Heart Anatomy
What is the aorta?
Pacemaker of the heart
What is the sinoatrial node?
Type of blood vessels with highest pressure
What are arteries?
Type of blood with A antigens and B antibodies
What is type A blood?
Occurs when the heart muscles lose oxygen
What is a heart attack?
Strongest chamber of the heart
What is the left ventricle?
Part of the brain that controls heart rate and breathing?
What is the medulla?
Blood type that can donate to the most other blood types
What is type O blood?
Occurs when electrical activity in the heart stops
What is cardiac arrest?
Separates the two largest chambers of the heart
What is the interventricular septum?
Shown by the QRS wave on an ECG
What is ventricular depolarization?
Oxygen diffuses out of these blood vessels as carbon dioxide diffuses in
What are capillaries?
Opening in blood vessels
What is the lumen?
What is preeclampsia?
Valve located between the left ventricle and atrium
What is the mitral valve?
Name for opening on inside of blood vessels
What is the lumen?
What are platelets?
Excess iron in the blood
What is hemachromatosis?
Brings blood from the aorta to the left arm
What is the left subclavian artery?
What are the atria?
What are arterioles?
Type of WBC that produces antibodies
What are lymphocytes?
Occurs when a valve does not let enough blood through
What is stenosis?