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Cardiovascular Flashcards

1
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Directed towards left hip, rests on diaphragm

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Apex

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2
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The broader posterosuperior aspect

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Base

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3
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membrane enclosing the heart

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Pericardium

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4
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Thick bundles of cardiac muscles twisted and whorled into ringlike arrangements

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Myocardium

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5
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Thin glistening sheet of endothelium that lines the hear champers

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Endocardium

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6
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Heart has two ____ and two ____

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Atria, Ventricles

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7
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Septum that divides the heart longitudinally

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Interventricular Septum

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8
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These bring oxygen poor blood into the heart (2)

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Superior, Inferior Venae Cavae

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9
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Carries blood to the lungs

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Pulmonary Arteries

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10
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Carries blood to the heart from the lungs

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Pulmonary Veins

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11
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Blood pumped out of the left side of the heart goes into the

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Aorta

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12
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The left AV valve, two flaps

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Bicuspid Valve

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13
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the right AV valve, three flaps

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Tricuspid Valve

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14
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Tiny white cords

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Chordae Tendinae

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15
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Guard the bases of the two large arteries leaving the ventricular chambers (2)

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Pulmonary, Aortic semilunar valve

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16
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Arteries that branch from the base of the aorta and encircle the heart

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Coronary Arteries

17
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The myocardium is drained by

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Cardiac Veins

18
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A blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries of the lungs

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Pulmonary Embolism

19
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Occurs when bloodflow to the brain is cut off

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Stroke

20
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Heart Attack

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Myocardial Infarction

21
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Phase of the heartbeat when the heart pumps blood into the arteries

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Systole

22
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Phase of the heartbeat when the heart fills with blood

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Diastole

23
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Main blood vessels in the neck

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Carotid Artery

24
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Any of the several veins in the neck

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Jugular Vein

25
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Paired major arteries of the upper thorax

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Subclavian Artery

26
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Major blood vessel of the upper arm

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Brachial Artery

27
Q

Part of the aorta near lungs

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Thoracic Aorta

28
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Veins that drain blood from the kidneys

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Renal Vein

29
Q

Large artery in the thigh

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Femoral Artery

30
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Veins that drain blood from the Liver

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Hepatic Veins

31
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Conveys blood from the armpit to the heart

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Axillary Veins

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