A&P review sheet Flashcards
What is the heart valve that prevents blood backflow from the pulmonary trunk to the right ventricle
Pulmonary
What drains vlood from thorax and the lowe parts of the body and sends it to right atrium
inferior vena cava
What is the heart valve that prevents blood backflow from the right atrium and the right ventricle
semi lunar -tricuspid-r av valve
What is the measure of the volume of blood ejected by each heart ventricle per heart beat
stroke volume
what is the heart valve tht prevents blood backflow from ascending aorta to the left ventricle
aortic semilunar
What are the specialized cardiac cells that can generate action potentials at a fixed rate
SA node
What transports blood from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries
pulmonary trunk
What are the heart valves that resist higher blood pressure than the other heart valves
aortic semilunar or mitral or bicuspid
What is the membrane lining the interior surface of the heart chambers
endocardium
What is the heart valve that prevents blood backflow from the left atrium to the left ventricle
mitral, bicuspid, LA
Wht is the hole across the interatrial septum in a fetus and newborn
Foramen oval
What is a hole between aortic arch and pulmonary trunk in the fetus and newborn
ductess arteriosis
What is also known as the heart wall
pericardium
What is located within the interatrial septum
AV node
what is located within the interventricular septum
AV bundle SA node Perkinje fibers
What is located within the wall of the right atrium
SA node AV node and fossa ovale
What is located within the wall of ventricles
perkinje fibers