Heart1 Flashcards
Which ventricle is the heart is stronger and why?
The left side is thicker because it pumps blood into the entire body.
Name four chambers of the heart.
Right atrium left atrium
Right ventricle and left ventricle
The circulation of the blood from the right side of the heart to the left side of the heart is called the?
Pulmonary circulation
What is the inferior vena cava?
Returns blood from the lower part of the body to the right atrium.
What is the superior vena cava?
Returns blood from the upper body into the right atrium.
What is the coronary sinus?
Returns blood from the veins of the heart Muscle itself into the right atrium.
Blood that is pumped out of the heart is coming directly from the…?
Ventricles
Which side of the heart is oxygenated?
Left
Which side of the heart is deoxygenated?
Right
What is the Aorta?
The largest oxygenated artery in the body, it delivers blood from the heart to the body.
Which node is responsible for stimulating depolarization or the artia?
The SA node (sinoatrial node)
What is the T wave?
It’s the repolarization of the ventricles.
