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Heart Structures
AHI
Question | Answer |
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Heart | Hollow, double pump |
Average heart beats per minute | 72-75 |
Pericardium | Double layer of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart |
Myocardium | heart muscle tissue |
Endocardium | smooth inner lining of the heart |
Septum | partition, wall, that separates right from left half of the heart |
inferior vena cava | bring deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart-right atrium |
Pulmonary artery | takes blood away from from right ventricle to the lungs for Oxygen |
Pulmonary veins | bring oxygenated blood from lungs to the left atrium |
Aorta | takes blood away from the left ventricle to the rest of the body |
Right and Left Atrium | upper chambers of heart |
Right and Left Ventricle | lower chambers of the heart |
Tricuspid Valve | between right and left ventricle |
Bicuspid (mitral) valve | between left atrium and left ventricle |
Aortic Semilunar valves | between heart and aorta |
Pulmonary semilunar valve | between heart and pulmonary artery |