Blood Vessels
A type of blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart.
Veins
This heart chamber has enlarged musculature to pump blood throughout the body.
Left ventricle.
Blood in the veins would empty into which heart chamber?
Right atrium.
The rhythmic expansion of the heart.
Pulse.
A type of heart disease that results in the flow of blood to the musculature of the heart being disrupted.
Bonus points for the scientific name.
Heart attack
Myocardial infarction
A type of blood vessel that has increased thickness for handling higher blood pressures.
Arteries
This heart chamber sends blood to the lungs.
Right ventricle.
Blood returning from the lungs would empty into which heart chamber?
Left atrium.
The phase of the heart where it is actively contracting.
A term that describes high blood pressure.
Hypertension
A type of blood vessel that is very thin in order to allow for gas exchange.
Cappilary
Blood flowing to the lungs would first flow through which heart valve?
Pulmonary valve.
The name for the pathway of blood through the body and back to the heart.
Systemic Circuit
This node is responsible for beginning the heart contraction.
Sinoatrial Node or SA Node
A blood clot that makes its way to the brain is called...
A stroke.
The name for the major blood vessels that empty into the right atrium.
Inferior and Superior Vena Cava
The name for the muscular wall that separates the right and left ventricles.
Interventricular Septum
Blood leaving the right ventricle would get pumped where?
The lungs.
These fibers carry the electrical signal to the heart musculature quickly so that a rhythmic beat is performed.
Purkinje Fibers.
When a blood clot makes its way to the lungs it would be called...
A pulmonary embolism.
This blood vessel carries oxygenated blood towards the heart.
Pulmonary Veins
The name for the valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle.
Tricuspid valve.
Blood exits the heart through which major blood vessel?
The aorta.
This node is responsible for delaying the electrical signal to the ventricles.
The atrioventricular node or AV node
The hardening of the arteries caused by years of plaque build up.
Atherosclerosis.