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Circulatory System Flashcards

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Made up of cardiac muscles that are involuntary and contains a large number of nuclei in order to compensate for the large amount of energy, in the form of ATP, to pump blood throughout the body.

A

Heart

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Ventricles are separated by the_____?

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Interventricular septum

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Muscles of the ventricles are thicker than that of the atria because?

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Chambers are responsible for the pump of blood to the anterior and posterior portion of the body.

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Left ventricle is thicker than the right because?

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Responsible for pumping blood to the rest of the body

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Prevents the backflow of blood to the previous chambers

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Valves

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Found in the right portion of the heart

Separates the right atrium and ventricle

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Tricuspid valve

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Found in the left portion of the heart

Separates the left atrium and ventricle

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Bicuspid (Mitrial) valve

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Rhythmic contraction of the heart is regulated by?

-Generates impulses

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Sino-Atrial Node /SA Node

Pacemaker

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Serves as the network that conveys blood all throughout the body.

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Blood Vessels

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Ability of the blood vessels to constrict or dilate

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Vasomotion(Vasoconstriction/Vasodilation)

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Exchange of gases and waste materials

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Capillaries

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Deoxygenated blood from the inferior and superior vena cava -> Right Atrium -> Tricuspid valve -> Right Ventricle -> Pulmonary artery -> Lungs -> Pulmonary vein -> Left atrium

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Pulmonary Circulatory

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Left atrium -> Bicuspid valve -> Left ventricle -> Aorta -> Rest of the body -> Superior/ Inferior vena cava -> Right atrium

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Systemic Circulation

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Types of semilunar valves

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Pulmonary valves

Aortic valves

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The impulse pause (__) at the atrioventricular (AV) node

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0.1 s

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Connects the atria to the ventricles

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AV Bundle

17
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Conduct the impulses through the inter-ventricular septum

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Bundle brances

18
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Depolarize the contractile cells of both ventricles.

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Purkinje Fibers

19
Q

Carry blood away from the heart

-Thicker walls from high pressure

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Artery

20
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Carry blood towards the heart

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Veins

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