blood flow in the heart

Question 1

Where does pulmonary flow?

Answer 1

blood travels to the lungs then back to the heart

Question 2

Where does systemic flow?

Answer 2

blood travels to the body then back to the heart

Question 3

How many chambers does the heart have?

Answer 3

4, 2 atria and 2 ventricles

Question 4

What are the 2 atria?

Answer 4

upper chambers that receive blood returning though the heart through veins

Question 5

What are the 2 ventricles?

Answer 5

thick, muscular lower chambers, receive blood from the atria above them, then pumps blood out of the heart through arteries

Question 6

What is the septum?

Answer 6

separates right and left sides of the heart

Question 7

How many valves in the heart are there?

Answer 7

4 total, 2 atrioventricular and 2 semilunar valves

Question 8

What are the functions of the heart valves?

Answer 8

allows one way flow of blood

Question 9

What are the two atrioventricular valves?

Answer 9

the left atrioventricular (bicuspid/mitral) and the right atrioventricular (tricuspid)

Question 10

What are the two semilunar valves?

Answer 10

aortic valve (b/w left ventricle & aorta) and pulmonary valve (b/w right ventricle and pulmonary trunk

Question 11

What are the flaps of the valves called?

Answer 11

cusps

Question 12

What are chordae tendineae?

Answer 12

cords that anchor the valves to the ventricle

Question 13

What are papillary muscles?

Answer 13

what the chordae tendineae is anchored to