Cardiovascular System | Anatomy of the Heart | Blood Flow Through the Heart | Cardiac Muscle and the Cardiac Conduction System | Electrical and Contractile Activity of the Heart |
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What is the pulmonary system
This system carries blood to the lungs for gas exchange and returns it to the heart
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What are the atria
This is the name of the 2 superior chambers of the heart
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What is the right ventricle
This is the chamber that blood is pumped into after the right atrium
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What are intercalated discs
These discs are thick connections that join cardiocytes end to end
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What are the AV valves
These valves account for the first heart sound "lubb"
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What is the right side
This side of the heart supplies the blood to the pulmonary circuit?
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What is the interventricular septum
This is known as the muscular wall between the two ventricles
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What is the aorta
This artery receives blood pumped from the left ventricle and then pumps blood to the rest of the body
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What is autorhythmic
The heart can be described as this because it does not depend on the nervous system for its rhythm
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What is sinus rhythm
This type of rhythm is the normal heartbeat triggered by the SA node
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What is the mediastinum
This is the name of the thick partition that the heart lies between
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What is the right AV valve
Also known as the tricuspid valve, this valve has 3 cusps and helps to regulate blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle.
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What is the pulmonary artery
This artery takes deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
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What is the SA node
This node is a patch of modified cardiocytes in the right atrium that begins the conduction system
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What are the voltage-gated calcium channels
After a slow inflow of sodium, what voltage-gated channels open when the pacemaker potential reaches its threshold
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What is the pericardium
This is the name of the double-walled sac the heart is enclosed in
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What is the aortic valve
Also known as the left semilunar valve, this valve controls the opening from the left ventricle into the aorta
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What is the inferior vena cava
This is the name of the vein that brings blood back to the heart from the lower body
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What are desmosomes
A type of a mechanical junction, these are patches of mechanical linkage that prevent the contracting cardiocytes from pulling apart
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What is the P wave
This wave is produced when a signal from the SA node spreads through the atria and depolarizes them
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What is the pericardial cavity
This is the space between the parietal and visceral membranes called?
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What are the chordae tendinae
These stingy tendinous cords help to connect the valves to the papillary muscles
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What is the mitral valve
Also known as the bicuspid valve and left AV valve, this valve regulates the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle
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What are purkinje fibers
These are nerve like processes that arise from the lower end of the bundle branches and turn upward to spread throughout the ventricular myocardium.
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What is the T wave
This wave is generated by ventricular repolarization immediately before diastole
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