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72 Cards in this Set
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Blood enters the pulmonary trunk through the:
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Right Ventricle
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Blood entering aorta comes from the:
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Left ventricle
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The heart is a:
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Closed cardiovascular system
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Where is the heart located?
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In the thorasic cavity, and sits on top of the diaphram, between the lungs (mediastinum)
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Tissue that covers the heart
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Pericardium
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Tissue that covers the lungs
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Pleura
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Pericardium and pleura is what membrane?
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Serous membrane
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T/F: The muscular wall (myocardium) of the right ventricle is thicker than the left atrium
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False
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Peritaneum is a serous membrane on the:
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intestines
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Left side:
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Systemic
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Right side:
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Pulmonary
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Space between=
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Cavity
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Outer layer:
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Parietal
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Inner layer:
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Visceral
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Veins do what?
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Carry blood to heart
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Function of atrium:
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Recieves blood
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Function of ventricle:
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Expells blood
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Function of artery
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Carry blood out of heart
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Superior parts come from:
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Upper extremities
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Inferior parts come from:
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Lower extremeties
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Left pulmonary valve brings
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oxygenated blood to left atrium
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The blood vessels on the heart aka:
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Coronary circulation
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Lump dump sound is the sound of:
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Contraction and relaxation
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Has bigger walls because there is a greater amount of forche needed to pump the blood to the rest of the body
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Left Ventricle
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Blood from A-V goes from:
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Atrium to ventricle
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3 cusps=
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tricuspid
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2 cups=
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bicuspid
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When something is striated, it means:
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it has light and dark bands
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The 2 kinds of circulations are:
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Chambers and valves
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Functional syncytium means:
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Contracting as a unit
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The heart is stimulated by nerves but is _____-_______
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Self-excitable
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Autorhythmic cells generate their own rhythm- for example:
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Pacemaker
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The heart has unstable resting potentials (which means its never really at rest) Called what?
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Pacemakers
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Pacemaker potentials->
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Action potentials
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What is the primary pacemaker of the heart
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Sinoatrial node
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The SA node generates impulses at:
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75 times/minute
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The rhythm produced by the SA node is called;
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The sinus rhythm
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Impulses pass from atria to ventricles via the:
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Atrioventricular bundle
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The AV bundle splits into two pathways in the interventricular septum, what are the two pathways?
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1. Bundle branches carry impulses to the heart
2. Purkinje fibers carry impulses to the heart apex and ventricular walls |
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What is the p-wave in an ecg?
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Atrial depolarization
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Atrial depolarization is initiated by:
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the SA node
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Ventricular depolarization begins at the:
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Apex
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Ventricular depolarization causes the _________ complex and _____________ ________________ occurs
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QRS, Atrial repolarization
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T wave is:
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Ventricular repolarization
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The heart by itself is:
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Autorhythmic
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The heart is stimulated by what?
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the sympathetic cardioacceleratroy center
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Heart is inhibited by what?
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the Parasympathetic cardioinhibitory center
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All the events associated with blood flow through the heart
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Cardiac cycle
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Contraction of heart muscle
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Systole
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Relaxation of heart muscle
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Diastole
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The "lub" sound is when:
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The AV valves close when ventricles contract
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The "dup" sound is when:
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SL valves close when ventricles relax
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The "lup" sound is the ______ of BP
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systolic
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The "dup" sound is the ______ of BP
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Diastolic
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T/F: The blood fills the L and RV simultaneously
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TRUE MOFO
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Why do AV valves close?
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Because of pressure in the ventricles
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How much L of blood is in the heart?
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5
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The rate at which blood is expelled
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Cardiac output
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Cardiac Output = A x B (What is A and B)
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HR x SV
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Number of beats per minute
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Heart Rate
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Amount of blood expelled from ventricles per beat
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Stroke Volume
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SV= A-B (What is A and B?)
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End diastolic volume and end systolic volume
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Amount of blood collected in the ventricles during relaxation
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End diastolic Volume
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Amount of blood remaining in a ventricle after contraction
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End systolic Volume
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Amound ventricles are stretched by contained blood
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Preload
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Cardiac cell contractile force due to factors other than EDV
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Contractility
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Back pressure exerted by blood in the aorta and pulmonary trunk
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Afterload
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Resting heart rate=
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Vagal Tone
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Cranial nerve that inervates the heart
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Vagus
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Sympathetic NS activity increases _____
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HR
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Hormone, epinephrin, thyroxine and glucagon increases:
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HR
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Parasympathetic NS activity decreases:
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HR
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