Lecture14. Heart and Circulatory System

Study hint: Read chapters 13 and 14 in your textbook. Fill in the flow diagram on page 63 of your Syllabus from memory after you complete the reading assignment. Then check your answers. Use the diagram of the "Fetal Circulation" in the Laboratory Handouts Packet to fill in the flowchart on page 64 in the Syllabus. When you study the "Conducting System of the Heart", localize each part of the Conducting System to a part of the heart. Beginning with the endocardium or interior of the heart, review the layers of the heart. Then study the layers of blood vessels


Key Features of the Circulatory System

Parts: Heart, Pulmonary Circulation, Systemic Circulation including Coronary Circulation and Bronchial Circulation
Major Tissue Type: Cardiac and Smooth Muscle
Characteristic Cell Types: Cardiocytes, Endothelial cells
Functional Unit: Heart divided into two syncytia
Lecture 14 is divided into three major topics...

     The Human Heart     The Fetal Circulation     Vascular Patterns




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