HSCI10171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thoracic Cavity, Pericardium, Endocardium
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Instructions: these study notes have been created to support your learning and preparation for quizzes and tests. Please use course lecture notes, your text book and all required self-directed learning videos to complete. These activities will serve as excellent study notes for the exams. Part 1: structure and function of the heart. It is time to look at the body"s pump, the heart, which generates the force necessary to circulate blood through the arterial system. Weighing less than a pound and about the size of a fist, the hollow, cone-shaped heart is a remarkable organ when you consider its size in relation to the work that it does. The heart wall, similar to blood vessels, is made up of three layers of different tissue types the endocardium, myocardium and epicardium or visceral pericardium. Using the following diagram complete the chart describing the layers of the heart.
