Anatomy of the Heart and Blood Vessels | 01
Channel: Above Average Med Students
Date: 2023-11-19

Hello everyone, this is the first episode of our series on cardiovascular physiology. In particular, we will present to you everything we think you need to know about the anatomy of the heart and blood vessels in order to understand all the topics we will cover in the rest of the series. Here is an outline of this episode:

00:00 Intro

The Heart
01:07 Systemic and pulmonary circulations
02:04 Anatomical position of the heart
03:57 Layers of the heart (endocardium, myocardium, epicardium)
08:19 Fibrous skeleton of the heart
10:39 Chambers of the heart
12:02 Blood flowing through the heart
14:16 Heart valves

The Blood Vessels
21:38 Overview of blood vessels
24:13 Arteries
27:38 Arterioles
29:17 Capillaries
36:42 Venules and veins

39:54 Lymphatic system

44:27 Outro

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