Chambers of the heart
What is found in the upper chambers of the heart?
Left Atrium
Right Atrium
What is the function of the right ventricle?
Sends blood to the pulmonary artery.
Which disease builds up plague in the arteries?
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
What is the largest chamber of the heart?
Left Ventricle
Which side of the heart is the tricuspid valve found in the right side of the heart?
Right side of the heart.
Which disease causes electrical impulses in the heart to not work properly?
Arrhythmia
What is found in the lower chambers of the heart?
Left Ventricle
Right Ventricle
What is the valve between the heart and the body?
Aortic valve.
What disease causes a range of birth defects that effect the normal way the heart beats?
Congenital heart disease.
What is the function of the left atrium?
Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it into the left ventricle.
What is the function of the left ventricle?
Pumps oxygen rich blood to aortic valve.
What disease develops when your heart doesn't pump enough blood for your body's needs?
Heart failure.
What main artery collects blood from the heart and returns it to the rest of the body?
Aorta
What is the function of the tricuspid valve?
Helps blood flow through the right direction of the heart.