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1
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What makes up the cardiovascular system

A

Heart
Blood vessels
Blood

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A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body

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Heart

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Two types of circulation

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Pulmonary circulation
Systemic circulation

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Right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs and back to the left side of heart through vessels

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Pulmonary circulation

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Left side of the heart pumps blood to all the tissues in the body

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Systemic circulation

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Blunt, rounded point of the heart

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Apex

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Larger, flat part of the opposite end

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Base

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The heart is located in the ____ cavity

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Thoracic cavity

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Surrounding cavity of the heart

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Pericardial cavity

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Records the electrical signals in the heart

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ECG

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What are the four chambers

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Left and right atria
Left and right ventricle

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12
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How many liters fo blood pumps

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5 liters per minute

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Emergency procedure that maintains blood flow in the body if a person’s heart stops

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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What consists of a heart

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Pericardium
Coronary arteries
Chambers
Valves

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Entrance chamber

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Atria

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Functions primarily as a resoirvoir

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Atria

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17
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Receives blood from the major openings

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Right atrium

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Three major openings

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Superior and inferior vena cava
Coronary sinus

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Drain blood from the most of the body

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Superior and inferior vena cava

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20
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Drains blood from the heart muscle

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Coronary sinus

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Receives blood through the four pulmonary veins, which drains blood from the lungs

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Left atrium

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Separator of the two atria

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Interatrial septum

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Separates the two ventricles

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Interventrial septum

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Major pumping chambers as they eject blood into the arteries

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Ventricles

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Pumps blood into pulmonary trunk for pulmonary circulation
Right ventricle
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Pumps blood into aorta for systemic circulation
Left ventricle
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Muscle that separates two ventricles
Interventricular septum
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Muscle that separates two ventricles
Interventricular septum
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Maintain the one way flow of blood
Heart valves
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Coned shaped muscles pillars in esch ventricle
Papillary muscles
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Thin, strong connective tissue strings
Chordae tendinae
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Fibrous strings that surrounds atrioventicular valves (av) and semilunar valves (sl)
Cardiac skeleton or fibrous skeleton
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Av valve between the right atrium and left ventricle has three cusps
Tricuspid valves
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Av valve between the right ventricles and right left has two cusps
Bicuspid valves
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Supply blood to the wall of heart
Coronary arteries
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Drain blood from cardiac muscle
Coronary veins
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Three layers of heart wall
Epicardium Myocardium Endocardium
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A thin, serous membrane forming the smooth outer surface
Epicardium
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Thick middle layer composed of cardiac muscle cells
Myocardium
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Responsible for contraction of the heart chambers
Myocardium
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Smooth inner surface
Endocardium
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It is rich in mitochondria
Cardiac muscle cells
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Responsible for muscle contraction
Actin and myosin filaments
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K channels open and Ca2 channels close
Repolarization
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Na and Ca2 channels open
Depolarization
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A record of electrical events within the heart
Electrocardiogram / ECG
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The repetitive pumping process
Cardiac cycl3
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Contraction is
Systole
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Relaxation is
Diastole
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It can be best heard with the use of stethoscope
Heart sounds
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Two main heart sounds
Lubb Dupp
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Lower pitch first sound
Lubb
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Second pitch sound of heart
Dupp
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Occurs at the beginning of ventricular systole and results from "close of av/atrioventricular valves"
Lubb
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Occurs at the beginning of ventricular diastole and results from "closure of semilunar valves"
Dupp
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Abnormal heart sounds
Murmurs
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Normal heart rate
72 beats per minute
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Inflammation of pericardium
Pericarditis
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Pain in the area of chest cause by lack of blood supply
Angina pectoris
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Weakening of heart muscle making it not capable of pumping all the blood that is returned to it
Heart failure
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An abnormally high systemic blood pressure
Hypertension
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Formation of blood clot in a coronary artery
Coronary thrombosis
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A picture of blood vessel injected with dye that can be detected by xray
Angiogram
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Prevent clot formation
Anticoagulants
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Placed beneath the skin that is equipped with an electrode which provides an electrical stimulus to the heart
Artificial Pacemaker

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