Heart Anatomy
What are the two upper chambers of the heart called?
What are the atria?
What blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
What are arteries?
Blood enters the right atrium from which large vein?
What is the vena cava?
What is high blood pressure called?
What is hypertension?
How many chambers does the heart have?
What is four?
What are the two lower chambers of the heart called?
What are the ventricles?
What blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?
What are veins?
After the right ventricle, where does blood go?
What are the lungs (via pulmonary artery)?
What happens during a heart attack?
What is blockage of blood flow to heart muscle?
About how many beats per minute does a normal resting heart average?
What is about 60–100?
Which valve separates the left atrium from the left ventricle?
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
What tiny vessels allow exchange of oxygen and nutrients?
What are capillaries?
Oxygenated blood returns to the heart through what vessels?
What are the pulmonary veins?
What disease causes plaque buildup in arteries?
What is atherosclerosis?
What electrical node is known as the “pacemaker” of the heart?
What is the SA node?
Which side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body?
What is the left side?
What protein in red blood cells carries oxygen?
What is hemoglobin?
After the left ventricle, where does blood go?
What is the aorta?
What is an abnormal heart rhythm called?
What is arrhythmia?
What blood type is known as the universal donor?
What is O negative?
What structure separates the right and left sides of the heart?
What is the septum?
Which artery is the largest in the body?
What is the aorta?
What circulation moves blood between the heart and lungs?
What is pulmonary circulation?
What lifestyle habit increases risk of cardiovascular disease?
What is smoking?
How many times does the average heart beat per day?
What is about 100,000 times?