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AN22.1-7 | Heart & Pericardium — Glossary
Glossary — Heart & Pericardium
Key terms introduced in this module, in order of first appearance. Use this as a revision checklist.
| Term | Where Introduced |
|---|---|
| 100,000 times a day | hook |
| number one cause of death worldwide | relevance |
| pleural cavities | recall |
| mediastinum | recall |
| middle mediastinum | recall |
| pericardium | recall |
| Fibrous pericardium | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| Serous pericardium | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| Parietal layer | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| Visceral layer | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| epicardium | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| pericardial cavity | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| The pericardial sinuses | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| Transverse sinus | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| Oblique sinus | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| Clinical connection — cardiac tamponade: | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| cardiac tamponade | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| pericardiocentesis | The Pericardium — A Double-Walled Protective Bag (AN22.1) |
| four chambers | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Right atrium | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Superior vena cava | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Inferior vena cava | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Coronary sinus | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| crista terminalis | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| musculi pectinati | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| fossa ovalis | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Right ventricle | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| pulmonary trunk | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| trabeculae carneae | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| septomarginal trabecula | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| moderator band | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| papillary muscles | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| chordae tendineae | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| infundibulum | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Left atrium | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| four pulmonary veins | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| left auricle | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Left ventricle | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| aorta | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| 3× thicker | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| aortic vestibule | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| The septa: | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Interatrial septum | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| atrial septal defect | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Interventricular septum | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| membranous part | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| muscular part | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| Ventricular septal defects | The Heart Chambers — Four Rooms, Two Circuits (AN22.2) |
| fibrous skeleton of the heart | The Fibrous Skeleton — The Heart's Internal Scaffold (AN22.6) |
| Structural support | The Fibrous Skeleton — The Heart's Internal Scaffold (AN22.6) |
| Electrical insulation | The Fibrous Skeleton — The Heart's Internal Scaffold (AN22.6) |
| AV node and Bundle of His | The Fibrous Skeleton — The Heart's Internal Scaffold (AN22.6) |
| Attachment for myocardium | The Fibrous Skeleton — The Heart's Internal Scaffold (AN22.6) |
| coronary arteries | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| aortic sinuses | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Left coronary artery (LCA) | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| left main stem | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Left anterior descending artery (LAD) | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Left circumflex artery (LCx) | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Right coronary artery (RCA) | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| posterior descending artery | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Dominance: | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Right dominant | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Left dominant | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Co-dominant | The Coronary Arteries — The Heart Feeds Itself First (AN22.3) |
| Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| atherosclerosis | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| angina pectoris | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| myocardial infarction (MI) | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| LAD occlusion | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| anterior MI | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| RCA occlusion | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| inferior MI | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| right ventricular infarction | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| LCx occlusion | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| lateral MI | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| Posterior MI | Ischaemic Heart Disease — When the Pipes Block (AN22.4) |
| posterior atrioventricular groove | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Great cardiac vein | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Middle cardiac vein | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Small cardiac vein | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Posterior vein of the left ventricle | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Oblique vein of the left atrium | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Additional venous drainage: | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Anterior cardiac veins | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| Venae cordis minimae | The Coronary Sinus — Venous Drainage of the Heart (AN22.5) |
| conducting system | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| Sinoatrial (SA) node | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| SA nodal artery | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| Interatrial pathways | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| Atrioventricular (AV) node | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| triangle of Koch | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| delays the impulse | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| AV nodal artery | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| Bundle of His | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| Right bundle branch | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| Left bundle branch | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| Purkinje fibres | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| The complete sequence: | The Conducting System — The Heart's Own Pacemaker (AN22.7) |
| AV node | reflection |
| RCA in approximately 80% of hearts | |
| heart block | |
| The 'widow-maker': | clinical_pearl |
| LAD artery | clinical_pearl |
| primary PCI centres | clinical_pearl |
| SA node | reflection |
| Bundle of His → bundle branches → Purkinje fibres | reflection |
| Key takeaways — your study checklist: | summary |
| Septal defects | summary |
| Fibrous skeleton | summary |
| IHD | summary |
| Clinical correlations | summary |
112 terms in this module