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CardiovascularSystem
| Term | Definiton |
|---|---|
| Superior Vena Cava | Vessel that returns blood from the upper half of the body back to the heart. |
| Mediastinum | a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs. |
| Myocardium | The muscular tissue of the heart. |
| Endocardium | the thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves. |
| Pericardium | the membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane. |
| Inferior Vena Cava | carrying blood from the lower body |
| Right Atrium | Deoxygenated blood enters this.. |
| Right Ventricle | the chamber within the heart that is responsible for pumping oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs |
| Pulmonary Trunk | a major vessel of the human heart that originates from the right ventricle |
| Pulmonary Artey | the artery carrying blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation. |
| Pulmonary Vein | a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart |
| Left Atrium | blood returning from the lungs and to act as a pump to transport blood to other areas of the heart |
| Left Ventricle | It is located in the bottom left portion of the heart below the left atrium, separated by the mitral valve |
| Ascending Aorta | |
| Aortic Arch | the portion of the main artery that bends between the ascending and descending aorta |
| Thoracic Aorta | a part of the aorta located in the thorax |
| Oxygenated Blood | |
| Deoxygenated Blood | |
| Systemic Circulation | |
| Pulmonary Circulation |