Parts of the Heart
Largest artery leaving the heart
What is the aorta?
Pacemaker of the heart
What is the sinoatrial node?
Blood vessels that are one cell thick to allow for gas diffusion
What are capillaries?
Type of blood with A antigens and B antibodies
What is type A blood?
Myocardial infarction
What is a heart attack?
Strongest chamber of the heart
What is the left ventricle?
Part of the brain that controls heart rate and breathing
What is the medulla?
Have valves to prevent backflow
What are veins?
Type of cell that determines blood type
What are RBCs?
When electrical activity in the heart stops
What is cardiac arrest?
Brings blood to the lungs
What is the pulmonary artery?
What is the Bundle of His?
Only artery that carries deoxygenated blood
What is the pulmonary artery?
Help with hemostasis
What are platelets?
Name for high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
Brings blood to the heart from the lower body
What is the inferior vena cava?
What is ventricular depolarization?
What is a capillary?
Part of the blood that might produce antibodies if antigens are detected
What are WBCs?
What is bradycardia?
Valve between left atrium and ventricle
What is the mitral valve?
What is the atria?
Have narrow lumen
What are arteries?
Blood types that can donate to type AB blood
What are A, B, AB, and O?
What is stenosis?