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Chapter 14- Cardiovascular Flashcards

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Found in the opening where the ascending aorta leaves the left ventricle

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Aortic semilunar valve

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Largest artery in the body

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Aorta

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Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heat

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Arteries

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Small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries

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Arterioles

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Mitral valve; valve between the left atrium and left ventricle

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Bicuspid valve

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Microscopic blood vessels where exchange of nutrients and oxygen and waste and carbon dioxide gas occurs between blood and tissue cells

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Capillaries

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Blood circulatory route that supplies the brain w oxygen and nutrients and disposes of waste

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Cerebral circulation

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Connect the pointed ends of the flaps or cusps to the papillary muscles in the ventricles of the heart

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Chordae tendineae

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Generates and distributes electrical impulses over the heart to stimulate cardiac muscle fibers or cells to contract

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Conduction system

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Supply the walls of the heart w oxygenated blood

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Coronary arteries

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Phase of relaxation of the heart

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Diastole

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Innermost layer of the heart wall

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Endocardium

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Circulation route that exists only between the developing fetus and its mother

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Fetal circulation

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Route between the digestive tract and the liver

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Hepatic portal circulation

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Brings blood to the heart from the lower parts of the body; also called posterior vena cava

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Inferior (posterior) vena cava

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Separates the right and left ventricles of the heart

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Inter ventricular septum

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One of the upper chambers of the heart

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Left atrium

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A hollow core

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Lumen

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Second layer of the wall of the heart

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Myocardium

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Small conical projections on the inner surface of the ventricles

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Papillary muscle

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Membrane covering the heart

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Pericardial sac

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Circulatory route that goes from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart

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Pulmonary circulation

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Found in the opening where the pulmonary trunk exits the right ventricle

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Pulmonary semilunar valve

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Enter the left atrium of the heart

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Pulmonary veins

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One of the upper chambers of the heart

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Right atrium

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Lower chamber of the heart

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Right ventricle

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Initiates each cardiac cycle and sets the pace for the heart rate; aka pacemaker

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Sinistral (SA) node

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Brings blood from the upper parts of the body to the right atrium of the heart

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Superior (anterior) vena cava

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Blood circulation to the body not including the lungs

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Systemic circulation

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Phrase of contraction

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Systole

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Valve between the right atrium and right ventricle

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Tricuspid valve

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Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart

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Veins

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Results from untreated infections w the bacterium strep

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Rheumatic heart disease

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Inflammation of the endocardium

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Endocarditis

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Inflammation of the myocardium , which can cause a heart attack

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Myocarditis

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inflammation of the pericardium caused by viral or bacterial infection and is very painful

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Pericarditis

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A disease of the arteries in which cholesterol-containing masses called plaque accumulate on the inside of arterial walls

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Atherosclerosis

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Progressive weakening of the myocardium and failure of the Herat to pump adequate amounts of blood

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Heart failure

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Can cause enlargement of the heart leading to heart failure; aka high blood pressure

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Hypertension

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Any deviation from a normal heartbeat rhythm

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Arrhythmia

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An abnormal heart sound akin to a fluttering or a humming sound like a gentle blowing

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Heart murmur

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Aka cardiac pain

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Angina pectoris

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When one or both of the bicuspid/mitral cusps project back into the left atrium during contraction of the ventricles

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Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) syndrome

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