Cardiovascular Test Flashcards
The inner visceral layer of the pericardium is also called the __________
Epicardium
The specialized tissue capable of conducting action potentials and allowing the heart to beat without direct stimulus from the nervous system is the ________
Myoconduction fibers
A recording of the electrical, changes that accompany the heartbeat is called a ________
Electrocardiogram
The scientific study of the normal heart and the diseases associated with it is _______
Cardiology
The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle is the ______ valve
Tricuspid valve
The right ventricle pumps blood into the _______
Pulmonary trunk
The spread of the action potential through the ventricles is recorded as the _______ wave of the ECG
QRS complex
Inflammation of the pericardium is called _________
Pericarditis
The space between the parietal and visceral pericardial membranes is the _______
Pericardial space
The Medical term for heart attack is _________ __________
Myocardial infarction
The external layer of the heart wall
Epicardium
Emerge from the bundle branches
Purkinje fibers
Located between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Tricuspid valve
