Heart Flashcards

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Valve between left ventricle and aorta

A

Aortic valve

It’s a semi lunar valve (tricupsid)

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Valve between right ventricle and lungs

A

Pulmonary valve

It’s a semilunar valve (tricupsid)

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Atrioventricular valves

A

LAB RAT
Left Atrium = Bicupsid (AKA mitral)
Right Atrium = Tricupsid

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4
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Electric conduction

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SA —> AV —> His —> purkinje fibers

Impulse initiation occurs without requiring neurological input

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Cardiac output

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Total blood volume pumped by a ventricle per minute.
Usually about 5L/min
CO = HR x SV (vol of blood pumped per beat)

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