heart vocabulary Flashcards
an artery carries oxygen rich blood from heart to the brain
carotid artery
a vein that carries oxygen - poor blood from the brain back to the heart.
jugular vein
an artery that carries oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs
pulmonary artery
a vein that carries oxygen rich blood from lungs to the heart
pulamonary vein
an artery that wraps around the heart full of oxygen
coronary artery.
a vein that wraps around your heart full of carbon dioxide
cardiac vein
relating to the heart
cardiac
relating to the lungs
pulmonary
oxygen - rich blood 02
oxygen
oxygen -poor blood c02
carbon dioxide
heart muscle
myocardium
3 types of blood vessels
artery
vein
capillaries
blood flows away from heart
artery
blood flows toward the heart
vein
smallest blood vessels the exchange of 02 gas and 02 gas take place
capillaries
a loop where blood flows from heart to the body and back to the heart
circulatory system
a loop where blood flows from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
pulmonary circut
a heart netural pace maker that’s ends electrical impulse causing the heart contract properly it is found in the right atrium.
sa sinoatrial node
the biggest artery in the body
aorta
the biggest vein locating at the top half of body
superior vena cava
the biggest vein locating at the bottom half of the body
inferior vena cava
