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23 Cards in this Set
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Location of the heart in the thorax |
Mediastinum |
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Superior heart chambers |
Atrium |
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Inferior heart chambers |
Ventricles |
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Visceral pericardium another name for |
Epicardium |
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The anterooms of the heart |
Atrium |
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Also known as cardiac muscle |
Myocardium |
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Provide nutrient blood to the heart muscle |
Coronary arteries |
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Lining of the heart chambers |
Endocardium |
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The actual pumps of the heart |
Ventricles |
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Drains blood into the right atrium |
Coronary sinus |
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What is the function of valves found in the heart |
They enforce one-way flow |
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Can the heart function with leaky valves |
Yes |
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Role of the chordae tendineae |
Anchor AV valves flaps during ventricular systole |
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Blood flows from the right atrium through the tricuspid valve into |
Right ventricle |
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Blood flows upwards from the right ventricle through which valve |
Semi-lunar valve |
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Where does blood flow after the pulmonary trunk |
Right and left pulmonary arteries |
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Where do the right and left pulmonary arteries go |
To the capillary beds of the lungs |
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Where do the pulmonary veins bring blood to |
The left atrium |
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What valve allows blood to floh from the left atrium to the left ventricle |
The mitral or bicuspid valve |
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What valve allows blood to flow from the left ventricle up to the aorta |
They aortic semilunar valve |
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Which systemic veins bring deoxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart |
Inferior and superior vena cava |
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What sound does the closing of the AV valves make |
L u b |
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What sound does the closing of semilunar valves make |
D u b |
