Chapter 13 Flashcards
What is the location of the heart?
Located between the lungs- - - in the lower portion of the mediastinum
Positioned in the thoracic cavity
The pulmonary artery carried blood out of which chamber?
Right ventricle
Where does the venous blood return from the body during circulation?
Inferior and Superior Vena Cava
What is the function of the portal circulation?
Removes excess glucose and stores it in the liver as glycogen
Detoxifies blood
Removes poisonous substances from the blood
Arteries carry what type of blood?
Oxygenated blood
Which arteries carry deoxygenated blood?
Pulmonary and umbilical artery
Veins carry what type of blood?
Deoxygenated blood
Which veins carry oxygenated blood?
Pulmonary veins and umbilical veins
A blood vessel that has valves that aid in blood flow?
Veins
An artery that supplied blood to the heart?
Coronary artery
What can increase the white blood cell count?
Exercise
Where is the bicuspid valve located?
Between left atrium and left ventricle
Where is the tricuspid valve located?
Between right atrium and right ventricle
What is an electrocardiogram?
It records the electrical activity of the heart
Records damage to cardiac muscle
Has 3 deflections - P, QRS, T
What is important in keeping the blood flowing?
Blood pressure gradient
