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Heart Flashcards

In this deck, learn Spanish terms and phrases around one of the most vital organs in our body - the heart.

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The heart is a muscle located in the chest. It has the size of your fist.

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El corazón es un músculo ubicado en el pecho. Tiene el tamaño de tu puño.

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The heart is situated slightly left of the center of the chest.

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El corazón está situado un poco hacia la izquierda del centro del pecho.

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The heart has two sides. The right side propels blood to the lungs to receive oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide.

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El corazón tiene dos lados. El lado derecho impulsa la sangre a los pulmones para recibir oxígeno y eliminar el dióxido de carbono.

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The heart distributes blood throughout your entire body. The blood supplies your body with essential oxygen and nutrients.

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El corazón distribuye la sangre por todo el cuerpo. La sangre suministra a tu cuerpo oxígeno y nutrientes esenciales.

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The blood also carries away the waste that your body has to eliminate.

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La sangre también transporta los desechos de los que debe deshacerse el organismo.

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The right side of the heart gets blood from the body and subsequently pumps it to the lungs.

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El lado derecho del corazón obtiene sangre del cuerpo y posteriormente la bombea a los pulmones.

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The left side of the heart gets blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body.

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El lado izquierdo del corazón obtiene sangre de los pulmones y la bombea hacia el resto del cuerpo.

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Before each beat the heart is filled with blood. Then, its muscle contracts to squirt the blood out.

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Antes de cada latido el corazón se llena de sangre. Luego, su músculo se contrae para expulsarla.

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When the heart contracts, it undergoes compression

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Cuando el corazón se contrae, se comprime.

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The heart is made up of four different blood-filled areas. Each of these regions is called a chamber.

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El corazón está formado por cuatro áreas diferentes llenas de sangre. Cada una de estas se conoce como cámara.

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There are two chambers on each side of the heart: oneon the top and the other on the bottom.

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Hay dos cámaras a cada lado del corazón: una en la parte superior y la otra en la parte inferior.

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Atria (atrium as singular) are the two chambers on the top.

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Aurículas son las dos cámaras en la parte superior.

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The atria are filled with the blood returning from the body and lungs.

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Las aurículas están llenas de la sangre que regresa del cuerpo y los pulmones.

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Ventricles are the two chambers on the bottom.

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Ventrículos son las dos cámaras en la parte inferior.

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Their function involves expelling blood to the body and lungs.

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Su función consiste en expulsar la sangre hacia el cuerpo y los pulmones.

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The septum is a thick wall of muscle running down the middle of the heart.

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El tabique es una pared gruesa de músculo que corre a lo largo de la mitad del corazón.

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The role of the septum is to separate the left side and the right side of the heart.

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La tarea del tabique es separar el lado izquierdo del lado derecho del corazón.

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The atria and ventricles work together.

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Las aurículas y los ventrículos trabajan en conjunto.

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The atria receive blood to then dump it into the ventricles.

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Las aurículas reciben sangre para luego verterla en los ventrículos.

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Meanwhile the ventricles expel blood from the heart, the atria are refilled, and prepare for the subsequent contraction.

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Mientras los ventrículos bombean la sangre del corazón, las aurículas se rellenan y se preparan para la subsiguiente contracción.

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Inside the heart, there are four specialized valves that the blood depends on.

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Dentro del corazón, hay cuatro válvulas especializadas de las que depende la sangre.

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A valve allows something to get in and keeps it there by closing.

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Una válvula permite que algo entre y lo mantiene ahí al cerrarse

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The mitral valve and the tricuspid valve are two of the heart valves.

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La válvula mitral y la válvula tricúspide son dos de las válvulas del corazón.

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The mitral valve and the tricuspid valve allow the passage of blood from the atria to the ventricles.

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La válvula mitral y la válvula tricúspide permiten el paso de sangre de las aurículas a los ventrículos.

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The other two valves are the aortic valve and pulmonary valve.

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Las otras dos válvulas son la válvula aórtica y la válvula pulmonar.

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They are responsible for regulating the flow as the blood exits the heart.

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Son responsables de regular el flujo a medida que la sangre sale del corazón..

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They open to facilitate the forward movement of blood, then they close quickly to prevent blood from flowing backward.

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Se abren para facilitar que la sangre avance, luego se cierran rápidamente para evitar que la sangre fluya hacia atrás.

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It is known as circulation the movement of the blood through the heart and around the body.

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Se conoce como circulación al movimiento de la sangre a través del corazón y alrededor del cuerpo.

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Your cells need oxygen to stay alive.

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Las células necesitan oxígeno para mantenerse vivas.

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Doctors use a stethoscope to listen carefully to your heart.

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Los médicos utilizan un estetoscopio para escuchar atentamente el corazón.

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Using the stethoscope,two distinguishable sounds can be heard during the cycle of the beating heart.

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Con el estetoscopio, se pueden escuchar dos sonidos distinguibles durante el ciclo del latido del corazón.

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The cardiac sounds are commonly characterized as a lub-dub rhythm generated by the closure of the heart valves.

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Los sonidos cardíacos se caracterizan comúnmente como un ritmo lub-dub generado por el cierre de las válvulas cardíacas.

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Irregular heart sounds are referred to as murmurs.

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Los sonidos cardíacos irregulares se conocen como soplos.

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