Heart Valves Flashcards
The blood goes from the right _____ to the right _____ through the _____ valve
Atrium, Ventricle, Tricuspid (Try-cus-pid)
The blood goes from the left _____ to the left _____ through the _____ valve
Atrium, Ventricle, Bicuspid (Bye-cus-pid)
A cusp is a little _____ that fills with _____ from the _____ under pressure
Parachute, Blood, Ventricles
The cusps keep the _____ from going back into the _____
Blood, Atria
Tri- means _____
Three
_____ means two
Bi-
_____ come from the name of a bishop’s headdress which is called a _____
Mitral, Miter
Chordae Tendineae are the ties that _____ the cusps to the _____ wall
Bind, Ventricular
_____ _____ means “heart strings”
Chordae Tendineae (Core-da Ten-din-e-ah)
The “lub” of a heartbeat comes from the _____ rushing against the _____ in the _____
Blood, Valves, Heart
The Semilunar Valves keep _____ from flowing back into the _____ from the _____ or the _____ artery
Blood, Ventricles, Aorta, Pulmonary
Lunar means _____
Moon
Semilunar means “half-_____-_____”
Moon, Shaped
The semilunar valve between the left _____ and aorta is called the _____ valve
Ventricle, Aortic
The Cardiac Cycle is the name of the _____ steps involved in filling the heart’s _____ and _____ the blood
Five, Chambers, Pumping