Parts of the Heart
What side of the heart is deoxygenated?
Right
What are the entrances to the heart?
Vena cavas and pulmonary veins
what color are arteries?
what color are veins?
Arteries: red
Veins: blue
What is the name of the natural, electrical pacemaker in the heart?
Sinoatrial (SA) node
What is the name of the cardiac muscle of the heart?
Myocardium
What are the exits out of the heart?
Pulmonary artery and aorta
Which blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What arteries are used to measure pulse?
Carotid and radial
Tricuspid valve
What is the next step in the pathway after the left ventricle?
aortic valve
What is the purpose of coronary arteries?
What artery is used to measure blood pressure?
Brachial
What is the difference between the pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein?
True or False: Blood can enter through both the superior and inferior vena cavas.
True
What is the order of the vessels from heart all the way back?
arteries, capillaries, veins
What does CPR and AED stand for?
CPR: cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
aed: automatic external defibrillator
What is the name of the heart strings that anchors the valves from going backwards into the atria?
Chordae tendinae
Write out the pathway of blood through the heart starting with vena cava and ending with aorta.
Superior vena cava, right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonary valve, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, left atrium, bicuspid valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta
Where (what blood vessels) does the nutrients diffuse into other venues of the body?
Capillaries
What is high blood pressure?