Module 4 - L1 The Cardiovascular System

Question 1

aortic valve

Answer 1

a valve that controls blood flow out of the ventricles

Question 2

apex

Answer 2

the tip of the heart that points toward the inferior and left of the heart

Question 3

arterioles

Answer 3

arteries that branch into smaller vessels

Question 4

atria

Answer 4

two smaller chambers that make up the heart

Question 5

capillary bed

Answer 5

a network formed from tiny blood vessels in the body

Question 6

cellular respiration

Answer 6

a series of chemical reactions that place in the cell to convert matter into stored energy, or ATP

Question 7

mitral valve

Answer 7

the bicuspid valve that controls blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle

Question 8

pulmonary artery

Answer 8

a blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle to the lungs

Question 9

pulmonary valve

Answer 9

the semilunar valve that controls blood flow out of the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery

Question 10

Purkinje fibers

Answer 10

neurological fibers that send electrical impulses through the heart

Question 11

septum

Answer 11

a wall of tissue that divides the right and left sides of the heart

Question 12

ventricles

Answer 12

two lower chambers that make up the heart