vocab
Smallest blood vessels that connect the arteries and veins
Capillaries
______ is about the size of a person’s fist.
Heart
pulse is recorded in _______ per minute.
Beats
Today’s diagram is on Chambers of the…
Heart
Blood vessels that return deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
Veins
______is one of the most common tests done to detect CAD.
Stress
How many types of blood vessels are there?
5
There are two sides to the heart simply labeled…
Left and right
provide a route for electrical signals to be transmitted from muscle cell to muscle cell
Gap junctions
Cardiac output is the product of the heart rate and the ______volume.
Stroke
Arteries take blood in what direction?
Away from the heart
Lower chambers create the apex of the heart called…
Ventricles
The amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute.
Cardiac output
_____ percent of the world’s population has hypertension.
25%
An elastic artery that is the largest artery in the body. On our diagram.
Aorta
Has an artery and vein named having to do with the lungs and is named…
Pulmonary
Part of the nervous system that overseas regulation of the heart and blood vessels.
Cardiovascular Center
The heart pumps blood to itself through________
Coronary circulation
Name all 5 types of blood vessels?
Arteries, arterioles, veins, venules, and capillaries
Above and below are the…
Superior and inferior vena cavae