Cardiovascular

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large vessels that carry arterialized blood away from the heart

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arteries

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small branch of an artery that communicates with a capillary network

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arterioles

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specialized mass of muscle tissue located in the interventricular septum of the heart

Answer 3

atrioventricular node (AV)

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mechanism by which an organ regualtes blood flow to match the metabolic rate

Answer 4

autoregulation

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microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules

Answer 5

capillaries

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part of the sympathetic nervous system that stimulates the SA node to increase heart rate

Answer 6

cardiac accelerator nerves

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amount of blood pumped by the heart per unit of time

Answer 7

cardiac output

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the area of the medulla that regulates the cardiovascular system

Answer 8

cardiovascular control center

Question 9

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the control of the cardiovascular or pulmonary system by cortical impulses

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central command

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period of filling of the heart between contractions

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diastole

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arterial blood pressure during diastole

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diastolic blood pressure

Question 12

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product of heart rate and systolic blood pressure

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double product

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recording of the electrical changes that occur in the myocardium during the cardiac cycle

Answer 13

electrocardiogram

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heart rate variability

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portion of cardiac muscle cell where one cell connects to the next

Answer 15

intercalated disks

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a mixture of venous blood from both the upper and lower extremities

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mixed venous blood

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cardiac muscle, provides the force of contraction to move blood

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myocardium

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portion of the cardiovascular system involved in the circulation of blood from the right ventricle to the lungs and back to the left atrium

Answer 18

pulmonary circuit

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specialized tissue located in the right atrium of the heart that generates the electrical impulse to initiate the heart beat

Answer 19

sinoatrial node (SA)

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the amount of blood pumped by the ventricles in a single beat

Answer 20

stroke volume

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part of cardiac cycle where the ventricles are contracting

Answer 21

systole

Question 22

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the highest artieral pressure measured during a cardiac cycle

Answer 22

systolic blood pressure

Question 23

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a major parasympathetic nerve

Answer 23

vagus nerve

Question 24

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blood vessels that return blood to the heart

Answer 24

veins

Question 25

# reverse small blood vessels carrying capillary blood to veins

Answer 25

venules

Question 26

# reverse resting heart rate is above 100 BPM

Answer 26

Tachycardia

Question 27

# reverse resting heart rate less than 60 BPM

Answer 27

bradycardia

Question 28

# reverse phosphatase activated by the increase in cytosolic calcium

Answer 28

calciuneurin

Question 29

# reverse principle of training describing the need to increase the load

Answer 29

overload

Question 30

# reverse principle of training that describes the temporary nature of a training effect

Answer 30

reversibility

Question 31

# reverse principle of training indicating that the adaptation of a tissue is dependent on the type of training undertaken

Answer 31

specificity

Question 32

Heart rate plateau reached during constant rate of sunmaximal work

Answer 32

Steady-State Heart Rate

Question 33

The left ventricle contracts out of sequence, before the atria

Answer 33

Premature Ventricular Contraction

Question 34

three or more consecutive PVCs that can lead to ventricular fibrillation in which contraction of the ventricular tissue is uncoordinated

Answer 34

Ventricular Tachycardia

Question 35

average pressure exerted by the blood as it travels through arteries

Answer 35

Mean arterial pressure (MAP)