous
epi
Sub epicardium loose CT and
an
the heart
Myocardium Thickest bundles and layers of
layer
cardiac muscle cells
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