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small conical pouch that extends from each atria |
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In the sheep heart which sections have thicker walls? |
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What forms the boundary between the left and right ventricles? |
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What is contained within the interventricular sulcus? |
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Coronary artery and cardiac vein |
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What is the role of the coronary artery and cardiac vein? |
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supply blood to the tissues of the heart itself |
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What is the very thin outermost layer of the heart called? |
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visceral pericardium or epicardium |
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What is the thick muscular layer of the heart? |
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How does cardiac muscle cells resemble skeletal muscles? |
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How are cardiac muscle cells different from the skeletal muscle cells? |
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Branched, joined to one another via intercalated discs |
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What are intercalated discs? |
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intercellular junctions of the cardiac muscle cells |
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What does branching of the cellsand the intercalated discs form? |
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Interconnected cell network |
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What is the importance of the interconnected cell network? |
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Rapid spread of action potential allowing all areas of a heart chamber to contract virtually simultaneiously |
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How long does it take the cardiac cycle to complete? |
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contractoin of the two atria |
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contraction of the two atria |
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long period of relaxation after contraction |
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What is ventricular systole? |
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contraction of the ventricles |
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Atrial contraction pushes blood into ventricles |
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Ventricles begin contracting |
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AV valves are pushed closed by back flowing blood |
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What creates the "lub" sound? |
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Contraction of ventricles pushes blood into two arteries |
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Blood is propelled from left ventricle into aorta |
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Blood from right ventricle is pushed into the pulmonary trunk |
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Ventricles and Atria in diastole |
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Semilunar valves prevent backflow into ventricles |
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What produces the "dup" sound? |
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Closing of the semilunar valves |
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narrowing of teh opening of the valve |
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What is the Korotkoff sound? |
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When blood flow is turbulent and creates a soft sound |
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