Shared Flashcard Set

Details

The Heart
n/a
8
Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/25/2010
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Biology Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
The Coronary Arteries
 Definition
Supply blood to the myocardium.
Term
S-A node
 Definition
Pacemaker.
Term
The Cardiac Control Center
 Definition
In the medulla oblongata. Regulates autonomic impulses to the heart.
Term
Systolic Pressure
 Definition
Is produced when the ventricle contracts.
Term
Many Veins
 Definition
Contain flaplike valves that pervent blood from backing up.
Term
The Pulmonary Circuit
 Definition
Flow of blood from heart to lung and back.
Term
The Systemic Circuit
 Definition
Heart to body and back.
Term
The Aorta
 Definition
Is the largest artery with respect to diameter.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!