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1
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Typical resting heart rate is between…

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70 and 80 beats per minute.

2
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Heart is composed of…

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Four hollow chambers that are delineated into two interdependent but separate pumps on either side.

3
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What separates the atria?

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The interatrial septum.

4
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What separates the ventricles?

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The interventricular septum.

5
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The right side of the heart is referred to as the…

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Pulmonic side because it receives blood from the body that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide and pumps it into the lungs then back to left atria.

6
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The left side of the heart is referred to as the…

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System side because it pumps blood high in oxygen to the rest of the body.

7
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The right ventricle has thin walls because…

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It only pumps the blood a short distance (to lungs) whereas the left ventricle has thick walls and pumps under high pressure (to rest of the body).