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Haney Medterm c10-SNP

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1) What is the center of the circulatory system?   Heart  
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2) Where is your carotid artery located at?   Along the side of your neck  
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3) Where does deoxygenated blood enter?   Right atrium  
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4) What arteries carry oxygen-poor blood to the capillary network of the lungs?   Pulmonary  
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5) What is the common wall between the right and left side of the hear?   septum  
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6) An abnormal rhythm is called?   dysrhythmia  
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7) What is hepatomegaly?   It is the enlargement of the heart  
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8) What condition is characterized by weakness, breathlessness, and abdominal discomfort?   Congestive heart failure  
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9) Diagnostic x-ray technique that uses ionizing radiation to produce a cross-sectional image of the body.   Computed axial tomography (CAT)  
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10) What is the Holter monitor used for?   To detect heart dyrhythmias  
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11) What is an abnormal growth of tissue around a vale?   Vegetation  
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12) What is roughly the size of a heart?   Size of a clenched fist  
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13) What is the heart enclosed by?   Thin, double-walled, membranous sac  
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14) What is the thin membranous sac surrounding the hear called?   Pericardium  
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15) The inner layer of the pericardium is?   visceral pericardium  
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16) What is the outer layer of the pericardium called?   parietal pericardium  
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17) What is the small space in between the parietal and visceral pericardium called?   pericardial cavity  
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18) What does the pericardial cavity contain?   Very small amount of fluid that lubricates the surface of the heart and reduces friction during cardiac muscle contraction  
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19) How many layers is the heart composed of?   3 layers  
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20) What is the middle layer of the heart?   myocardium  
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21) What is the outer layer of the heart?   epicardium  
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22) What is the inner layer of the heart?   endocardium  
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23) How many chambers is the heart broken up into?   4 chambers  
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24) What is the upper chambers known as?   right and left atria  
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25) What are the lower chambers known as?   right and left ventricles  
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26) Where do ventricles pump blood to?   Lungs  
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27) What brings blood from the head, thorax, and upper limbs to the heart?   Superior vena cava  
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28) What happens in the lungs?   Exchange of gases  
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29) What is the circulation of the blood from the heart to lungs for oxygenation and back to the heart known as?   Pulmonary circulation  
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30) What veins are the only veins in the body that carry oxygenated blood?   pulmonary veins  
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31) What is the fibers called the bungle of His?   Bundle of specialized muscle fibers  
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32) What are large, thick-walled vessels that carry the blood away from the heart?   Arteries  
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33) What is one cardiac cycle equivalent to?   1 complete heartbeat  
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34) What measures blood pressure?   sphygmomanometer  
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35) What is sweat?   Persperation  
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36) What is the lack of color; paleness?   Pallor  
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37) What is the narrowing of the coronary arteries?   Coronary artery disease  
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38) What is myocarditis?   Inflammation of the myocardium  
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39) Where is the apex located?   In between the fifth and sixth ribs  
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40) What is the pacemaker of the heart?   sinoatrial nod (SA node)  
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