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Heart Structures
AHI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heart | Hollow, double pump |
| Average heart beats per minute | 72-75 |
| Pericardium | Double layer of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart |
| Myocardium | heart muscle tissue |
| Endocardium | smooth inner lining of the heart |
| Septum | partition, wall, that separates right from left half of the heart |
| inferior vena cava | bring deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart-right atrium |
| Pulmonary artery | takes blood away from from right ventricle to the lungs for Oxygen |
| Pulmonary veins | bring oxygenated blood from lungs to the left atrium |
| Aorta | takes blood away from the left ventricle to the rest of the body |
| Right and Left Atrium | upper chambers of heart |
| Right and Left Ventricle | lower chambers of the heart |
| Tricuspid Valve | between right and left ventricle |
| Bicuspid (mitral) valve | between left atrium and left ventricle |
| Aortic Semilunar valves | between heart and aorta |
| Pulmonary semilunar valve | between heart and pulmonary artery |