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Slide 1:Heart and Neck Vessels
Slide 2: Cardiovascular System • Heart & Blood Vessels • Pulmonary Circulation • Systemic Circulation
Slide 3:• Precordium – area of chest overlying heart and great vessels. – Arteries & veins connected to the heart – Heart & Great vessels are b/t lungs in the middle 1/3 of the thoracic cage = Mediastinum
Slide 4: Heart • Location- Heart extends from the 2nd to 5th ICS & from the Rt. Sternal border to the Lt. MCL • Base broader – upside down • Apex – points down & to the Lt. • Rt. Side anterior • Lt. Side posterior • 4 Chambers
Slide 5:• Apical Pulse = during contraction, apex beats against the chest wall. Usually palpable in the Lt., 5th ICS, MCL
Slide 6: Great Vessels • Above Base of the heart • Superior & Inferior Vena Cava ret



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