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Parts Of The Heart Flashcards

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Aortic Valve

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Pumps blood from the left ventricle to the aortic artery

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Tricuspid Valve

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Pumps blood from the right atrium to the right ventricle

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Pulmonary Valve

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Pumps blood from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery

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Aorta

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Carries oxygenated blood to the body, largest artery

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Pulmonary Artery

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carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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Pulmonary Vein

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carries oxygen rich blood from the lungs into the heart

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Pulmonary artery

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Carries low oxygen blood to the lungs from the heart

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Superior Vena Cava

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Largest vein, carries deoxygenated blood into the heart

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Inferior Vena Cava

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Carries deoxygenated blood into the heart

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What separates parts of the heart?

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Septum and Vales

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What muscular covers the outside of the heart?

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Myocardium muscule

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What kind of “skin like” substance is around the heart?

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Pericardium

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Mitral Valve

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Pumps blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle

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Pulmonary Circulation

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Carry blood to lungs, right

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Systemic circulation

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Carries blood to parts of the body, left

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SA node

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Pace maker in the heart, located in the right atrium

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Explain the main function of the heart in the circulatory system.

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It pumps oxygenated (high in nutrients) to all parts of the body, and pumps deoxygenated blood (high in CO2 and waste) into the lungs to be oxygenated.

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What are blood vessels that go to the heart called?

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Veins

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What carries oxygen to cells and waste away?

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Hemoglobin

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What are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart called?

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Artery

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Deoxygenated

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High in CO2 and waste

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Oxygenated

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High in oxygen and nutrients

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3 types of vessels

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Capillaries, arteries, and veins

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Capillaries

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Tiny blood vessels

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Septum

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Wall that separates the heart into two parts

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Moving in living things

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Circulation

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Blood vessel

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any tube carries blood

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