OBJECTIVES

Illustrate the structure of heart

STRUCTURE OF HEART : CROSS

SECTION

PERICARDIUM
the outermost layer
layered
EPICARDIUM
outer layer of the heart

MYOCARDIUM
thick layer of cardiac muscle
give the heart its pumping ability
ENDOCARDIUM
covers the inside cavities and all
associated
valves and muscles
thin,
fibrous layer (connective tissues +
simple squamous epithelial tissues

STRUCTURE OF
HEART

consist of cardiac muscle

comprises of 4 chambers
RIGHT ATRIUM ( AURICLE )
LEFT ATRIUM ( AURICLE )
RIGHT VENTRICLE
LEFT VENTRICLE

RIGHT ATRIUM ( AURICLE )

LEFT ATRIUM ( AURICLE )
thin walls
pump blood to right and left ventricles
RIGHT VENTRICLE
LEFT VENTRICLE
thick walls
contract more strongly than atria ;
pump blood to lungs and throughout the
body

RIGHT ATRIUM ( AURICLE )

receive deoxygenated blood from body
through vena cava ( anterior and posterior )
the deoxygenated blood is pumped into
right ventricle
from right ventricle, it is pumped out to
lungs through pulmonary artery

LEFT ATRIUM ( AURICLE )

receive oxygenated blood from lung
through pulmonary vein
from left atrium, the oxygenated blood is
pumped into left ventricle
from left ventricle, it is pumped out
throughout the body through aorta

VALVES
control the direction of blood
ensure that blood flow in one direction
on right side of heart has an
atrioventricular valve tricuspid valve
prevents blood from right ventricle flowing
back into right atrium

VALVES
on left side of heart has an atrioventricular
valve bicuspid valve
prevents blood from left ventricle flowing
back into left atrium
semilunar valves :
prevents blood from pulmonary artery and
aorta flowing back into right and left
ventricles