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53 Cards in this Set
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Aorta |
Largest artery in body |
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Apex of heart |
Lower tip of the heart |
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Arteriole |
Small artery |
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Artery |
Largest type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
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Artrioventricular bundle |
Muscle fires connecting atria with ventricles (hiss) |
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Artrioventricular node |
Tissue in the wall between atria |
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Atruim (atria) |
One of two upper chambers in the heart |
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Capillary |
Smallest blood vessel |
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Coronary arteries |
Blood vessels that branch from aorta and carry oxygen rich blood to the heart
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Deoxygenated blood |
Blood that is oxygen poor |
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Diastole |
Relaxion phase of heartbeat |
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Endocardium |
Inner lining of the heart |
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Endothelium |
Inner most lining of blood vessel |
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Mitral valve |
Valve between left atrium and left ventricle; bicuspid valve |
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Murmur |
Abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of heart valves |
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Myocardium |
Muscular middle layer of heart |
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Normal sinus rhythm |
60-100 beats per minute (sinoatrial node) |
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Pacemaker (sinoatrial node) |
Nervous tissue in the right atruim that begins the heartbeat |
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Pericardium |
Double layered membrane surrounding the heart |
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Pulmonary artery |
Artery carrying oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs |
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Pulmonary circulation |
Flow of blood from heart to lungs and back to heart again |
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Pulmonary valve |
Valve positioned between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery |
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Pulmonary vein |
One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart |
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Septum |
Partition or wall dividing a cavity |
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Sphygmomanometer |
Instrument to measure blood pressure |
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Systole |
Contraction phase of heart |
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Tricuspid valve |
Located between the right atruim and right ventricle |
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Vena cava |
Largest vein in body |
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Venule |
Small vein |
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Ventricle |
One of two lower chambers in the heart |
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Angi/o |
Vessel |
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Aort/o |
Aorta |
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Arter/o arteri/o |
Artery |
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Ather/o |
Yellowish plaque, fatty substance |
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Atri/o |
Atrium.. upper chamber |
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Brachi/o |
Arm |
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Cardi/o |
Heart |
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Cholesterol/o |
Cholesterol |
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Coron/o |
Heart |
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Cyan/o |
Blue |
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Myx/o |
Mucus |
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Ox/o |
Oxygen |
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Pericardi/o |
Pericardium |
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Phleb/o |
Vein |
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Rrhythm/o |
Rhythm |
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Sphygm/o |
Pulse |
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Steth/o |
Chest |
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Thromb/o |
Clot |
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Valvul/o valv/o |
Valve |
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Vas/o |
Vessel |
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Vascul/o |
Vessel |
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Ven/o ven/i |
Vein |
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Ventricul/o |
Ventricle lower heart chamber |
