HTHSCI 1H06 Winter 2025 Midterm
(McMaster University) Exam Study Guide
Solutions
(1) middle region
(a) anterior (front) region
(3) posterior region
(4) superior (top) region - ANSWER✔✔-(1) heart, ascending aorta, pulmonary trunk and phrenic nerves
(2) thymus gland
(3) descending aorta, esophagus, lymph nodes, vagus nerve and thoracic duct
(4) aortic arch, esophagus and trachea
(1) aorta
(2) pulmonary trunk - ANSWER✔✔-(1) comes off LV, first under pulm. trunk and then arches over
(2) comes off RV
(1) coronary sulcus
(2) interventricular sulcus - ANSWER✔✔-(1) b/w atria and ventricles (divides heart into top and bottom)
(2) b/w r and L ventricles (divides heart into left and right)
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(1) coronary arteries
(2) right coronary artery
(3) left coronary artery
(4) LAD interventricular artery - ANSWER✔✔-(1) lies within sulci
(2) comes off ascending aorta and branches, marginal artery - lies along anterior surface of heart
(3) branches at circumflex artery & LAD artery, lies in the coronary sulcus
(4) lies in interventricular surface, supplies anterior surface of heart b/w 2 ventricles
(1) coronary veins
(2) great cardiac vein - ANSWER✔✔-(1) supplies heart with blood ASAP
(2) anterior, within interventricular sulcus, lying with LAD in groove, ends in dilated structure called the
coronary sinus
(1) artery
(2) vein
(3) LS of heart
(4) RS of heart - ANSWER✔✔-(1) oxygenated blood --> body
(2) deoxygenated blood --> heart
(3) push out oxygenated blood, *systemic*
(4) receive deoxygenated blood & pumps to lungs, *pulmonary*
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