Arteries & Veins
Anatomy of the Heart
Heart Conditions/ Diseases
Blood Pressure
Blood Vessels
100
longest superficial vein of the body
What is the great saphenous?
100
the _____ rests on the diaphragm
What is the apex?
100
abnormal or unusual heart sounds
What is murmur?
100
the closer you get to the heart the higher/lower the pressure
What is higher?
100
carries blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
200
vein that receives blood from the arm via the axillary vein
What is the subclavian?
200
"discharging" chambers
What is the ventricles?
200
makes the heart useless as a pump and is a major cause of death from heart attacks
What is fibrillation?
200
used to measure blood pressure in the brachial artery
What is auscultatory method?
200
blood vessels have ______ coats
What is three?
300
largest artery
What is the aorta?
300
three layers of the heart walls
What are the outer epicardium, myocardium, and the innermost endocardium?
300
pumping efficiently is depressed so that circulation is inadequate to meet tissue needs
What is congestive heart failure (CHF)?
300
pressure in the arteries at the peak of ventricular contraction
What is systolic pressure?
300
composed largely of fibrous connective tissue
What is the tunica externa?
400
artery used generally for the auscultatory method to determind blood pressure
What is the brachial artery?
400
the heart weighs less than ____ lbs
What is one?
400
often called the "silent killer"
What is hypertension?
400
a condition of blood pressure that is an expected result of physical conditioning
What is hypotension?
400
interior of the vessels
What is the lumen?
500
drains the thorax, empties into the superior vena cava
What is azygos?
500
allows the heart to beat easily in a relatively frictionless enviroment
What is serous fluid?
500
a serious complication of varicose veins
What is thrombophlebitis?
500
blood pressure varies with
What is age, weight, race, mood, physical activity, and posture?
500
active in changing the diameter of the vessels
What is the tunica media?
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