BIOL 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Superior Vena Cava, Pulmonary Vein, Pulmonary Artery

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This does not refer to oxygenated or deoxygenated blood. Lungs (oxygenated blood) -> pulmonary veins -> left atrium -> left ventricle -> aorta -> Carotid arteries -> brain (deoxygenated blood) -> superior vena cava -> right atrium -> right ventricle -> pulmonary arteries -> lungs. The left ventricle has a large muscular layer because it needs more pressure to push the blood farther away from the heart. Fenestrations - holes in the capillaries - allows proteins in and out of circulating blood. Composed of 3 discrete layers or multinucleate cells: endocardium. Thin inner lining of specialized epithelial tissue. Think layer of contractile (99%) and non-contractile (1%) muscle cells interconnected by gap junctions. Directly supplied by o2 and nutrients via he coronary circulation (1st branches off aorta: epicardium. A tough uid led brous pericardial sac further surrounds the heart, anchoring it to the thoracic wall and preventing over lling.

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