Heart anatomy
This chamber pumps oxygenated blood to the body
What is the left ventricle?
Blood enters the right atrium from these two large veins
What is the vena cava, superior and inferior?
These carry oxygen
What are red blood cells?
These carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
This occurs when the heart stops beating effectively
What is cardiac arrest?
This valve separates the left atrium and left ventricle
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
Blood goes from the right ventricle to the lungs through this artery
What is the pulmonary artery?
These help fight infection
What are white blood cells?
These carry blood back to the heart
What are veins?
This is a blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
What is a heart attack?
The wall dividing the heart is called this
What is the septum?
Oxygenated blood returns to the heart through these vessels
What are the pulmonary veins?
These help the blood clot
What are platelets?
These microscopic tiny vessels allow exchange of gases
What are capillaries?
This is another term for high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
This structure sends electrical signals to start a heartbeat
What is the SA node?
The correct order: Right atrium ~tricuspid valve~ _?___ ~pulmonary artery~lungs
What is right ventricle?
The liquid part of blood is called this
What is plasma?
This is the force of blood pushing on vessel walls
What is blood pressure?
This buildup in arteries can restrict blood flow, happened in the film beat within
What is plaque?
The right side of the heart primarily deals with this type of blood
What is deoxygenated blood?
The human heart is about the size of what
What is a fist?
This protein carries oxygen in red blood cells
What is hemoglobin?
The top number in a blood pressure reading is this
What is systolic pressure?
This condition occurs when blood supply to the brain is interrupted
What is a stroke?