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
100
What is the pulmonary system
This system carries blood to the lungs for gas exchange and returns it to the heart
100
What are the atria
This is the name of the 2 superior chambers of the heart
100
What is the right ventricle
This is the chamber that blood is pumped into after the right atrium
100
What are intercalated discs
These discs are thick connections that join cardiocytes end to end
100
What are the AV valves
These valves account for the first heart sound "lubb"
200
What is the right side
This side of the heart supplies the blood to the pulmonary circuit?
200
What is the interventricular septum
This is known as the muscular wall between the two ventricles
200
What is the aorta
This artery receives blood pumped from the left ventricle and then pumps blood to the rest of the body
200
What is autorhythmic
The heart can be described as this because it does not depend on the nervous system for its rhythm
200
What is sinus rhythm
This type of rhythm is the normal heartbeat triggered by the SA node
300
What is the mediastinum
This is the name of the thick partition that the heart lies between
300
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.
300
What is the pulmonary artery
This artery takes deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
300
What is the SA node
This node is a patch of modified cardiocytes in the right atrium that begins the conduction system
300
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
400
What is the pericardium
This is the name of the double-walled sac the heart is enclosed in
400
What is the aortic valve
Also known as the left semilunar valve, this valve controls the opening from the left ventricle into the aorta
400
What is the inferior vena cava
This is the name of the vein that brings blood back to the heart from the lower body
400
What are desmosomes
A type of a mechanical junction, these are patches of mechanical linkage that prevent the contracting cardiocytes from pulling apart
400
What is the P wave
This wave is produced when a signal from the SA node spreads through the atria and depolarizes them
500
What is the pericardial cavity
This is the space between the parietal and visceral membranes called?
500
What are the chordae tendinae
These stingy tendinous cords help to connect the valves to the papillary muscles
500
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
500
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.
500
What is the T wave
This wave is generated by ventricular repolarization immediately before diastole






Chapter 19: The Circulatory System: Heart

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