CVS 204 EXAM 1 ESSENTIALS | FINAL EXAM-BASED GUIDE FOR A+ RESULTS!!

CVS 204 EXAM 1 ESSENTIALS | FINAL EXAM-
BASED GUIDE FOR A+ RESULTS!!
Blood Flow

answers: SVC, IVC, Coronary sinus → RA → TV → RV → PV → MPA →
Right and left PA → Lungs → PV

→ LA → MV → LV → AOV → Aorta → Rest of body

Semilunar valves



answers: pulmonic valve and aortic valve.

anatomy of aortic valve



answers: -noncoronary cusp

-left coronary cusp

-right coronary cusp

what is behind each coronary cusp?



answers: a pouch called the sinus of Valsalva

What is the sinus of Valsalva?



answers: pouch like structure above the aortic valve form which the coronary
arteries arise

atrioventricular valves

, answers: Valves located between the atrial and ventricular chambers on each side
of the heart, prevent backflow into the atria when the ventricles are contracting.

(Tricuspid valve, Mitral/bicuspid valve)

Location of rudimentary valves



answers: Eustachian valve - Inferior Vena Cava

Thebesian valve - Coronary Sinus

Eustachian valve



answers: An embryologic remnant of the valve of the inferior vena cava

Thebesian valve



answers: an embryologic remnant of the valve of the coronary sinus

Layers of heart



answers: ▪ Endocardium - inner layer

▪ Myocardium - middle layer, muscle layer

▪ Epicardium - outer layer

Pericardium



answers: The pericardium contains 10-50 ml fluid within the pericardial space,
between the visceral and parietal layers

pericardial layers