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Which wall separates the right and left atria?
The interatrial septum separates the left and right atria in the human heart. The tricuspid and bicuspid valves separate the atria and the ventricles.
In longitudinal section how do the walls of the atria and ventricles differ?
In longitudinal section, the walls of the atria are thinner, and lined with pestinate muscles. The walls of the ventricles, meanwhile, are thick and muscular.
When is atrial and ventricle at rest together?
At diastole the muscles of the atria and ventricles relax and blood flows into the heart. Therefore the atria and ventricles and at rest together during diastole.
The atrioventricular valves hAVe muscles and tendons associated with them. Name and describe the muscles and tendons and how they function to assist the AV valves?
The tendon chords are called chordae tendinae and they attach the tricuspid (right AV) and mitral (left AV) valves to muscles called papillary muscles, which are attached to the ventricular wall muscles. When the ventricle contracts, the papillary muscles also contract, pulling the valves closed and preventing the backwards flow of blood into the atria.
Why are heart muscles involuntary?
You imagine the heart muscles to be voluntary. So you will contract the muscles of atria. Then you will contract the muscles of ventricles. This you will do 70 to 80 times per minute. You can not sleep, as the process has to be continued, through out your life.
What does the atrial septum divide?
Septum means wall and the atrial septum is the dividing wall between the two atria, or upper chambers of the heart.
What muscles are The only muscles in the heart and makes up the atria and ventricles?
Cardiac Muscle or myocardium are the muscle that make up the heart that contract and relax to pump blood.
What is muscular wall of tissue that separates the heart into right and left sides?
There are two muscles that divide the chambers of the heart. The right and left ventricles are divided by the interventricular septum and the right and left atria are divided by the interatrial septum.
How is the human heart and the heart of a reptile different?
In turtles, the heart has two atria and a single ventricle partially divided by a wall of tissue called a septum. In crocodiles, there are two atria and two separate ventricle.
What is the function of the cordinae and the muscle that attach to them?
The chordae tendinae and their attachments to the papillary muscles prevent the AV valves from collapsing backwards into the atria.
What additional skeletal muscles are utilized in an ERV activity?
abdominal-wall muscles and the internal intercostal muscles contract.
Where is the pectoral muscles located?
On the chest wall
