Electrical Conduction
This anatomy is at work when a p wave is generated?
What is the atria?
A tissue like sac that surrounds the entire heart.
What is the pericardium
What are leukocytes
A major vein in the neck
What is the jugular vein
What are veins?
What is the SA node?
What are coronary arteries
What are thrombocytes/platelets?
Major vessel that provides oxygenated blood to the kidneys
What are the renal arteries?
This vessel has a thicker, muscular layer.
What is an artery?
This anatomy receives an impulse from the AV node and travels down the sides of the interventricular septum.
Bundle Branches
The chamber that typically has the largest muscle mass.
What is the left ventricle.
This anatomy from another body system aids the circulatory system in filtering waste.
What are the kidneys?
What is the hepatic vein?
Where exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide and nutrients take place.
What are capillaries?
This represents atrial contraction on an EKG
What is the P wave
The largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta.
Respond to chronic infections
What are monocytes?
A major vessel that lies on the top of the foot.
What is the dorsalis pedis?
Arterioles
Conductive myofibers that transmit impulses to the myocardium
What are Purkinje Fibers?
What is the interventricular septum?
Makes up 55% of our blood volume.
What is plasma.
If injured, this vessel would result in blood projecting in wave like bursts.
What is an artery?
A vessel that has the larger diameter (opening)?
What is a vein?