Ch 11 A&P Flashcards
Atroventricular
valves located between the aorta and the ventricles
oxygen blood nourising the myocardium comes from the vessels that branch off the aorta
Coronary arteries
bicuspid valve is known as this (left side)
mitral valve
volume of blood pumped out of the ventricles with each heart beat
SV
Middle layer of typical blood vessels containing smooth muscle and elastic fibers
Tunica media
Largest artery in the body
Aorta
longest veins in the body drain the leg and are called
Great saphenous vein
veins draining the head and arms empty into the
Superior vena cava
brances of the common carotid arteries are called
internal carotid arteries
Pulmonary arteries transport
rich blood in Co2 to the lung
when the ventricles contract the bicuspid valve prevents blood flowing from the
Left ventricle to the right ventricle
The ____ carries oxygenated blood
Pulmonary vein
SA NOde is located?
Right artrium
These blood vessels direct brances to the left coronary artery
Anterior ventricular and cirmcumflex artery
Pathway of transmission of a impulse in the intrinsic conduction system of the heart
SA node , AV bundle of his, right and left bundle , purkinje fibers