Heart Anatomy
What does not contain deoxygenated blood?
Pulmonary veins
What does the circulatory system do?
It moves blood to deliver oxygen and nutrients and removes waste.
What does the combining form cardi/o mean?
Heart
This condition happens when blood flow to part of the heart is blocked, often causing chest pain and can lead to a heart attack
Coronary artery disease
This type of exercise, including running or swimming, strengthens your heart by making it pump more efficiently.
Aerobic exercise
Where does the deoxygenated blood go after it enters the right atrium?
Right ventricle
What is the difference between pulmonary and systemic circulation?
Pulmonary goes between the heart and lungs systemic goes between the heart and the rest of the body.
What does the combining form vascul/o mean?
This condition happens when the heart cannot pump blood effectively, causing fluid buildup in the lungs and legs
Heart failure
This mineral helps regulate your blood pressure, and most people get too much of it from processed foods.
Sodium
This muscular wall divides the right and left side of the heart
Septum
Why is the left side of the heart stronger?
It pumps blood to the whole body, so it needs more force.
What does the prefix brady- mean?
Slow
This disorder occurs when the arteries become narrowed and stiff due to plaque buildup, also known as hardening of the arteries
Atherosclerosis
This habit raises your risk of heart attack and stroke because it damages blood vessels and lowers oxygen in the blood.
Smoking
This middle layer of the heart wall contains cardiac muscle and performs contractions
Myocardium
What do systolic and diastolic blood pressure measure?
Systolic pressure is the force when the heart contracts. Diastolic pressure is the force when the heart relaxes between beats.
What does the prefix per- mean?
Through
This disorder refers to an abnormal heart rhythm.
Arrhythmia
Eating these types of fats- found in nuts, avocados, and olive oil- can help improve cholesterol levels.
Healthy (unsaturated) fats
This circulation route carries blood from the heart to the lungs and back again
Pulmonary circulation
How is oxygen delivered from the lungs to the body’s cells?
Oxygen enters the blood in the lungs, attaches to hemoglobin in red blood cells, and is carried through arteries to body cells where it is released.
What does the suffix -plasty mean?
Surgical
This disease is the inflammation of the heart muscle, often caused by infections or autoimmune conditions
Myocarditis
This number measures the force of blood pushing against artery walls and keeping it, a healthy range protects your heart.
Blood pressure