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Stack #128001
Stack study for Ch 4
Question | Answer |
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Mediastinum | Space in chest between the pleural sac of the lungs |
Apex | Tip of heart |
Myocardium | Heart Muscle |
Pericardial Fluid | Protects Heart from friction |
Atria | 2 Upper chambers of heart |
Ventricle | 2 Lower chambers of heart |
Septum | Dividing wall between chambers |
Tricuspid Valve | 3 Flaps Right Atria |
Mitral Valve | 2 Flaps Left Atria |
Sinotrial Node | Natural pacemaker Stimulates heartbeat |
Purkinje Fibers | Fibers on wall that contract the ventricle |
Pulmonary Circulation | Circulation of blood from heart to lungs to heart |
Coronary Circulation | Blood supply that oxygenates heart muscle |
Arteries | blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
Veins | Blood vessel carries blood to the heart |
Capillaries | Where oxygen and Carbon Dioxide exchange takes place |
Vasodilator | Drug that relaxes muscle in vessel |
Vasconstrictor | Constricts blood vessel |
hypo | decreased |
valvul | valvo |
-emia | blood condition |
tachy- | slow |
capill | calplillary |
-sclerosis | hardening |
hyper- | excessive |
thromb | clot |
-stenosis | narrowing |
sept | septum wall |
-lytic | destroy |
peri- | surronding |
phag | swallow |
brady- | fast |
aort | aorta |
phleb | vein |
arteri | artery |
ather | fatty plauque |
angi | vessel |