Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
11 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Dissected Heart
|
occurs when a tear in the inner wall of the aorta causes blood to flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta and force the layers apart
|
|
Atria vs. ventricles
|
One is the uper chamber of the heart, ventricle that contain blood
|
|
Pericardium
|
is a covering that encloses the heart and proximal end of the large blood vessel. consist of an outer fibrous bag
|
|
Myocardium
|
is thick and largely consists of the cardiac musle tissue that pumps blood out of the heart chambers
|
|
Ductus Arteriosus
|
blood vessel that connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in a fetus
|
|
Cytoskelenton
|
System of protein tubules and filaments that reinforces a cells three dimesional form and provides scaffolding and transport tract for organelles
|
|
Starling's laws of the heart
|
great the stretch of cardiac muscle, greater force of contraction
|
|
Blood Pressure
|
cardiac output of blood pumped by each ventricle in one minute
|
|
Systole
|
contraction period
|
|
Diastole
|
relaxation period
|
|
vein
|
Vessels that care blood towards the heart
|