CH 19 (HW, Quiz) Flashcards
Which features are part of the cardiovascular system?
Blood vessels and the heart
Which circuit carries blood from the right ventricle to the lungs for gas exchange and returns it to the left atrium of the heart?
Pulmonary circuit
What are the superior and inferior ends of the heart called?
The base and apex respectively
List in order the 3 layers of the heart wall from deepest to most superficial
Endocardium, myocardium, epicardium
What is the muscular pump that keeps blood flowing through the vessels?
The heart
The layer that lines the inner chambers of the heart is?
The endocardium
What is the ear-like extension of a heart chamber?
An Auricle
The structure between the right and left ventricles
The Interventricular septum
The thick-walled inferior chambers of the heart that pump blood into the arteries are the?
Ventricles
Which valve opens into the right ventricular?
The Tricuspid/ Right Atrioventricular valve
Starting with blood in the superior/inferior vena cavae, list the chambers of the heart in order that blood would flow ending with left ventricle
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
The blood vessels that supply nutrients and oxygen only to the heart muscle make up what specific type of circulation?
Coronary circulation
Short, thick, branched muscle cells of the heart are called?
Cardiocytes or cardiomyocytes
Cardiac muscle requires oxygen and therefore relies on what type of respiration to produce ATP?
Aerobic
T or F : The coronary blood vessels are part of the systemic circulation
True
The heartbeat is coordinated by what system?
The cardiac conduction system
The pacemaker potential of the SA node cells is due to the influx of which ions?
Sodium Ions
Impulse conduction through the cardiac conduction system is slowest through this structure, thereby allowing a pause between atrial contraction and ventricular contraction
AV Node