The name of the sac that surrounds the heart
pericardium
The average adult resting heart rate
60-100 beats per minute
The type of blood vessel that are sites of gas exchange
Capillaries
These blood vessels carry blood toward the heart.
Veins
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Arteries
Where deoxygenated blood enters the heart
right atrium
There are four valves inside the heart name them.
Tricuspid, Mitral or bicuspid, Pulmonary, and Aortic
Largest artery in the body
Aorta
Name the four chambers of the heart. (Remember right and left)
Right and Left Atrium, Left and Right Ventricle
The heart chamber the blood returns to once it leaves the lungs.
Left Atrium
Heart chamber that supplies oxygenated blood to the body
Left Ventricle
What type of blood is in the pulmonary artery(oxygenated or deoxygenated)
deoxygenated
What is the name of the valve between the right atria and right ventricle
Tricuspid
The cardiovascular system is a closed system which consists of :
Blood
Heart
Blood Vessels
Major blood vessel that carries blood from the lower body into the right atrium
Inferior vena cava
Blood vessel carrying oxygenated blood back to the left atrium from the lungs
pulmonary vein
A heart rate of 38
Bradycardia
The heart wall is made mostly of what
muscle
Why there are valves in hearts
to stop blood from flowing back
A blood pressure of 167/98
Hypertension
Anatomical term for the pacemaker
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Name 3 things that can increase the heart rate
Exercise, Emotions, Stress, Epinephrine, Blood loss, Dehydration
Another name for a heart attack
Myocardial Infarction
Heart failure on the left side of the heart
Pulmonary Congestion
The part of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles are completely closed and the atria are open and filling
Isovolumetric Relaxation