KINESIOL 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Posterior Interventricular Sulcus, Heart Valve, Chordae Tendineae
19 Jan 2016
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Carbon dioxide: end products of metabolism: Damaged, brings molecule to area to repair. Movement of heat (blood towards skin the release heat) Right and left pump separately: blood vessels: Any circulation to outside body tissue (not lungs) To tissues of head, neck and upper limbs or thorax, abdomen and lower limbs. Functions of the heart: generating blood pressure: Heart dictates flow, vessels dictate resistance: routing blood: Deoxygenated and oxygenated don"t mix: ensuring one-way blood flow: Arteries have high pressure to prevent backflow, veins have valves: regulating blood supply: Changes in contraction rate and force match blood delivery to changing metabolic needs. Area from the sternum to the vertebral column and between the lungs. Directed anteriorly, inferiorly and to the left. Flat part at the opposite end of the cone. Directed posteriorly, superiorly and to the right. 1/3 mass on right side, 2/3 mass on left side. At the superior border of the 3rd right costal cartilage.
