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Chapter 1- Parts Of The Heart Flashcards

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What blood vessel forms a passageway for deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body to travel into the right atrium?

A

Inferior Vena Cava

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What blood vessel is a passageway for deoxygenated blood from the head and arms to travel through, when flowing to the right atrium?

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Superior Vena Cava

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What is the name of the valve that is in between the right atrium and the right ventricle?

A

Tricuspid Valve

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What blood vessel takes blood away from the the heart?

A

Arteries

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What blood vessel takes blood into the heart?

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Veins

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What valve does the deoxygenated blood that is trying to pass through the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries have to pass through?

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Pulmonary valve

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Where does the deoxygenated blood on the right side of the heart have to pass through to get to the lungs?

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The pulmonary arteries

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On which side of the heart is the blood that has circulated your body?

A

The right side

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On which side of the heart is the blood that has just received oxygen from the lungs?

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The left side

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What color is deoxygenated blood?

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Dark blue

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What color is blood that has just received oxygen?

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Bright red

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Blood travels from the pulmonary arteries to the ______.

A

Lungs

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While in the lungs, deoxygenated blood gives off its _________ __________, and receives __________.

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Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

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From the lungs bright red replenished blood travels through what blood vessel into the heart?

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The pulmonary vein

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14
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From the pulmonary vein blood flows into the _____ ______.

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Left Atrium

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From the left atrium, which valve does the blood travel through to get to the left ventricle?

A

The mitral valve

16
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The blood travels through the mitral valve into the left ventricle through what valve?

A

The Aortic valve

17
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Where does the blood go after passing through the aortic valve?

A

The Aorta

18
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What purpose do valves serve?

A

Valves are doors that open and shut every time the heart pumps, so that no blood can backtrack through the heart.

19
Q

The heart is made up of two pumps. True or false?

A

True

21
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What is the muscular part of the heart that surrounds the heart?

A

The myocardium.

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After passing through the aorta the blood travels through the aortic arches to circulate the rest of the body where it becomes deoxygenated and passes from the right side of the heart to the lungs to left side of the heart through the aortic arches to circulate the rest of the body… Etc. True or false?

A

True. The heart will keep this cycle going as long as you live.

37
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What separates the two pumps that make up the heart?

A

Septum

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