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Cardi
Heart System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Largest artery in the body | aorta |
| Vessel carrying blood away from heart | artery |
| small artery | arteriole |
| exchange vessel; smallest vessel in the body | capillary |
| small veins | venules |
| vessels carrying blood toward the heart | vein |
| good cholesterol | high density lipoproteins |
| bad cholesterol | low density lipoproteins |
| contracting phase of heart beat | systole |
| relaxation phase of heart beat | diastole |
| amount of blood returning the right atrium/minute | venous return |
| amount of blood being pumped out of left ventricle/minute | cardiac output |
| amount of blood ejected/beat | stroke volume |
| hardening due to fatty plaque build up | atherosclerosis |