Anatomy
The top chambers of the heart are...
What are the right and left atria?
This carries blood from the heart to the body...
The #1 cause of murmurs in cats...
The normal resting heart rate for a dog is...
What is 80-120bmp?
The valve responsible for passing blood into the right ventricle is...
What is the tricuspid valve?
The artery that carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs is...
What is the pulmonary artery?
Arterioles are covered in...
What is smooth muscle?
This disease doesn't allow for the heart valves to close completely.
What is atrioventricular valve insufficiency?
A commonly used venipuncture site for horses is...
What is the jugular vein?
This valve is named after the headgear worn by Roman Catholic bishops.
What is the mitral valve?
The atrioventricular valves are...
What are the tricuspid and mitral valves?
This is where capillaries come together...
What are venules?
What is congestive heart failure?
The most commonly used vein to place catheters in dogs and cats is...
What is the cephalic vein?
These valves have cusps that represent a crescent moon.
What are the semilunar valves?
The largest artery in the body is...
What is the aorta?
These become larger in diameter as they approach the heart...
What are veins?
A disease where the shortcut between the pulmonary artery and aorta fails to close in a newborn.
What is patent ductus arteriosus?
The resting heart rate of a blue whale is...
What is 11bpm?
This happens when the AV valves are "leaky".
What is blood backflowing into the atria?
The muscle that separates the right and left ventricles is...
What is the septum?
Venule walls are made up of...
What are the endothelium, a thin muscle layer, and fibrous connective tissue cells?
A disease where the mitral valve doesn't open entirely during left atrial systole.
What is mitral valve stenosis?
The best place to feel a pulse on a pig is...
What is the coccygeal artery?
These are collagen fiber cords that are attached to each cusp and papillary muscles in the wall of the right ventricle.
What is that chordae tendonae?