heart

Definition: The heart is a muscular organ in humans and other animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. In humans, the heart is located between the lungs, in the middle compartment of the chest.

Histology

 Case 36 : Normal myocardium

Videos

 Heart function and ECG

• https://twitter.com/CardioResearch/status/828612042080866305

 Heart dissection

• http://www.scvp.net/Dissection.html

Components

 cardiac cavities
 cardiac valves
 cardiac wall

• endocardium
• myocardium
• pericardium
  • visceral pericardium (epicardium )
    • subserosal epicardium
    • serosal epicardium

• • parietal pericardium

Pathology

 cardiac malformations
 cardiac anomalies
 cardiac diseases
 cardiac tumors

See also

 cardiac development
 cardiovascualr system (circulatory system)

Videos

 Histology of the heart (by Washington Deceit) (Part 1)

• http://www.youtube.com/v/-7j3xNj6GIg

 Histology of the heart: Purkinje fibers (by Washington Deceit) (Part 2)

• http://www.youtube.com/v/ozxxYjjQy9k&rel=1

 Histology of the heart (by Washington Deceit) (Part 3)

• http://www.youtube.com/v/SgARZbpbQXk

 Heart

• http://www.youtube.com/v/mu2BLnI-afI

 Heart function

• http://www.youtube.com/v/Ww2OAsAUIT0