BSC 1083 chapter objectives
The Cardiovascular System:The Heart
Textbook chapter: 14.
1. Name the layers of the heart and the tissues composing each. Identify the cavity
in which the heart is located.
2. Describe the gross anatomical structures of the heart. Include chambers, valves
and associated blood vessels.
3. Name the two types of valves, identifying their function.
4. Trace the flow of blood to and from the heart through both Pulmonary and Cardiac
circulation routes. Indicate in which heart chambers blood is either oxygenated
or deoxygenated.
Be able to recognize the following structures
| pericardium |
myocardium |
endocardium |
atria |
| ventricles |
R. AV valve |
L. AV valve |
aortic semilunar valve |
| pulmonary semilunar valve |
coronary artieries |
coronary veins |
pulmonary arteries |
| pulmonary veins |
cardiac muscle cells |
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Professor
Thomas M. Lancraft
Human Anatomy
Course
at St. Petersburg College
St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus
04/2007