Ch. 12

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heart  triangular, in mediastinum, size of fist  
atria  upper receiving chamber, small thinner less muscular walls  
ventricles  lower discharging chambers, thicker muscular walls  
left ventricles  thickest muscular wall  
septum  wall that separates chambers  
interatrial septum  separates right and left atria  
interventricular septum  separates right and left ventricles  
AV valves  atrio-ventricular valves  
tricuspid  between right atrium and left ventricle  
SL valves  semi-lunar valves  
pulmonary semilunar balve  between right ventricle and pulmonary artery  
aortic semilunar valve  between left ventricle and aorta  
*endocardium  lines innermost surface, walls of chambers  
*myocardium  cardiac muscle tissue  
*endocarditis  inflammation of endocardium, can lead to blood clots  
*epicardium  outer membrane of heart  
*pericardium  outermost loosely fitting covering  
*pericardium  produces lubricating fluid  
peicarditis  inflammation of pericardium  
aorta  main vessel, biggest artery  
aorta  carries "oxygenated" blood from left ventricle to body  
pulmonary artery  carries "deoxygenated" blood from right ventricle to lungs  
pulmonary veins  carries "oxygenated" blood from lungs to left atrium  
superior vena cava & inferior vena cava  return "deoxygenated" blood from body to right atria  
arteries  take blood"away" from heart  
veins  return blood "to" the heart  
right & left coronary arteries  coronary blood supply  
right & left coronary arteries  branch off aorta to supply myocardium, blockage may result in angina or heart attack  
*complete heart beat  cycle consists of diastole, relaxation of ventricles, systole, contraction of ventricles  
*normal heart rate  around 72 beats per minute  
*tachycardia  fast heart rate over 100 beats per minute  
*bradycardia  slow heart rate onder 60 beats per minute  
*stroke volume  volume of blood release from ventricle with each contraction  
*cardiac output  volume of blood pumped by one ventricle in one minute  
cardiac output  = stroke volume x heart rate (co=sv x hr)  
*lub dub  sounds made by heart during cardiac cycle  
lub  closing of tricuspid and mitral valves  
dub  closing of aortic and pulmonary semilunar valves  
*ANS (autonomic involuntary nervous system)  controls rate of heart  
intercalated discs  specialized nervous tissue at junctions between cardiac muscle cells , electronically link all cardiac muscle fibers  
SA node (sinoatrial node)  pacemaker, located in superior wall of right atrium  
SA node  initiates contraction of atria  
AV node (atrioventricular node)  located in inferior wass of right atrium  
AV node  passes signal to ventricles  
bundle of his (AV bundles)  fibers run through septum  
purkinje fibers  fibers run through lateral walls of ventricles  
heart block  electrical signal does not reach ventricles, rate of ventricular contractions is decreased, may be treated with pacemaker  
electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG)  graphic recording of hearts electrical activity  
P wave  depolarization of atria, triggers contraction  
QRS complex  depolarization of ventricles  
T wave  repolarization of ventricles, relaxation  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 
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