Cardiovascular System
The number one cause of death in America
Cardiovascular disease
Vessels that carries blood away from the heart
Arteries
Abnormally swollen veins that bulge because of pooled blood.
Varicose Veins
Pacemaker of the heart
SA Node
Lungs
Doctors refer to this certain cardiovascular condition as the “silent killer” because it usually has no symptoms
High blood pressure/Hypertension
Vessels that carries blood back to the heart
Veins
A “ballooning” or bulging of the wall of an artery.
Aneurysm
Fluid filled sac that surrounds the heart
Pericardium
The left atrium pumps blood to the
Left ventricle
The right side of the heart pumps _________ blood to the lungs. The left side of the heart pumps ___________ blood to the body.
Oxygen poor, oxygen rich or deoxygenated, oxygenated
Smallest blood vessels in the body
Capillaries
Hardening of the arteries
Atherosclerosis
The arteries that bring oxygen rich blood to the heart
Coronary
The left ventricle pumps blood to the
Aorta/Body
This circuit moves blood through the lungs
Pulmonary
The name of the vessel between the artery and capillary
Arteriole
HDL
The thick, middle layer, cardiac muscle tissue
Myocardium
“Heartstrings” called _________ are strands of connective tissue that attach the Right AV valve (tricuspid valve) and Left AV Valve (mitral valve) to the inner wall of the ventricle and prevent the valves from everting. (opening backwards)
Chordae tendinae
If you took all your blood vessels and stretched them out they would cover how many miles?
60,000
The name of the vessel between the capillary and vein
Venule
A cerebrovascular accident is also known as
Stroke
The heart is divided into a right and left side by a thick muscular wall called the
Septum
Relaxation and contraction of the heart during a heartbeat is known as
The cardiac cycle