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Cardio vascular
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Endocardium | layer of cells inside the heart |
| Myocardium | thickest, muscular middle layer of the heart |
| pericardium | double layered membrane outside the heart |
| septum | muscular wall that seperates the heart into a right and left side |
| right atrium | receives blood as it retuens from the body cells |
| right ventricle | receievs blood from the right atrium and pumps blood into the pulmonary artery |
| left atrium | receives oxygenated blood from the lungs |
| left ventricle | receives blood from the left atrium and pumps blood from into the aorta |
| tricuspid valve | between the RV and the RA |
| pulmonary valve | between the RV and the pulmonary artery |
| mitral valve | between the LV and tthe LA |
| aortic valve | between the LV and the aorta |
| diastole | brief period of rest |
| systole | ventricular contraction |
| arteries | carry blood away from the heart |
| capillaries | smallest viens, connect the smallest arteries and the smallest veins |
| veins | carry blood to the heart |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| leukocytes | white blood cells |
| thrombocytes | platelets |