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EXERCISE V.
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
- muscular, four-chambered
organ
- divided into right and left
halves that do not
communicate with each
other
- possesses a pacemaker, a
group of specialised cells
called the sinoatrial node
http://www.texasheart.org
LAYERS OF THE HEART
1. Epicardium (aka
visceral
pericardium)
2. Myocardium
3. Endocardium
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au
LAYERS OF THE HEART
http://cardiovascularsystemud.weebly.com
CARDIAC VALVE
1. mitral valve or bicuspid
valve- between LA and
LV
2. tricuspid valve -
between RA and RV
CONDUCTION SYSTEM OF
THE HEART
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au
PURKINJE FIBERS
vasa vasorum
internal elastic
lamina
external elastic
lamina
http://medsci.indiana.edu
TYPES OF VEINS
http://stevegallik.org
1. Large vein - same layers as the artery but the lumen is collapsed; very thin tunica
media and thick tunica adventitia Ex. superior vena cava and inferior vena cava
TYPES OF VEINS
http://www.histology.leeds.ac.uk
2. Muscular vein- same layers as the large vein. The tunica media has
smooth muscles but there are no internal elastic lamina and external
elastic lamina
ARTERY, VEIN & NERVE
http://www.dartmouth.edu
TYPES OF VEINS
http://www.histology.leeds.ac.uk
TYPES OF CAPILLARY
http://www.histology.leeds.ac.uk