Chapter 3-The Cardiorespiratory System Flashcards
A system of the body composed of the heart, blood, and blood vessels
Cardiovascular system
A system of the body composed of the lungs and respiratory passageways that collects oxygen from the external environmental and transports it to the blood stream
Respiratory system
What is the main difference between skeletal and cardiac muscle?
Cardio muscle is involuntary and cannot be consciously controlled
Referred to as the pacemaker of the heart; responsible for rhythmic contraction of the myocardial cells
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Structure of the heart that delays the contraction impulse before sending it to the ventricles
Atrioventricular (AV) node
Receives deoxygenated blood from the body
Right atrium
Sends deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Right ventricles
Receives oxygenated blood from the lung
Left atrium
Sends oxygenated blood to the body
Left ventricle
Smaller, superiorly located chambers that gather blood returning to the heart
Atria
Larger, inferiorly located chambers that pump blood out of the heart
Ventricles
What separates the chambers of the heart and major arteries and veins & prevents backflow
Valves
Amount of blood pumped with each contraction
Stroke volume
The rate at which the heart beats
Heart rate (pulse)
What is the average resting heart rate for an untrained adult
70-80 BPM