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23 Cards in this Set
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Mediastium |
*heart *trachea *esophagus |
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Chest Cavity (thorastic Cavity) |
*lungs |
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Paricardium |
Wax like layer of connective tissue |
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epicardium |
over the heart |
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myocardium |
heart muscle |
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Endocardium |
lines the chambers (inside the heart) |
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interventrical septum |
inbetween heart wall inbetween the heart |
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arterioles |
small arteries barley visable to naked eye |
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veins |
blood vessels that return bloody to the heart |
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venules |
are small veins that drain blood from the capillaries and join to form a vein |
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capillaries |
smallest of the blood vessels *simple squemous *water squeezes out *glocuse squeeze out *sodium will squeeze out |
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heart |
cone-shaped muscular organ located between the lungs |
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septum |
separates the heart into a right side and left side |
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systole |
when all chambers relax |
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diastole |
contraction of the chambers |
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Electrocardiogram (ECG) |
recording of the electrical changes that occur in the myocardium during a cardiac cycle |
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pulmonary Circuit |
blood travels to and from the heart |
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Pwave |
artiral depolarization; atrial contraction |
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QRS |
complex ventriclar depolartion; ICP & VEP |
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T wave |
venticelar repolarization;IRP |
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Bolus |
globe of fluid |
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Plasma |
liquid medium for carrying various substances in the blood; albumins, globins, fibrinogens |
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SA Node |
pacemaker of the heart |
