Cardiovascular Anatomy for Anesthesia Technicians

Cardiovascular anatomy provides the structural foundation for understanding circulation, blood pressure, cardiac monitoring, vascular access, and hemodynamic changes during anesthesia. Anesthesia technicians and technologists benefit from knowing how the chambers, valves, and major blood vessels work together to move blood through the heart, lungs, and body.

This lesson covers the right and left atria, right and left ventricles, tricuspid, pulmonic, mitral, and aortic valves, and major vessels including the venae cavae, pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, and aorta. Clinical connections introduce how cardiovascular anatomy relates to ECG monitoring, arterial lines, central venous access, and anesthesia care.