Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Put these parts of the heart in chrono order of blood flow beginning with blood entering through superior and inferior vena cava...Superior vena...

The correct arrangement of the structures listed in your
question is as follows:



1.  Superior and
Inferior Vena Cavae


2.  Right
Atrium


3.  Right Ventricle


4. 
Pulmonic Valve


5.  Left Pulmonary
Artery


6.  Left Pulmonary
Artery


7.  Right Pulmonary
Veins


8.  Left Atrium


9.  Left
Ventricle


10. Aortic Arch


11.
Circumflex Artery



An expanded list containing
some key structures not included in your question is as
follows:



1.  Superior and Inferior Vena
Cavae


2.  Right Atrium


3. 
Tricuspid Valve


4.  Right
Ventricle


5.  Pulmonic
Valve


6.  Pulmonary Artery


7. 
Right and Left Main Pulmonary Arteries


8.  Pulmonary
circulation (pulmonary arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules and
veins)


9.  Right and Left Pulmonary
Veins


10.  Left Atrium


11. 
Mitral Valve


13.  Left
Ventricle


14.  Coronary Circulation (left and right
coronary arteries and left circumflex artery)


15. 
Ascending Aorta


16.  Aortic
Arch


17.  Large arteries to upper
body


18.  Descending
Aorta


19.  Lower Thoracic
Aorta


20.  Abdominal
Aorta


21.  Large Arteries to lower
body


22.  Organ vascular beds (arteries, arterioles,
capillaries, venules, veins)


23.   Superior and Inferior
Vena Cavae


And so
on.



Coronary
Circulation:


As opposed to the systemic circulatory system
(which provides blood to all organs other than the heart), the coronary system provides
blood to the heart itself.  The right and left coronary arteries arise as openings at
the base of the right and left cusp of the aortic valve in the form of ostia…the right
and left coronary ostia.  The left main coronary artery gives off the left anterior
descending (LAD) coronary artery with passes down along the anterior aspect of the left
ventricle.  It also gives rise to the left circumflex coronary artery that passes
posteriorly.  The right main coronary artery passes around the right upper portion of
the heart and gives rise to the posterior descending branch that passes down the
posterior aspect of the right ventricle.



The
commonest sites of coronary artery occlusion (obstruction) leading to heart attacks are
the proximal right coronary artery (usually s few centimeters from the right coronary
ostium), and the proximal LAD (usually about one or two centimeters below or distal to
the LAD’s origin from the left main coronary artery).  Coronary occlusions occur at the
sites where there has been a build-up of arteriosclerotic plaque.  They can be from
coronary thrombosis (clotting at the plaque site) or spasm of the
vessel.



Systemic Circulation:  As opposed to the
coronary circulation the systemic circulation constitutes the circulation to the entire
body other than the heart.  It begins after the aortic valve where blood has left the
heart, and ends in the superior and inferior vena cavae that bring deoxygenated blood
from the organs back to the
heart.



Summary:


The
heart pumps blood through the coronary circulation to supply oxygen to the heart itself,
and through the systemic circulation to supply the entire body other than the
heart.

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