Heart Flashcards
What is the location of the heart
Just left of centre
What is a function of the heart
To pump blood
What is circulated by the heart and used for functions
Oxygen
How many pumping chambers does the heart have ?
Two
What is the name of the upper chambers of the heart
Atrium
What is the name of the bottom chambers of the heart
Ventricles
What half receives blood from the body and pumps blood to the lungs
The right
What does the circulatory system consist of
Heart
Blood
Blood vessels
What is the hearts pace maker
The sinoatrial node
Where is the sa node located ?
In the wall of the right atrium
How many times does the myocardium contract
72 bpm
What does the aorta do?
Oxygen rich bloody to the body
Located at top of heart
What does the pulmonary artery do ?
Oxygen poor blood to the lungs
Located on the top left of heart
What does the pulmonary vein do
Oxygen rich blood from the lungs
Located below pulmonary artery on the left hand side of heart
What does the vena cava do
Take oxygen poor blood from the body
Located on right hand side of heart
What prevents the flow of blood back into the atria during ventricular contraction
The atrioventricular valve
What prevents the flow of blood back into the right and left ventricles during ventricle contraction
The semilunar valve
What is the ventricle contraction called
Systole
What is the ventricular relaxation called
Diastole
What are systole and diastol measurements of ?
Blood pressure
The pumping and contracting phase of the cardiac cycle
Systole
The relaxing resting phase of the cardiac cycle
Diastole
What is systemic circulation between?
The heart and the body
What are the systemic heart chambers
The left ventricle and right atrium