14 Vocab Matching
| Thromboembolism |
| Blood clot floating through blood vessels until it reaches a narrow area and blocks blood flow |
| Sinus node |
| Electrical pulses begin here |
| Aorta |
| Body’s main artery |
| Bradycardia |
| Unusually slow heart rhythm, less than 60 bpm |
| Vena cava |
| Carry O2 poor blood back to the heart |
| Atrioventricular node |
| Electrical impulses slow here to allow blood to move from the atria to the ventricles |
| Atria |
| Upper chambers of the heart |
| Atherosclerosis |
| Calcium and cholesterol buildup inside blood vessels |
| Infarction |
| Tissue death |
| Tachycardia |
| Rapid heart rhythm, greater than 100 bpm |
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