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keywords of the heart

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pulmonary circuit   carries blood to and from the gas exchange surfaces of the lungs  
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systemic circuit   transports blood to and from the rest of the body  
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arteries   blood is carried away fro the heart by.... or efferent vessels  
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veins   returns blood to the heart  
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capillaries   small, thin-walled vessels called.... interconnect the smallest arteries and the smallest veins.  
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exchange vessels   also called capillaries because their thin walls permit the exchange of nutrients, dissolbed gases, and waste products between the blood and surrounding tissues  
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Right atrium   receives blood from the systemic circuit and passes it to the right ventricle  
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Right ventricle   pumps blood into the pulmonary circuit  
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Left atrium   collects blood from the pulmonary circuit and empties it into the left ventricle  
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Left ventricle   ejects blood into the systemic circuit  
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coranary sulcus   a deep groove, marks the border between the atria and the ventricles  
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marks boundary between the left and right ventricles   anterior interventricular sulcus and the posterior interventriucular sulcus  
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epicardium   is the pericardium that covers the outer surface of the heart  
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Myocardium   or muscular wall of the heart, forms both atria and ventricles  
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endocardium   the inner surface of the heart including those of the heart valves, are covered by the ...  
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cardiac muscles   are interconnected by intercalated disc  
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Interatrial septum   the ventricles are seperated by much thicker interventricula  
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Atriaventricular valves   folds of fibrous tissue, estend into the openings between the atria and ventricles  
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automaticity   or autorhythmicity, cardiac muscle tissue contracts on its own in the absence of nueral of hormonal stimulation  
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conducting system   the cells responsible for intiating and distrubitng the stimulus to contract are part of the hearts...  
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Sinoatrial node(SA node)   is embedded in the posterior wall of the right atrium, near the entrance of the superior vena cava. also known as the cardiac pacemaker or natural pacemaker  
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atrioventricular node   sits within the floor of the right atrium near the opening of the coronary sinus  
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AV bundle   Also called, bundle of His, is the only electrical connection between the atria and the ventricles  
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Purkinje fibers   conduct action potential at a very rapidly, as fast as myelanited axons  
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electrocardiogram(ECG or EKG)   electrical events occuring in the heart are powerful enough to be detected by electrodes on the surface of the body.  
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P wave   accompanies the depolarization of the atria.  
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QRS complex   appears as the ventricles depolarize  
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T waves   indicates ventricular repolarization  
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P-R intervals   extends from the start of atrial depolarization to the start of the QRS complex rather into R, because of abnormal ECG's the peak can be difficult to determine  
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Cardiac arrhythmias   abnormal paters of cardiac electrical activity  
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contractile cells   the purkinje fibers distribute the stimulus to the .........  
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cardiac cycle   period between the start of one heartbeat and the beginning of the next is a single.........  
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systole   or contraction, the chamber contracts and pushes blood into an adjacent chamber or into an arterial trunk  
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diastole   or relaxation, the chamber fills with blood and prepares for the next cardiac cycle  
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end-diastolic volume   EDV, the maxium amount of blood that a ventricle will hold  
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cardiodynamics   the movement and forces generated during cardiac contractions  
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cardiac output   the amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in one minute  
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cardiac acceleratory center   controls sympathetic neurons that increase the heart rate  
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cardioinhibitory center   controls the parasympathetic neurons that slow the heart rate  
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atrial reflex   Bainbridge reflex, involves adjustments in heart rate in response to an increase in the venous return  
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afterload   is the amount of tension the contracting ventricle must produce to force open the semilunar valve and eject blood.  
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cardiac reserve   the difference between resting and maximal cardiac outputs  
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The righ Atrium   recieves blood from the systemic circuit through the two great veins, superior vena cava and inferior vena cava  
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cardiac veins   of the heart return blood to the coronary sinus  
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coronary sinus   a large thin walled vein that opens into the right atrium inferior to the connection with the superior vena cava  
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fossa ovalis   a small shallow depression, persists at the site in the adult heart  
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pectinate muscles   the anterior artrial wall and the inner surface of the auricle contain prominent muscular ridges called ........  
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Right atrioventricular vavle   three fibrous flaps or cusps also known as tricuspid  
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chordae tendineae   the free edge of each cusp is attached to tendinous connective-tissue fibers called .....  
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papillary muscles   conical muscular projections that arise from the inner surface of the right ventricle  
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trabeculae carnea   the internal surface of the ventricle also contains a series of muscular ridges....  
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moderator band   is a muscular ridge that extends horizontally from the inferior protion of the interventricular septum and connects to the anterior papillary muscle  
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conus arteriousus   a conical pouch that ends at the pulmonary vavle  
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Mitral valve   also known as bicuspid valve  
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fibrous skeleton   of the heart consists of four dense bands of tough elastic tissue that encircle the bases of the pulmonary trunk and aorta and the heart valves  
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