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100
The 2 superior receiving chambers of the heart are known as the _______and the 2 inferior discharging chambers are called the ________.
What is the atria and the ventricles?
100

During heart relaxation (in between beats) the pressure inside the heart is _____.  (high or low)

What is low?

100

Large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is called _______.

What is arota?

100

The valves located between the atria and the ventricles are know as________ valves.

What is atrioventricular (AV)?

100

The rate of blood flow increases if the vessel is ________.  (short or long)

What is short?

200
The visceral layer of the serous pericardium is also known as the
What is epicardium?
200
Blood leaves the right ventricle through a large artery called the
What is the pulmonary artery?
200
The left atrium receives blood from the lungs via vessels called
What is pulmonary veins?
200

The right AV valve is also known as the ___________.

What is the tricuspid valve?

200
The circulation from the heart to the lungs is called ________ circulation.
What is pulmonary?
300

The bottom-most potion of the heart is called the ____.

What is the apex?

300

When the ventricles contract, pushing blood through the semilunar valves, the AV valves ______.  (close or open)

What is close?

300
Arteries are normally depicted as red while veins are colored blue. The exceptions to this rule are the _________ arteries and veins.
What is pulmonary?
300

The hepatic vein drains blood from the liver and returns it through the _________ vena cava.  Hint: the liver is below the heart.

What is inferior?

300

The first heart sound "lub" is caused by the closing of the _________ valves.  This sound is caused by the contraction of the ventricles.

What is atrioventricular (AV)?

400
The structure that divides the left and right ventricles is called the ____________.
What is interventricular septum?
400
The pressure blood exerts against the inner walls of the blood vessel is known as ________.
What is blood pressure?
400

Larger veins in the appendages have ________ to prevent the backflow of blood.

What are valves?

400
When ventricles contract, the bicuspid valve (Left AV valve) prevents blood from flowing from the ____________.
What is the left ventricle to the left atrium?
400

The rate of blood flow increases if blood viscosity is ____.  (high or low)

What is low (thin blood)?

500
The tiny white cords that anchor the cusps or flaps of endocardium to the walls of the ventricles are called______.
What is chordae tendinae?
500

The pacemaker node that originates the electrical current of heart contraction.

What is the SA node?

500
Blood nourishing the myocardium with oxygenated blood comes from vessels that branch off the aorta called______
What is coronary arteries?
500

The tricuspid valve is located between the ____________.

What is the right atrium and right ventricle?

500
The vessel that carries oxygenated and nutrient rich blood to the fetus is the umbilical ________.
What is vein?