Cardiovacular System Flashcards
1
Q
Arteries
A
Take blood away from the heart
2
Q
Veins
A
Take blood to the heart
3
Q
Pulmonary Circuit
A
Transports oxygen-poor blood from heart to lungs and back to heart
4
Q
Systematic Circuit
A
Transports oxygen-rich blood from heart to body and back to heart
5
Q
What is the lubb and where does it occur?
A
It is the first heart sound and occurs in the closure of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves
6
Q
What is the dubb and where does it occur?
A
It is the second heart sound and occurs in the closure of the semilunar valves
7
Q
Murmur
A
Abnormal heart sound
8
Q
P-Wave
A
Atrial depolarization
9
Q
QRS Complex
A
Ventricular depolarization
10
Q
T-Wave
A
Ventricular repolarization
11
Q
Diastole
A
Heart relaxes and refills with blood
12
Q
Systole
A
Heart contracts and pushes blood out
