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32 Cards in this Set
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TOUGH PROTECTIVE SAC COMPOSED OF DENSE NETWORK OF COLLAGEN FIBERS THAT STABILIZE THE POSITION OF THE HEART AND ASSOCIATED BLOOD VESSELS
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FIBROUS PERICARDIUM
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WALL OF THE HEART THAT IS COMPOSED OF SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES THAT CONTAINS SECIALIZED CARDIAC MUSCLES CALLED PURKINJE FIBERS
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ENDOCARDIUM
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OPENING BETWEEN THE ATRIA DURING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPEMENT
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FORAMEN OVALE
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THE ANTERIOR WALLS OF THE ATRIA ARE RIDGED BY BUNDLES OF
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PECTINATE MUSCLES
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what structures are involved in valve function
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papillary muscles and chordae tendineae
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FIRST 2 BRANCHES OF THE AORTA AT THE REGION WHERE BLOOD PRESSURE IS THE HIGHEST IN THE SYSTEMIC CIRCUIT
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CORONARY ARTERIES
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SUPPLIES LEFT ATRIUM & POSTERIOR WALLS OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE
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CIRCUMFLEX
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ALL THE VEINS IN THE HEART JOIN AND DRAIN INTO WHAT STRUCTURE THAT COMMUNICATES WITH THE RIGHT ATRIUM
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CORONARY SINUS
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INTERCALATED DISCS OF CARDIAC CELLS CONTAIN THIS...THEY PREVENT ADJACENT CELLS FROM SEPERATING DURING CONTRACTION
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DESMOSOMES
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RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RHYTHMIC CONTRACTIONS OF THE HEART AND OFTEN CALLED THE PACEMAKER
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SINOATRIAL NODE
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THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH AN ACTION POTENTIAL WOULD MOVE THROUGH THE CONDUCTING SYSTEM
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SA NODE, AV NODE, AV BUNDLE, BUNDLE BRANCHES, PURKINJE FIBERS
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THE T WAVE ON AN ECG TRACING REPRESENTS
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VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION
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THE FIRST HEART SOUND IS HEARD WHEN THE
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TRICUSPID AND BICUSPD VALVES CLOSE
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THE VOLUME OF BLOOD EJECTED FROM EACH VENTRICLE DURING EACH CONTRACTION IS CALLED
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STROKE VOLUME
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A HEART RATE FASTER THAN NORMAL
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TACHYCARDIA
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BLOOD RETURNING TO THE HEART FROM THE SYSTEMIC CIRCUIT FIRST ENTERS THE
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RIGHT ATRIUM
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THE HEART LIES IN WHAT REGION
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MEDIASTINUM
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THE CORONARY SULCUS IS THE GROOVE THAT MARKS WHAT
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THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE ATRIA AND THE VENTRICLES
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THE VISCERAL PERICARDIUM IS THE SAME AS
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EPICARDIUM
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THE RIGHT VENTRICLE PUMPS BLOOD TO THE
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LUNGS
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THE VOLUME OF THE BLOOD EJECTED FROM EACH VENTRICLE DURING CONTRACTION IS CALLED THE
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??STROKE VOLUME??
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SHORTEST SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION IN THE BODY
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CORONARY CIRCULATION
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ALLOWS IONS TO PASS FRELY FROM CELL TO CELL TRASMTTING THE DEPOLARIZING CURRENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE HEART
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GAP JUNCTION
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A SPACE FILLED WITH SEROUS FLUID FOR LUBRICATION BEST DESCRIBES WHAT?
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PERICARDIAL CAVITY
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COMPARED TO THE RIGHT VENTRICLE, THE LEFT VENTRICLE
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HAS A THICKER WALL
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THE MARGINAL AND POSTERIOR INTERVENTRICULAR BRANCHES ARE BRANCHES OF THE
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RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY
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FACTORS THAT WILL INCREASE CARDIAC OUPUT
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HEART RATE AND STROKE VOLUME
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THE PULMONARY SEMILUNAR VALVE GUARDS THE ENTRANCE TO THE
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PULMONARY TRUNK
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THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE THAT PREVENTS THE REGURGITATION OF BLOOD FROM THE RIGHT VENTRICLE TO THE RIGHT ATRIUM
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TRICUSPID
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VEIN THAT DRAINS THE AREA SUPPLIED BY THE POSTERIOR INTERVENTRICULAR ARTERY
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MIDDLE CARDIAC VEIN
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INSTRUMENT TO MONITOR ELECTRICAL CURRENTS GENERATED AND TRANSMITTED THROUGHT THE HEART AND BODY
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ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH
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RETURNS BLOOD FROM REGIONS OF BODY ABOVE THE DIAPHRAGM
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SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
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