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Cardiovascular System Part 1

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Term
Definition
show Heart and Blood Vessels  
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Hollow, cone-shaped, muscular pump; Generates force to transport respiratory gases, nutrients, and wastes through body   show
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_______ ________ transport blood throughout the body   show
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show Arteries  
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show Veins  
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show Capillaries  
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Two _____ _____ (______) are included in the Cardiovascular System.   show
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show Pulmonary circuit and Systemic circuit  
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show Pulmonary  
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show Systemic  
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Organization of the heart: _____ side pumps to pulmonary circuit, blood returns to left side.   show
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show Left  
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Both sides of the heart pump at the same time? True False   show
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Covering over heart and proximal ends of large blood vessels   show
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show Fibrous Pericardium  
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Portions of the Pericardium: -Deep to Fibrous pericardium; outer layer of serous membrane covers the inner surface of the fibrous pericardium   show
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Portions of Pericardium: -Inner layer of serous membrane; attached to surface of heart; also called the epicardium   show
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Portions of Pericardium: -Space between visceral and parietal layers of serous pericardium   show
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show Epicardium  
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show Myocardium  
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show Endocardium  
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Wall of Heart Function: -Forms a protective outer covering -Secretes serous fluid   show
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show Myocardium  
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Wall of Heart Function: -Forms a protective inner lining of the chambers and valve   show
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Types of Heart Chambers: 1. 2. 3.   show
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show Atria (Atrium)  
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show Auricles  
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Heart Chamber: 1. Thick walled lower chambers 2. Pump blood into arteries   show
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There are _ chambers of the heart.   show
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4 Chambers of Heart: -Receives blood returning from systemic circuit (from the superior and inferior vena cavae and coronary sinus) -Pumps blood into the right ventricle   show
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show Right Ventricule  
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show Left Atrium  
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4 Chambers of Heart: -Receives blood from the left atrium -Pumps blood to systemic circuit   show
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Heart Valves: 1. Separates right atrium from right ventricle   show
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show Pulmonary Semilunar Valve  
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Heart Valves: 1. Separates left atrium from left ventricle   show
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show Aortic Semilunar Valve  
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show Tricuspid Valve  
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Valve: ____________ Location: Entrance to Pulmonary Trunk Function: Prevents blood from moving from the left ventricle into the left atrium during ventricular relaxation   show
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Valve: ____________ Location: Left atrioventricular orifice Function: Prevents blood from moving from the left ventricle into the left atrium during contraction.   show
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Valve: ____________ Location: Entrance to aorta Function: Prevents blood from moving from the aorta into the left ventricle during ventricular relaxation   show
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Septum: -Separates left and right atria   show
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show Interventricular Septum  
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Large Veins that Return oxygen-poor blood to the heart   show
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Fibrous strings that attach cusps of tricuspid and mitral valves to papillary muscles in wall of heart.   show
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show Pulmonary Veins  
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Oxygen-poor blood from the vena cavae and coronary sinus enter the _____ ______.   show
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show Tricuspid Right  
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Right atrium contracts, sending remaining blood into ______ ventricle.   show
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show Contracts  
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Tricuspid valve closes _______ _________ ________.   show
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As pressures rises in right ventricle, the __________ ________ _______ opens blood flow into __________ _______.   show
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show Pulmonary  
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show Lungs  
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Blood returns to _____ atrium via pulmonary ______.   show
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show 1. Mitral 2. Left  
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show Contracts  
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show contracts  
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Mitral valve closes ____ ____________ ______.   show
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As pressure rises in left ventricle, ______ _________ _____ opens.   show
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Blood flows into ______, transporting oxygen-rich blood to body cells.   show
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show Left and right coronary arteries  
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The coronary arteries are first 2 branches of the ____.   show
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Branches of right coronary artery:   show
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Branches of right coronary artery: -Supplies posterior ventricles   show
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Branches of right coronary artery: -Supplies right artrium and ventricle   show
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Branches of left coronary artery:   show
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show Circumflex Branch  
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show Anterior interventricular (Left anterior descending) artery.  
