Health Essentials 1, 2

Ms. Quintana
 VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNjATiS7d30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdRBVsccPE4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5a0DruZpjY
 (gulp)
But sheep have nice hearts…
Supplies you will use:
Dissection Tray & Pig Heart

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Base

Apex
Let’s Get
Started!!!
Anterior
View
 Anterior View--Aortic Arch

Aorta

Arising from the left

ventricle of the heart
is the largest artery of
the body, the aorta.

Rt. Lf.
 Anterior View--Aortic Arch
Lf. common
carotid
Brachiocephalic trunk
(innominate artery)

Rt. Lf.
 Aorta: Posterior View
Aorta

Lf. Rt.
 Posterior View--Vena Cavae

Superior
Vena Cava
Inferior
Vena Cava

Lf. Rt.
Posterior View--Pulmonary Artery
Lf. Pulmonary
artery

Lf. Rt.
Posterior View--Pulmonary Veins

Rt. Lf.

Pulmonary veins are inferior to pulmonary arteries.

 Rt.
Pul. vein
Lf.
Pul. vein
 Dissect heart on the coronal plane
This separates the anterior and posterior sections
Open heart on
dissection tray.
Anterior half

Posterior half

Rt. Lf.
Rt. Atrium
Lf. Atrium

aorta
Septum

Rt. Lf.
 aorta
Width of right
ventricular
Septum
wall Width of left
ventricular
wall

Rt. Ventricle Lf. Ventricle

 Tricuspid
valve
Cusp of
valve

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Papillary Chordae
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 Mitral

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cusp
Chordae
tendinae
Chordae
tendinae
 Final Check point
Students should be able to trace pathway of blood
through great vessels and heart.
(begin with vena cava and end with vena cava)
That’s All folks!
…help clean up.