Name: Canales, Daniella Ruth C.

Date:

Course/Year/Sec: BSNursing 1YA1

Teacher: Doc. Bernard S. Balatbat

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (Heart and Blood Vessels)

EXERCISE NO. 9

HEART

GIO: to learn and understand the structures and functions of the heart

SIO:

1. Discuss the heart as to its:

a. location

-Your heart is about the size of your clenched fist. It lies in the front and middle of your chest, behind and
slightly to the left of your breastbone. It is a muscle that pumps blood to all parts of your body to provide
it with the oxygen and nutrients in needs to function.

b. walls of the heart

-The heart wall is made of 3 layers: epicardium, myocardium and endocardium. The myocardium is the
muscular middle layer of the heart wall that contains the cardiac muscle tissue. Myocardium makes up
the majority of the thickness and mass of the heart wall and is the part of the heart responsible for
pumping blood.

c. different chambers – mention the features found

-The heart has four chambers: two atria and two ventricles. The right atrium receives oxygen-poor blood
from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps the oxygen-poor blood to the
lungs. The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle.

2. Describe how the heart beats on its own

- The impulse starts in a small bundle of specialized cells located in the right atrium, called the SA node.
The electrical activity spreads through the walls of the atria and causes them to contract. This forces blood
into the ventricles. The SA node sets the rate and rhythm of your heartbeat.
3. Draw a coronal section of the heart showing the different structures

of the chambers.

F. Draw a normal ECG tracing & Label.