Cardiac Anatomy & Physiology

This is the most comprehensive course for cardiac anatomy & physiology. Graduate and undergraduate students in the health-care or life sciences fields will encounter a thorough overview of the anatomical features of the heart and the physiological mechanisms underlying a normal cardiac cycle. These mechanisms are covered in depth.

Students will get an exhaustive tour of the heart: 1. ) external and internal anatomy of heart, 2. ) coronary arteries and veins, 3.

) cardiac conduction system, 4. ) autonomic innervation of the heart and its role in regulating blood pressure, 5. ) the heart as a gland or an endocrine organ and the hormones cardiac cells release, 6.

) basic mechanisms of cardiac electrophysiology beginning with the cellular biophysics of ion channels all the way to action potentials in pacemaker and muscle cells of the heart, 7. ) autonomic regulation of chronotropy, inotropy, dromotropy, and contractility, 8. ) basics of the ECG, including vector orientation and the mean electrical axis, 9.