SSII Final (Ch 19 & 20) Flashcards
*Blood pumped from the right ventricle flows toward the
lungs
*Blood enters the heart on the left side through what vessel?
Pulmonary vein
*Blood entering the heart on the left side is
Oxygenated
*Which event occurs during ventricular systole?
Contraction of the ventricles
*The valve between the ventricles & the vessels they pump blood into are collectively called?
Semilunar valves
*The valve located between the left atria and left ventricle is called?
The bicuspid valve
*What is considered the pacemaker of the heart? It starts the action potential responsible for the autorhythmicity of the cardiac muscle.
Sinoatrial (SA) node
*During an ECG reading what does the QRS complex represent?
Ventricular depolarization
*When auscultating the heart two sounds can be heard, often called “Lubb Dubb”. The first
(S1) sound heard is due to…
Closure of the atrioventricular (AV) valves
*Which of the following makes up the majority of heart tissue?
Myocardium
*Arteries always carry…
Blood away from the heart
*what drains into the right atria?
superior and inferior vena cava and coronary sinus
*Deoxygenated blood is pumped out of the right ventricle into the…
Pulmonary Trunk
*Oxygenated blood leaves the left ventricle through the..
Aorta
*___________ brings oxygenated blood to the heart
Pulmonary vein
*Deoxygenated blood flows through this valve
Tricuspid
*Oxygenated blood leaves the heart and passes through a valve called the …
Aortic Valve
what is the majority of blood?
water