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______ veins drain blood from Myocardium.   show
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Enlarged vein into which other cardiac veins drain; drains into right atrium   show
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Contraction of a heart chamber   show
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show Diastole  
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show Cardiac Cycle  
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____________ _____ between cells contain desmosomes for structural support, and gap junctions to spread action potentials through a network of cells   show
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Cardiac Muscle cells have how many central nucleuses?   show
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show Functional Syncytium  
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Specialized group of cardiac muscle cells, which initiate and distribute cardiac action potentials through myocardium   show
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Sinoatrial (SA) Node: Pacemaker   show
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show Conducts impulses from SA (Sinoatrial) node to Atria  
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show Conduct impulses from SA (Sinoatrial) node to Atrioventricular (AV) node  
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show Conducts impulses rapidly between SA (Sinoatrial) node and bundle branches  
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Left and Right Bundle Branches   show
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show Large fibers that conduct impulses to ventricular myocardium; conduct impulses to apex first; whorled pattern of muscle in ventricles contract with twisting motion  
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show Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG)  
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Atrial depolarization; occurs just prior to atrial contraction   show
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Ventricular depolarization; occurs just prior to ventricular contraction   show
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show T Wave  
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Heartbeat through a stethoscope sounds like:   show
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show S1  
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2nd heart sound   show
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show Ventricular Systole  
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2nd heart sound occurs during __________ ________   show
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Closing of the AV valves is associated with _________ _______   show
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Closing of the pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves is associated with _________ _________   show
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Abnormal heart sound derived from incomplete closure of cusps of a valve   show
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True or False: During the cardiac cycle, the pressure in the heart chambers rises and falls   show
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In Ventricular _________: -Pressure is lower than atrial pressure -Atria and ventricles are relaxed -AV Valves are open, and semilunar valves are closed -About 70% of blood flows passively from atria into ventricles   show
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During Atrial _______ and Ventricular ______: -Atria contract and ventricles are relaxed -The AV Valves open and the semilunar valves close -Atrial systole pushes remaining 30% of blood into the ventricles, causing ventricular pressure to increase   show
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show Medulla Oblongata  
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show Parasympathetic Impulses  
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show Sympathetic Impulses  
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show Baroreceptor Reflexes  
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Altered heart rhythms   show
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-Uncoordinated, chaotic contraction of small areas of myocardium -Atrial fibrillation not life-threatening; ventricular fibrillation is often fatal   show
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Abnormally fast heartbeat, >100 beats/min at rest   show
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Abnormally slow heartbeat, <60 beats/min at rest   show
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show Flutter  
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Beat that occurs before expected in normal cardiac cycle; often originates from ectopic regions of heart (other than SA node)   show
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Damage to SA node may lead to AV node taking over, and act as secondary pacemaker; 40 to 60/min, instead of 70 to 80   show
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show Artificial Pacemaker  
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Blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart are called ______, those that carry blood away from the heart are ________   show
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show Pulmonary  
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show The systemic circuit carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body  
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show Left Side of heart  
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Supplies blood to the lungs for exchange of respiratory gases   show
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The heart is housed within the mediastinum and rests on the ___________, a muscle   show
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Which circuit carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body?   show
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show Left Side  
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What is the pericardium?   show
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show Outer portion of the pericardial sac composed of tough connective tissue  
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show Right side Left Side  
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What is the visceral pericardium?   show
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The heart, and the proximal ends of the large blood vessels to which it attaches, are enclosed in a membranous sac called the ______.   show
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show Parietal  
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show Fibrous pericardium  
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What is the space between the visceral and parietal pericardium called?   show
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Which side of the heart pumps blood through the systemic circuit?   show
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show the outermost serous membrane  
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The auricles are flap-like projection off of the ________ and serve to increase their blood volume.   show
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The middle layer of the heart wall, known as the myocardium, is composed primarily of _______.   show
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The inner layer of the heart wall, the endocardium consists of ______.   show
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What is the interatrial septum?   show
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Describes the parietal pericardium?   show
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show Auricle  
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show Ventricles  
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show inferior vena cava coronary sinus superior vena cava  
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show interatrial septum; interventricular septum  
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Where is the tricuspid valve located?   show
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show The contraction of the right ventricle forces blood against the cusps, which closes the valve.  
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show The thicker-walled, inferior chambers of the heart  
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What are the chordae tendineae?   show
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Contraction of the right ventricle leads to what action?   show
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The wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the wall of the right ventricle. Why?   show
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show Right ventricle  
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Blood from the superior and inferior vena cavae and the coronary sinus flow into the ______.   show
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The blood from the right ventricle travels only to the lungs. This physiological attribute explains what anatomical feature?   show
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Blood from the right ventricle flows to the ________ ________, which then splits into two arteries (left and right) that lead into the lungs.   show
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Where is the the pulmonary semilunar valve located?   show
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Where does the blood that enters the left atrium come from?   show
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show mitral or bicuspid  
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Blood leaving the right ventricle flows into the ______.   show
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