Anatomy Heart
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 what is the function of the cardiovascular system | Deliver oxygen, and remove carbon dioxide and other waste products |
| What is the orientation of the heart and how big is it | Pointed apex directed toward left hip; size of your fist |
| Two layers of the pericardium | Fibrous pericardium and Serous membrane |
| What is the middle layer of the heart | myocardium |
| what are the receiving chambers of the heart | atria |
| What are the discharging chambers of the heart | Ventricles |
| What is the name of the septum that divides the two ventricles | Interatrial septum |
| What is the job of the valves in the heart | Allow blood flow in only one direction to prevent back flow |
| What are the names of the two atrioventricular valves | Biscuspid valve and tricuspid valve |
| What are the names of the two semilunar valves | pulmonary and aortic |
| What are the atrioventricular open and closed | Open during heart relaxation, closed during ventricular |
| what are the semilunar valves open and closed | Closed during heart relaxation, open during ventricular contraction |
| What happens in system circulation | blood flows from the left side of the heart through the body tissues and back to the right side |
| What happens during pulmonary circulation | Blood flows from right side of the heart to the lungs and back to the left |
| What makes up coronary circulation | Coronary arteries, cardiac veins, and coronary sinus |
| What is Bradycardia | Slow heart rate then 60 beats per min |
| What is tachycardia | Rapid heart rate over 100 beats per min |
| what is cardiac output | Amount of blood pumped by each side of the heart in one min |
| What is stroke volume | Pumped blood by each ventricle remains constant |
| What is the average heart rate or pulse | Typically 75 beats per min. Pulse 72-76 beats pet min at rest |
| What kind of blood to veins carry and where do they brings it? What is the exception? | Deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary heart. Carry oxygenated blood |
| What kind of blood to arteries carry and where they bring it? | Oxygen rion away from the heart, pulmonary carry deoxygenated |
| What happens in capillaries | gas exchange |
| in blood pressure what is systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements of | systolic is contraction and diastolic is relaxation |
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