Anatomy
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Tendons linking the papillary muscles also referred to as "heart strings"
What is Chordae Tendineae?
100
Carries blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
100
A strong regular beating or throbbing
What is pulse?
100
An abnormal heartbeat
What is Arrythmia?
100
Carries blood back to the heart
What are veins?
200
Lower left-hand chamber of the heart
What is Left Ventricle?
200
Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation
What is right ventricle?
200
The relaxation and contraction that occur as a heart works to pump blood through the body
What is Cardiac Cycle?
200
Hardening of the arteries
What is Atherosclerosis?
200
Between 90/60 mmHg and 120/80 mmHg
What is the normal range for blood pressure?
300
A serous membrane that surrounds and protects the heart
What is Pericardium?
300
Regulates blood flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary aterties
What is Tricuspid Valve?
300
Calculated as heart rate (HR) X (times) stroke volume (SV)
What is Cardiac Output?
300
Arteries gets plague on their inner wall which restricts blood flow to the heart and become starved of oxygen
What is Coronary Artery Disease?
300
Cardiac Diastole, Atrial Systole and Ventricular Systole
What are the three stages of a heart beat?
400
Thin layer of serous membrane that helps lubricate and protect the outside of the heart
What is Epicardium?
400
A network of nerve fibers that coordinates the contraction and relaxation of the cardiac muscle tissue
What is Electrical Conduction System?
400
The pressure during heart contraction
What is Systolic Blood Pressure?
400
An infection or inflammation of the endocardium
What is Infecetive Endocarditis?
400
Largest artery in the body
What is the Aorta?
500
Superior Vena Cava, Inferior Vena Cava, the Pulmonary Artery, the Pulmonary Vein, and the Aorta.
What are the five great vessels?
500
Carries blood to the lungs where it releases carbon dioxide and absorbs oxygen
What is Pulmonary trunk?
500
The middle of the three layers forming the wall of the heart
What is myocardium?
500
Condition which blood vessels rece blood flow to the limbs
What is Peripheral Artery Disease?
500
Supply nervous impulses to the mycardium's cardiac muscle tissues
What are Purkinje Fibers?
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