Heart
These are the superior receiving chambers of the heart.
What are the atria?
Heart rate that is faster than usual.
What is tachycardia?
Blood flows from the left atrium to?
What is through the bicuspid valve to the left ventricle?
List the blood vessel types in order of blood flow through the body.
What are arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins?
The process of blood cell formation.
What is hematopoeisis?
This is the cardiac muscle layer of the heart.
What is the myocardium?
Valve failure in the lower legs causes this.
What are varicose veins?
The pulmonary veins carry what type of blood?
Blood flows from the superior and inferior vena cava into this heart structure.
What is the right atrium?
This is the valve located between the left atrium and left ventricle.
What is the bicuspid valve?
True or False: Arteries ALWAYS carry blood away from the heart.
False, coronary arteries carry blood to the heart
The most numerous of the formed elements.
What are erythrocytes?
The pulmonary veins empty into this section of the heart.
What are the layers of the blood vessel wall in order from superficial to deep?
Tunica externa, tunica media, tunica intima
The type of circulation in which the oxygenated blood is sent to the body.
What is the systemic circulation?