Cardiovascular System Outline
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Cardiovascular
System Outline
Structures
Heart
Beats 72 times a
minute
100,000 times a day
3 Trillion times in a
lifetime!
Circulates about 5-7
liters of blood
Blood Vessels
Arteries
Veins
Functions
Transport nutrients and oxygen
Transport waste to kidneys
Distribute hormones and antibodies
Help control body temperature and
maintain homeostasis
Heart
2 Sided double pump
Is about the size of
your fist
Lies in the thoracic
cavity between the
lungs
Heart Tissue
Endocardium: smooth
membranous lining
inside the heart
Myocardium: thickest
layer, muscle tissue
that is contractile.
Heart Tissue Cont’d
Epicardium: outermost
layer in the pericardium
Pericardium: covers
the outside of the
heart
Parts of the Heart
Divided into right and left sides
2 chambers in each side, for a total of 4
chambers
Atrium: top, where blood enters
Ventricles: bottom, where blood leaves
Left and right sides separated by a partition
called a septum
Parts of the Heart
Left Atrium
Right Atrium
Left Ventricle
Right Ventricle
Septum
Heart Circulation
Pulmonary: Flow of blood between the
heart and lungs
Systemic: Flow of blood between the heart
and the cells of the body
Coronary: Flow of blood within the heart
Blood flow
Review with heart anatomy
Blood Flow
Vessels
Arteries carry blood away
from the heart
Largest = Aorta
Heart muscle contractions
pump blood through
arteries
Veins carry blood towards
the heart
Largest = Superior/Inferior
Vena Cava
Valves prevent blood from
returning to heart
skeletal muscle
contractions move blood
through veins
Blood Flow Cont’d
Valves
control blood flow
Valve between left atrium
and ventricle = bicuspid
Valve between right atrium
and ventricle = tricuspid
Pulmonary and aortic
valves stop the back flow
of blood into the heart
Review Blood flow:
4 square blood flow
color sheet
Cardiac Conduction System
Electrical Impulses
produce a wave that
can be recorded on the
ECG
Consists of
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Atrioventriclular (AV) node
Bundle of His (AV Bundle)
Bundle Branches
Purkinje Fibers (network)
SA NODE
Located in the upper right part of the atrium
Is a natural pacemaker
Fires at a rate of 60 to 100 times per
minute
The heartbeat starts in the SA node
AV NODE
Located in the floor of the right atrium
Delays or slows the electrical impulse
Fires at a rate of 40 to 60 time per minute
Can take over if the SA node is not working
Bundle of His
Located next to the AV node
Transfers the electrical impulse from the
atria to the ventricles
Bundle Branches
Located along the left and right side of the
interventricular septum
Act as pathways or a fork in the road
Impulses in the bundle branch perform the
important work of making the heart muscle
contract
Purkinje Network
Provide an electrical pathway for each of
the cardiac cells
Activate the left and right ventricles
simultaneously causing the ventricles to
contract