Total Eclipse of the Heart
I am the pacemaker of the heart?
What is the SA node, located in the wall of the right atrium
I am the fluid in which all the elements of the cardiovascular system live
What is plasma?
I am the term for contraction of the myocardium, considered the working phase of the cardiac cycle
What is systole?
I am also known as the windpipe
What is the trachea?
I form the common passageway for the respiratory and digestive tracts.
What is the Pharynx?
We are the little cords of connective tissue that attach the free edges of an atrioventricular valve to the walls of a ventricle.
What are Chordae tendinae
I carry blood away from the heart
What is an artery?
I am a condition where the heart valves do not open all the way.
What is Valvular stenosis?
I am a short, irregular tube of cartilage and muscle that connects the pharynx with the trachea.
What is the Larynx?
We are thin, scroll-like bones that fill most of the space in the nasal cavity
What are nasal turbinates?
We are known as the semi-lunar valves in the heart
What are the aortic and pulmonary valves
I am the area in the middle of the thoracic cavity where the heart sits
What is the Mediastinum?
I am a measure of blood output from the left ventricle over a unit of time, usually 1 minute.
What is cardiac output?
We are the 5 structures that make up the upper respiratory tract.
What is the nose,
nasal passages,
pharynx,
larynx and
trachea?
We are the 4 structures that make up the lower respiratory tract.
What are bronchi,
bronchioles
alveolar ducts
alveoli?
The name for the caudal, pointed end of the heart, which contains the left ventricle
What is the Apex of the heart
I am the fibrous sac in which the heart rests
What is the pericardium?
I am a number in a blood pressure reading, produced by the ejection of blood from the left ventricle into the systemic circulation by way of the aorta.
What is a Systolic blood pressure?
I am the volume of air inspired and expired during one breath.
What is Tidal Volume?
Breathing is controlled by me in the brainstem
What is the medulla oblongata?
I am the largest vein in the body
What is the vena cava?
You could call me an ear flap or an ear. But either way, I am a blind pouch that comes off the main part of the atria.
What is an auricle?
On an electrocardiogram, I am the time of ventricular depolarization.
What is a QRS complex?
We are the 2 main expiratory muscles
We are the 4 components of Brachycephalic Airway Disease.
What are stenotic nares, everted laryngeal saccules, hypoplastic trachea (small trachea), elongated and or thickened soft palate?