Cardiovascular Flashcards
(36 cards)
What does the actual work of pumping
Ventricles
Right pump receives _____ and left pump receives ______
Deoxygenated, oxygenated
Venues are in between _____ and ______
Veins and capillaries
Vena cava brings blood back from the _____
Body
Right heart is ____ pressure left heart is _____ pressure
Low, high
What is a portal system
Capillary network with a special purpose
Hepatic portal system connects ____ to _____
Intestine to liver
Hypophyseal portal system connects _______ to _____
Hypothalamus to pituitary gland
What supplies heart with oxygen and nutrients
Coronary arteries
Where is sinoatrial node
In right atrium
Where is apex
Near ventricles at the bottom
Which heart is more muscular
Left
Bicuspid is where
Left atrium
Tricuspid is in the
Right atrium
Diastole
Ventricles relax
Systole
Ventricles contract
Mechanism of how the heart contracts
Impulse activates SA node which activates AV node which activates bundle of his which activates purkinje fibers.
AV node is delayed to
Allow ventricles to fill
Parasympathetic neurotransmitter slow the heart by
The vagus nerve
What has more smooth muscle arteries or veins
Arteries
Arteries have ____ pressure and____ resistance
High, high
Veins generally move blood ____
Up so they have veins to avoid back flow
Blood pressure ____ from arterial to venous circulation, the largest ____ is across the ____
Drop, drop, arterioles
Leukocytes
Produce antibodies and fight infection