Heart Anatomy
What is the name of the muscular organ that pumps blood through the body?
What is the heart?
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What is arteries?
The average adult has about four-six quarts of this in their body.
What is blood?
In addition to a heart attack, plaque rupture in a coronary artery can cause a "mini-stroke," a transient ischemic attack, or this other serious vascular event.
What is a stroke?
This main artery supplies blood to the arm.
What is the brachial artery?
What is the name of the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle?
What is the mitral valve?
The smallest blood vessels where oxygen and nutrient exchange occurs.
What are capillaries?
Blood transports this chemical compound from body cells to the lungs.
What is Cardon Dioxide?
The buildup of plaque in these arteries can lead to a heart attack.
What are the coronary arteries?
All deoxygenated blood from the body returns to the heart via the superior and inferior venae cavae into this chamber.
What is the right atrium?
Name the three layers of the heart wall.
What are the epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium?
These blood vessels carry blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
This clear, yellowish fluid makes up about 55% of blood and carries cells, nutrients, and waste.
What is plasma?
Pallor, fatigue, & rapid heart rate are symptoms of
What is Anemia?
This upper chamber receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.
What is the left atrium?
Which chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
What is the left atrium?
This layer of a blood vessel is made up of smooth muscle and helps regulate blood pressure by contracting or relaxing.
What is the tunica media?
This protein in red blood cells binds to oxygen for transport through the bloodstream.
What is hemoglobin?
Ballooning out or saclike formation on wall artery are signs of
What is an Aneurysm?
Located in the large veins, these structures prevent the backflow of blood against gravity.
What are valves?
What is the name of the artery that supplies blood to the heart muscle itself?
What is the coronary artery?
The name of the largest artery in the body that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What is the aorta?
The three main parts blood cells
What are Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, Thrombocytes?
What is atherosclerotic vascular disease?
Your body contains this amount of blood.
What is 5.25 Liters?