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Exercises 3 Flashcards

1
Q

What does cardiovascular refer to?

A

refers to the heart (cardio) and blood vessels (vascul/o)

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2
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What is the name of branch of medical specialty concerned with the study, diagnosis & treatment of diseases of the heart?

A

Cardiology

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3
Q

What is the name of the surgery that involves the thoracic cavity, specifically of the heart & the lungs?

A

cardiothoracic surgery

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4
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What is the name of the surgery that involves treatment, by surgical & non surgical means, of disease & problems in the arteries & veins of the body?

A

vascular surgery

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5
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What is the name of the part of the septum that separates the two atria from each other?

A

interatrial septum

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6
Q

Where does the right atrium receive its oxygen-poor blood from?

A

from the venae cavae (superior & inferior venae cavae)

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7
Q

Where does the left atrium receive its oxgen-rich blood from?

A

the pulmonary veins

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8
Q

What is the name of the part of the septum that separates the two ventricles from each other?

A

interventricular septum

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9
Q

The right ventricle pumps the blood into the?

A

pulmonary trunk (arteries)

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10
Q

The left ventricle pumps the blood into the ?

A

aorta

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11
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What is the name of the valves that prevent blood flowing from the ventricles back into the atria?

A

atrioventricular valves (AV)

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12
Q

What is the other name for the right atrioventricular valve?

A

triscupid valve - it has three cusps or flaps.

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13
Q

What is the other name for the left atrioventricular value?

A

mitral valve - it has two cusps or flaps. It is sometimes called the bicuspid valve.

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14
Q

What is the name of the valves that guard the bases of the great (large) arteries & prevent blooding flowing back into the ventricles?

A

semilunar valves (SL)

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15
Q

What is the other name for the right semilunar valve?

A

pulmonary valve - at the base of the pulmonary trunk

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16
Q

What is the other name for the left semilunar valve?

A

aortic valve - at the base of the aorta

17
Q

The contracting and relaxing of the chambers with the resultant opening & closing of the valves is referred to as the?

A

cardiac cycle

18
Q

What is the name of the relaxation phase of the cycle? one heart beat consists of one cycle.

A

diastole phase

19
Q

What contracts to make the atrial contractions start pushing the blood in the ventricles?

A

sinoatrial node

20
Q

Atrial contractions push the blood into the ventricles - what is this called?

A

atrial systole

21
Q

The force of blood in the ventricles opens the Seminlunar valves allowing blood to flow from the ventricles what is this called?

A

systole phase

22
Q

When the ventricles relax what is this called?

A

ventricular diastole

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