Structures
What is the name of the first chamber the blood enters in the heart?
What is right atrium
when leaving the heart to go to the body which valve does it have to pass through?
Aortic Valve
What is my/o
what is muscle
The heart is located in what cavity
thoracic
When the blood leaves the heart to go into the lungs, is oxygenated or deoxygenated?
deoxygenated
What is the name of the strings that open and close the valve
Chordae tendineae
What is the valve that you have to go through to get into the lungs
pulmonary valve
what is cardio
What is heart
The heart is about the size of your?
Fist
Where does gas exchange happen?
Capillaries or alveoli
What is the name of the bottom left part (pointy part) of the heart
apex
When coming back into the heart from the lungs where is it going to
left atrium
what is -stenosis
narrowing; tightening
the heart is surrounded by a sac called
pericardium
What is the middle layer of the vessel?
tunica media
what is the last chamber the blood goes into before leaving the body.
Left ventricle
The blood is coming from the lower part of your body(below the diaphragm) through what....
inferior vena cava
what is thromb/o
clot
What is the vital sign that used to measure the pressure in the heart and vessels
BP/blood pressure
The vessels are doing what when the diameter of the vessel increases.
vasodilation
2 part question- what is it called that separates the chambers in the heart and what is it made of
septum-myocardium
The blood is leaving the heart through what vessel
Ascending Aorta
what is dilat/o
to enlarge or expand
the semilunar valves include
pulmonary and aortic valve
What does the blood consist of inside the vessels
RBC, WBC, platelets, plasma