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14 Cards in this Set
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Where is the heart located? |
Is located in mediastinum |
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How are the chambers separated |
A wall called septum |
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What does the left atrium receives |
Oxygenated blood from pulmonary veins |
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What do the pumbing chambers do |
They pump blood out of the heart and into blood vessels known as arteries |
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What does the right atrium receive |
Deoxygenated blood |
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What does the right ventricle pumps |
Deoxygenated blood |
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What does the left ventricle pump |
Oxygenated blood |
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What. Do pulmonary veins do |
Take the oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium |
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Aorta |
The largest artery in the body extending from the left ventricle after the aortic semilunar valve .it arches and descends into the lower abdomen |
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Tricuspid valve |
Located between the right atrium and the right ventricle it is composed of two flaps |
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Pulmonary semilunar valve |
Located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary trunk |
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Bicuspid |
Located between the left atrium and the left ventricle it is composed of two flaps |
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Aortic semilunar valve |
Located between the left ventricle and the aorta it is composed of 3 half moon shaped flaps |
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Systolic pressure |
Relaxation of the heart muscle |
