[BIO210Y5] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (32 pages long)
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Pericardial cavity allows the heart to beat: don"t worry a(cid:271)out the 3 la(cid:271)els of the parietal peri(cid:272)ardial, labels we need to know is the text that corresponds to the image. Cardiac tamponade: too much fluid in pericardial cavity, accumulation of fluid makes heart constricted. Pericardial cavity has fluid that allows the heart to pump. The auricle is allowing the heart expand. Before you hit superior vena cava, there are other veins that blood comes in contact with. Pulmonary veins (posterior view: bringing oxygenated blood from veins to heart. Deoxygenated blood going away from the heart to the lungs to be oxygenated. When you have too much fatty tissue around the atrium, it can cause a problem because it restricts movement. Superior/inferior vena cava are bringing the deoxygenated blood: when right atrium is full of blood it gets pushed into atrium, ventricle contracts to push blood out using muscles in heart wall.
