CHAPTER 9 : Cardiac Muscle; The Heart as a Pump and Function of the Heart Valves

Question 1

The heart is actually two separate pumps:
a right heart that pumps blood through the ________, and
a left heart that pumps blood through the ____________.

Answer 1

LUNGS
PERIPHERAL ORGANS

Question 2

each of these hearts is a pulsatile two-chamber pump composed of __________

Answer 2

ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE

Question 3

Each _______ is a weak primer pump for the ventricle, helping to move blood into the ventricle.

Answer 3

ATRIUM

Question 4

It supply the main pumping force that propels the blood either (1) through the
pulmonary circulation by the right ventricle or (2) through the peripheral circulation by the left ventricle.

Answer 4

VENTRICLES