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Major Vessels Superior & Inferior Vena Cava Pulmonary Trunk Left & Right Pulmonary Arteries Left & Right Pulmonary Veins Aorta Brachiocephalic Artery Left Common Carotid Artery Subclavian Artery Descending Aorta Know your ABC'S: Aortic arch gives rise to: Brachiocephalic trunk left Common Carotid left Subclavian

Layers of the Heart Wall Pericardium Epicardium Myocardium Endocardium
Heart Exterior 2 Atria 2 ventricles Apex Anterior Interventricular Sulcus Auricle
Atria Right Atrium Left Atrium Fossa Ovalis
Ventricles Left Ventricle Right Ventricle Septum Trabeculae Carnae
Valves Atrioventricular (AV) Valves Tricuspid Bicuspid or Mitral Valve Chordae Tendinae: Collagen Cords Know your "LAB RATs": Left Atrium: Bicuspid Right Atrium: Tricuspid Semilunar (SL) Valves Aortic Semilunar Valve Pulmonary Semilunar Valve

Coronary Arteries Left Coronary Artery Anterior Interventicular Artery Circumflex Artery Right Coronary Artery Marginal Artery Posterior Interventricular Artery

Coronary Veins Great Cardiac Vein Middle Cardiac Vein Small Cardiac Vein Coronary Sinus
Histology Of Cardiac Muscle intercalated discs. http://starklab.slu.edu/Physio/Circulation.htm

Mnemonics
Valves	TRIPS BIAS	TRIcuspid Pulmonary Semilunar BIcuspid Aortic Semilunar
Valves	TRIPS, MI ASs (uses MItral instead of BIcuspid)	TRIcuspid Pulmonary Semilunar MItral Aortic Semilunar
Valves	Toilet Paper My Ass	Tricuspid Pulmonary Semilunar Mitral Aortic Semilunar
Valves-Atriums	"LAB RATs"	Left Atrium: Bicuspid Right Atrium: Tricuspid
Heart valves: closure sequence	Many Things Are Possible":	Mitral, Tricuspid, Aortic, Pulmonary
Electrical Signal	The patient's family are all having Heart attacks, you must SAVe HIS KIN!"	SA node ---> AV node ---> HIS (bundle of) --> PurKINje fibers
Aorta Branches	Know your ABC'S:	Aortic arch gives rise to: Brachiocephalic trunk left Common Carotid left Subclavian