KINESIOL 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Left Coronary Artery, Pericardial Fluid, Right Coronary Artery

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KINESIOL 2YY3
• Professor: Krista Howarth

Document Summary

C ar d io v as c ular s y st e m (2 - 3 ) Overview: made up of heart, vessels, and blood. Rest of vessels carry blood and its content: blood: fluid contained within the cv system. Fun c t i o n s o f t h e h ear t (5 : generating blood pressure, pressure moves high to low. H e ar t or i e n t ati o n (7 : apex blunt rounded point of cone. Directed anteriorly, inferiorly and to the left: brings a lot of the mass towards the left side of the heart, base flat part at opposite of end of apex. Directed posteriorly, superiorly and to the right: where the atria are located. P e r i c ard i um (8 - 9 : pericardium or pericardial sac, fibrous pericardium: tough dense irregular ct outer layer that surrounds the heart and is the outermost layer.