Anatomy of the Heart
Another name for the left atrioventricular valve
The mitral/bicuspid valve
What is the cardiac cycle?
the cardiac cycle is the sequence of events that occurs when the heart beats.
These tubes transport blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
This is the maximum arterial pressure.
What is systolic pressure?
This chamber receives blood from the pulmonary veins
What is the left atrium?
Located between the right atrium and the right ventricle
The tricuspid valve
When the ventricles contract, which valves are open?
What is the aortic and pulmonary valves?
List the blood vessel types in order of blood flow through the body.
What are arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins?
Normal, or average, blood pressure.
What is 120/80?
This is the muscular wall separating the right and left sides of the heart.
What is the interventricular septum?
Thick, strong, tendinous connections between the mitral valve cusps and the papillary muscles
Chordae tendineae
Which phase of the cardiac cycle is the longest?
What is atrial diastole
This is the place where blood releases oxygen while receiving carbon dioxide.
What are capillaries?
When you are hot, your blood vessels dialate to release more heat. As a result, your blood pressure will?
What is decrease?
Blood flows from the superior and inferior vena cava into this heart structure.
What is the right atrium?
The loose-fitting sac around the heart is lined by the
Parietal Pericardium
What is atrial contraction?
the process where the atria contract to push blood into the ventricles
These blood vessels are very thick to withstand high pressure.
What are arteries?
The bottom number for blood pressure measures what?
What is diastolic blood pressure?
The name of the main blood vessel that supplies blood to the heart muscle.
What is the coronary artery?
The pacemaker of the heart is the
SA node
what is ventricular filling?
the movement of blood from the atria into the ventricles.
These are the blood vessels that contain valves.
What are veins?
__ sound - is made by the contraction of the ventricles and the closing of the atrioventricular valves
What is the Lub sound?
Blood flows from the left atrium to?
What is through the bicuspid valve to the left ventricle?