C03, P01 - K - Cardiovascular System Flashcards
Typical resting heart rate is between…
70 and 80 beats per minute.
Heart is composed of…
Four hollow chambers that are delineated into two interdependent but separate pumps on either side.
What separates the atria?
The interatrial septum.
What separates the ventricles?
The interventricular septum.
The right side of the heart is referred to as the…
Pulmonic side because it receives blood from the body that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide and pumps it into the lungs then back to left atria.
The left side of the heart is referred to as the…
System side because it pumps blood high in oxygen to the rest of the body.
The right ventricle has thin walls because…
It only pumps the blood a short distance (to lungs) whereas the left ventricle has thick walls and pumps under high pressure (to rest of the body).
