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Cardio vascular
Question | Answer |
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Endocardium | layer of cells inside the heart |
Myocardium | thickest, muscular middle layer of the heart |
pericardium | double layered membrane outside the heart |
septum | muscular wall that seperates the heart into a right and left side |
right atrium | receives blood as it retuens from the body cells |
right ventricle | receievs blood from the right atrium and pumps blood into the pulmonary artery |
left atrium | receives oxygenated blood from the lungs |
left ventricle | receives blood from the left atrium and pumps blood from into the aorta |
tricuspid valve | between the RV and the RA |
pulmonary valve | between the RV and the pulmonary artery |
mitral valve | between the LV and tthe LA |
aortic valve | between the LV and the aorta |
diastole | brief period of rest |
systole | ventricular contraction |
arteries | carry blood away from the heart |
capillaries | smallest viens, connect the smallest arteries and the smallest veins |
veins | carry blood to the heart |
erythrocytes | red blood cells |
leukocytes | white blood cells |
thrombocytes | platelets |