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The cardiovascular system is composed of the ____________ and _____________________
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Anatomy ch. 11*

The cardiovascular system

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The cardiovascular system is composed of the ____________ and _____________________ heart, blood vessels
blood vessels form the __________________ system cardiovascular
_______________is an indicator of heartbeat pulse
_________________is produced by the heartbeat blood pressure
arteries and arterioles carry blood from the ______________to the rest of the body heart
veins and venules carry blood from the ________ to the heart body
________________are small blood vessels that exchange materials with tissues capillaries
_________________is the narrowing of a vessel vasoconstriction
_________________is the widening of a vessel vasodilation
the heart is made of ________________covered by a protective _________________ myocardium, pericardium
the heart is composed of _____________chambers that are separated by a ___________into two halves four, septum
the left half of the heart controls ________________ circulation systemic
the right half of the heart controls ________________ circulation pulmonary
the four major blood vessels are the _____________, pulmonary artery, _________________, and venae cavae " vena cava" aorta, pulmonary veins
the _____________conduction system of the heart stimulates and coordinates the heartbeat electrical
the fetal heart is disigned to keep blood away from the _________________ lungs
one pumping action of the heart is called the ______________cycle cardiac
______________is the filling of the atria and ventricles, ______________ is the emptying of the ventricles diastole, systole
______________is the number of cycles per minute heart rate
______________is the amount of blood pumped per cycle stroke volume
______________is the volume of blood pumped per minute cardiac output
________________measures the electrical activity of the heart electocardiography
an _______________is a recording of electrocardiography ECG
ECGs are recorded as __________ waves
the ______, _________, ______, ______, and _______waves make up the wave of a cardiac cycle P,Q,R,S,T
the QRS complex, P-R interval, Q-T interval and S-T intervals are indicators of ________________ and _______________ depolarization, repolarization
________________have thicker and more muscular walls than veins arteries
most of the exchange between the blood and tissues takes place across these vessels _______________ capillaries
blood exits the heart through ________________ arteries
_____________ECG feature indicates abnormalities of venticular depolarization QRS complex
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