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A & P Lab
The Heart, Lymphatic System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
04/10/2013

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Term
What are the auricles?
Definition

extensions of the atrial chambers

most obvious parts of the two atria

Term
where are the ventricles located?
Definition
below the atria
Term
what is the shallow groove called that is the boundary between the left and right ventricles?
Definition
interventricular sulcus
Term
What artery and what vein run along the interventricular sulcus?
Definition

coronary artery

and 

cardiac vein

Term
what do the coronary artery and cardiac vein do?
Definition
supply blood to the tissues of the heart itself
Term
name the steps in the movement of blood through the heart starting with: Inferior vena cava/superior vena cava/ coronary sinus
Definition

r. atrium

tricuspid valve

r. ventricle

pulmonic semi-lunar valve

pulmonary trunk

pulmonary artery

lungs

pulmonary veins

l. atrium

bucuspid/mitral valve

l. ventricle

aortic semi lunar valve

aorta

systemic arteries

systemic veins

Term
What is the very thin outermost layer of the heart called?
Definition
visceral pericardium or epicardium
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