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Parts of the Heart
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Vessels
Fruit Salad
100
  • The receiving chambers of the heart are the

atria

100
  • Vascular disorder known as a blood vessel bulge is an

aneurysm

100

What does the abbreviation ABG stand for?

arterial  blood gases

100
  • Structure that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues

arteries

100

What is the “pacemaker” of the heart that initiates the electrical impulse?

SA node

200
  • The delivering chambers of the heart are the

ventricles


200

Below 60 slow heart rate

bradycardia

200
  • Inadequate supply of oxygen to tissue, often caused by partial obstruction of coronary artery is an

ischemia

200
  • Structure that returns deoxygenated blood from tissues to the heart
veins
200

Arterial pressure during relaxation of the ventricles is

diastolic

300
  • Partitions separating the right and left sides of the heart are known as

septum

300

Above 100 fast heart rate

tachycardia

300
  • Vascular disorder where a blood clot is in the artery is known as

embolism

300

What is the largest main artery in the body extending down into the abdomen

aorta

300

Pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles is

systolic

400

Thin outer layer of the heart

eipcardium

400

Narrowing of the arteries is known as

stenosis

400

Chest/heart pain is known as

angina pectoris

400
  • Which vascular system performs the following circulation functions:

Carries blood from the Right ventricle of the heart to the lungs while carbon dioxide is removed and oxygen is picked up and oxygenated blood returns to the Left atrium of the heart?

pulmonary

400

The abnormal sound of a heart beat often due to faulty valves is known as a heart

murmur

500

Middle layer of the heart

myocardium

500

Heart pump failure is known as

congestive heart failure

500

Infection in the heart lining is

pericarditis

500
  • Which vascular system performs the following circulation functions:

Carries oxygenated blood and nutrients from the Left ventricle to body cells and returns deoxygenated blood with carbon dioxide and waste from the cells to the Right atrium?

systemic

500

Irregular heart rate

arrhythmia