Part 1 Flashcards
The hearts duty is to generate ____pressure to pump blood out of the heart while also creating ___pressure to bring back blood into the heart
Hydrostatic pressure
Low Pressure
A measure of the amount of strain your arteries feel as your heart moves your blood around.
Blood pressure
The sac that holds the heart is called the
Pericardium
The heart consist of three layers name them from the outside to the inside
epicardium
pericardium
endocardium
What are the two low pressure chambers at the apex of the heart
Right and left atrium
What are the two High pressure chambers at the inferior of the heart
Right and left ventricles
The valve from that empties blood from right atrium to the right ventricle
Tricuspid Valve
The valve that empties blood from the right ventricle into pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary semilunar valve
The valve the empties blood from the left atrium into the left ventricle
Mitral Valve
The valve that empties blood from the left ventricle into the left aortic artery
Aortic semilunar valve
What do arteries do with blood
Carry blood away from the heart
What do veins do with blood
Carry blood to the heart
What kind of blood leaves the pulmonary trunk and into the Aorta
Deoxygenated blood
The left atrium receives what kind of blood
Oxygenated blood
What part of your heart receives blood from the body to put into the right atrium
The superior and inferior vena cava
