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15 Cards in this Set
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Also known as the pointed tip
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Apex
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This is where the vessicles attach
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Base
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Mesothelium and connective tissue on the surface area of the heart
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Epicardium
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Muscle. Also has dense connective tissue wovent through it.
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Myocardium
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squamouns endothelium lining the heart.
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Endocardium
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Reduced oxygen supply. Weakens but doenst kill muscle. May casue pain (angia pectoris)
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Ischemia
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Interruption of the blood supply, leads to cell death. may be large (major) or small (minor).
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Myocardium Infarction
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Unicellular with sacromeres
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Cardiac Muscle
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Purpose of Intercalated discs
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sends the action potentials spread from one cell to the next.
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cardiac muscle has a ________ period
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refractory
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most heart problems are from faulty?
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coronary circulation
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right and left coronary arteries exit where?
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Aorta just past the semilunar valve.
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divides the hearts atrium from ventricles.
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Coronary sulcus
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Divides the right from the left ventricle
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Interventricular sulcus
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where do the great and middle cardiac lead to cardiac veins dump their blood into?
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right atrium
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