Chambers of the Heart
Chamber of the heart that recieves blood from the lungs
What is the left atrium?
The major vein that brings blood back from the upper half of the body
What is the superior vena cava?
The three arteries branching from the ascending aorta - pg. 137
What are the brachopcephalic, carotid, and subclavian arteries?
This tells the heart when to beat
What is the pacemaker?
Signs of a heart attack
What are chest discomfort, upper body pain, difficulty breathing?
Chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body
What is the right atrium?
The branched blood vessel that comes from the heart and separates out oxygenated blood for the body
What is the aorta?
The largest artery from the aorta - pg. 137
What is the descending aorta?
The phase of relaxed filling - pg. 142
What is diastole?
The easy indicator that the heart is pumping well (or not)
What is blood pressure?
Chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium
What is the left ventricle?
The major vein that brings blood back from the lower half of the body
What is the inferior vena cava?
What are capillaries?
What the heart triggers the atria to contract, in which chamber does the blood fill?
What is the ventricle?
These two numbers make up blood pressure
What are systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure?
Chamber of the heart that receives blood from the right atrium
What is the right ventricle?
The blood vessel that takes deoxygenated blood from heart to the lungs
What is the pulmonary artery?
The name for the valves between the atrium and ventricle (on each side) - pg. 140
What are atrioventricular valves?
The terms for atrial contraction and ventricular contraction?
What are atrial systole and ventricular systole?
Another indicator of heart health (in part related to fitness)
What is resting heart rate?
The side of the heart with thicker walls
What is the left side?
The blood vessel that brings oxygenated blood back to the heart from the lungs
What is the pulmonary vein?
The shape of a semilunar valve
What is half-moon?
What is lubb dump, lubb dupp...?
What are plaques?