Chapter 14- Cardiovascular

Question 0

Found in the opening where the ascending aorta leaves the left ventricle

Answer 0

Aortic semilunar valve

Question 1

Largest artery in the body

Answer 1

Aorta

Question 2

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heat

Answer 2

Arteries

Question 3

Small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries

Answer 3

Arterioles

Question 4

Mitral valve; valve between the left atrium and left ventricle

Answer 4

Bicuspid valve

Question 5

Microscopic blood vessels where exchange of nutrients and oxygen and waste and carbon dioxide gas occurs between blood and tissue cells

Answer 5

Capillaries

Question 6

Blood circulatory route that supplies the brain w oxygen and nutrients and disposes of waste

Answer 6

Cerebral circulation

Question 7

Connect the pointed ends of the flaps or cusps to the papillary muscles in the ventricles of the heart

Answer 7

Chordae tendineae

Question 8

Generates and distributes electrical impulses over the heart to stimulate cardiac muscle fibers or cells to contract

Answer 8

Conduction system

Question 9

Supply the walls of the heart w oxygenated blood

Answer 9

Coronary arteries

Question 10

Phase of relaxation of the heart

Answer 10

Diastole

Question 11

Innermost layer of the heart wall

Answer 11

Endocardium

Question 12

Circulation route that exists only between the developing fetus and its mother

Answer 12

Fetal circulation

Question 13

Route between the digestive tract and the liver

Answer 13

Hepatic portal circulation

Question 14

Brings blood to the heart from the lower parts of the body; also called posterior vena cava

Answer 14

Inferior (posterior) vena cava

Question 15

Separates the right and left ventricles of the heart

Answer 15

Inter ventricular septum

Question 16

One of the upper chambers of the heart

Answer 16

Left atrium

Question 17

A hollow core

Answer 17

Lumen

Question 18

Second layer of the wall of the heart

Answer 18

Myocardium

Question 19

Small conical projections on the inner surface of the ventricles

Answer 19

Papillary muscle

Question 20

Membrane covering the heart

Answer 20

Pericardial sac

Question 21

Circulatory route that goes from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart

Answer 21

Pulmonary circulation

Question 22

Found in the opening where the pulmonary trunk exits the right ventricle

Answer 22

Pulmonary semilunar valve

Question 23

Enter the left atrium of the heart

Answer 23

Pulmonary veins

Question 24

One of the upper chambers of the heart

Answer 24

Right atrium

Question 25

Lower chamber of the heart

Answer 25

Right ventricle

Question 26

Initiates each cardiac cycle and sets the pace for the heart rate; aka pacemaker

Answer 26

Sinistral (SA) node

Question 27

Brings blood from the upper parts of the body to the right atrium of the heart

Answer 27

Superior (anterior) vena cava

Question 28

Blood circulation to the body not including the lungs

Answer 28

Systemic circulation

Question 29

Phrase of contraction

Answer 29

Systole

Question 30

Valve between the right atrium and right ventricle

Answer 30

Tricuspid valve

Question 31

Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart

Answer 31

Veins

Question 32

Results from untreated infections w the bacterium strep

Answer 32

Rheumatic heart disease

Question 33

Inflammation of the endocardium

Answer 33

Endocarditis

Question 34

Inflammation of the myocardium , which can cause a heart attack

Answer 34

Myocarditis

Question 35

inflammation of the pericardium caused by viral or bacterial infection and is very painful

Answer 35

Pericarditis

Question 36

A disease of the arteries in which cholesterol-containing masses called plaque accumulate on the inside of arterial walls

Answer 36

Atherosclerosis

Question 37

Progressive weakening of the myocardium and failure of the Herat to pump adequate amounts of blood

Answer 37

Heart failure

Question 38

Can cause enlargement of the heart leading to heart failure; aka high blood pressure

Answer 38

Hypertension

Question 39

Any deviation from a normal heartbeat rhythm

Answer 39

Arrhythmia

Question 40

An abnormal heart sound akin to a fluttering or a humming sound like a gentle blowing

Answer 40

Heart murmur

Question 41

Aka cardiac pain

Answer 41

Angina pectoris

Question 42

When one or both of the bicuspid/mitral cusps project back into the left atrium during contraction of the ventricles

Answer 42

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) syndrome