Ch 11- Electrocardiography Flashcards
What are the two chambers of the heart
Atrial and ventricular
Atrial chambers
Receive blood from the body
Ventricular chambers
Pump blood out to the body
Septum
Divides the right and left sides of the heart
Tricuspid valve
Found between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Pulmonary valve
Between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
Bicuspid / mitral valve
Between the left atrium and left ventricle
Aortic valve
Between the left ventricle and the aorta
The right atrium receive deoxygenated blood from the:
Superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus
Blood empties from the right atrium into the _____.
Right ventricle
When the ventricles contract, the deoxygenated blood in the right ventricle passes through the opened pulmonary valve and moves into the ________.
Pulmonary artery
In the lungs , the blood picks up _____ and gives up _____.
Oxygen; carbon dioxide
The pulmonary vein brings the oxygenated blood back to the _______.
Left atrium
When the left atrial chamber contracts, the blood empties into the ______.
Left ventricle
When the ventricles contract, the blood in the left ventricle moves through the opened aortic valve and into the ____.
Aorta
