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Know your heart
J Clancy1, A McVicar, M Williams
1School of Health (Nursing and Midwifery), University of East Anglia.
Insights
This article explores the human heart's anatomy and its role in the circulatory system. It details the heart's components, functions, and potential abnormalities, offering learning activities for readers.
Area of Science:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
Background:
- Part of the Concepts in Anatomy series.
- Based on Clancy and McVicar's "Physiology and Anatomy--a homeostatic approach."
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the heart's anatomy and physiology.
- To describe the heart's relationship to the circulatory system.
- To identify potential heart abnormalities.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive review of cardiac anatomy.
- Explanation of the circulatory system's interaction with the heart.
- Discussion of common cardiac abnormalities.
Main Results:
- Detailed identification of the heart's component parts.
- Explanation of the heart's function within the circulatory system.
- Overview of various potential heart abnormalities.
Conclusions:
- The article provides a comprehensive overview of cardiac anatomy and function.
- Readers can enhance their understanding through included self-assessment activities.
Abstract:
In this article in our Concepts in Anatomy series, Mriga Williams joins John Clancy and Andrew McVicar in an examination of the heart, identifying and describing its component parts, its relationship to the circulatory system and some of the abnormalities it might develop. The article includes a range of activities readers may carry out to test and improve their knowledge. The series is based on the text by John Clancy and Andrew McVicar, Physiology and Anatomy--a homeostatic approach, Arnold, London (in print September 2001).