BIOLOGY 174 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Action Potential, University Of Manchester, Myocardial Infarction

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4 chambered heart: separates right from left by septum. Superior vena cava from head, neck, upper limbs, chest. Opening of corony sinus vessel from hearts own circulation coronary circulation. Right atrioventricular valve (r av valve) (tricuspid) valve is attached by strings called cordae tendinae anchored by fingerlike muscles in ventricle wall (papillary muscles) Atrioventricular (l av valve) (bicuspid) (mitral: fun fact: mitral valve (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed after the pope"s hat. Left pulmonary artery carries blood away from the heart left lung. The blood supply to the heart: the coronary circulation. What is coronary circulation: hearts own blood supply. Extensive network of vessels penetrates the myocardium. Deliver oxygen and nutrients to heart muscle cells and removes wastes (carbon dioxide) Heart is too think to extract oxygen directly from blood in chambers. Heart rate (hr): 60-80 beats (contractions) per minute. The heart can contract on its own without a nerve supply. Contractile cells typical cardiac muscle cell contract.

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