Cardiac A&P Flashcards
the pulmonary system is ___ Pressure and ____ Resistance
low,low
True or false: the pulmonary circulation contains oxygenated blood
False
True or false: the left heart receives deoxygenated blood
False
Arteries carry blood away or towards the heart
Away
Capillaries bridge what vessels together
arterioles and venules
arteries redistubute into ____ and those redistribute into ____
arterioles, capalaries
Veins carry blood toward or away from the heart
towards
Anterior(ventral) means
front of the body
The fibrous pericardium is the outer or inner layer
outer
What are the two layers the serous pericardium is comprised of
parietal and visceral
The parietal layer lines the inside of which part
fibrous pericardium
The visceral layer is also called
the epicardium
What are the three layers of the heart wall
epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
What are the two AV valves
tricuspid, Mitral
the TV and MV open during
diastole