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The heart consists of: |
•2 atria •2 ventricles •coronary blood vessels, are blood vessels around the heart |
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Blood flows from …… to ……, can’t flow back |
Atria, ventricles |
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…….., separates both halves of the heart |
Septum |
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……., separates atria and ventricles |
Artrioventricular valves |
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What is the cardiac cycle |
A.k.a heartbeat There are 2 heart beats |
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What are the 2 heart beats |
1st beat= contraction of the atria pushes blood into the ventricles (atria systole) 2nd beat= contraction of the ventricles pushes blood in blood vessels it will contract very fast (ventricular systole Heart is relaxt blood flows in ventricles, it doesn’t “push” in, followed by a short pause (diastole) this is not a heartbeat |