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| function of cardiovascular system |
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| transports nutrients, waste products, gases, and hormones around the body |
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| two circulations of the heart |
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1) pulmonary circulation
2) systemic circulation |
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| blood that is sent to the lungs to get reoxygenated |
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| all the blood carried to everywhere else in the body |
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| double layered sac that surrounds the heart |
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| anchors and protects the heart |
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| three layers of tissue of the wall of the heart |
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1) epicardium
2) myocardium
3) endocardium |
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| epicardium is also called |
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| simple squamous epithelial tissue that lines the external surface of the heart |
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| composed of cardiac muscle tissue |
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| endocardium is composed of |
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| epithelial tissue and connective tissue |
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| endocardium (description) |
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| lines the internal surface of the heart |
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| 4 compartments that the heart is divided into |
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| receives deoxygenated blood from three blood vessels |
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| 3 blood vessels that send blood to the right atrium |
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1) superior vena cava
2) inferior vena cava
3) coronary sinus |
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| superior vena cava sends ______ to the right atrium |
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| deoxygenated blood from above diaphragm |
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| inferior vena cava sends ______ to the right atrium |
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| deoxygenated blood from below diaphragm |
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| coronary sinus sends ______ to the right atrium |
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| deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle (myocardium) |
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| deoxygenated blood into the right ventricle |
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| receives oxygenated blood from the lungs by way of the pulmonary veins (4) |
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| oxygenated blood into the left ventricle |
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| function of right ventricle |
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| receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium |
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| the right ventricle pumps |
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| deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary trunk |
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| pulmonary trunk divides into |
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| left and right pulmonary arteries |
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| function of left ventricle |
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| receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium |
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| oxygenated blood to the rest of the body by way of the aorta |
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| left ventricle (description) |
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| left ventricle is much thicker than the right ventricle |
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| function of valves of the heart |
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| prevents back flow of blood in the heart |
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1) atrioventricular valves
2) semilunar valves |
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| location of atrioventricular valves |
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| between atria and ventricles |
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| location of the right AV valve |
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| between the right atrium and the right ventricle (also called tricuspid valve) |
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| location of left AV valve |
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| between the left atrium and the left ventricle (also called bicuspid or mitral valve) |
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| what are cordae tendineae attached to |
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| papillary muscles located on the inner surface of the ventricles |
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| function of chordae tendineae |
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| prevent the valves from swinging back into the atria |
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| function of semilunar valves |
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| prevent back flow of blood into the heart |
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| location of pulmonary semilunar valve |
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| between the pulmonary trunk and right ventricle |
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| location of aortic semilunar valve |
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| between the aorta and the left ventricle |
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| branches of the left and right coronary arteries |
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1) marginal (right)
2) posterior interventricular (right)
3) circumflex (left)
4) anterior interventricular (left) |
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| myocardium of the heart receives |
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| oxygenated blood by way of the branches of the right and left coronary arteries |
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| deoxygenated blood from the myocardium of the heart and empty the blood into the right atrium by way of the coronary sinus |
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