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Sends oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen and unload carbon dioxide   Pulmonary ciruit  
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Sends oxygen-rich blood and nutrients to all body cells and removes waste   Systemic circuit  
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The heart is within the_______   Mediastinum  
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Encloses the heart and the proximal ends of the large blood vessels to which it attaches   Pericardium  
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Outer layer of the wall of the heart that protects the heart by reducing friction   Epicardium  
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Thick middle layer of the wall of the heart   Myocardium  
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Inner layer of the wall of the heart   Endocardium  
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Upper chambers of the heart that recieve blood returning to the heart   Atria  
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Lower chambers of the heart that recieve blood from the atria and contract to force blood out of heart into arteries   Ventricles  
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Separates the atrium and ventricle on the right side from their counterparts on the left   Septum  
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Opening between right atrium and right ventricle   Tricuspid valve  
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Entrance to pulmonary trunk   Pulmonary valve  
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Opening between left atrium and left ventricle   Mitral valve (Bicuspid)  
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Entrance to aorta   Aortic valve  
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Supply blood to the tissues of the heart   Coronary arteries  
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Phase of the cardiac cycle when a heart chamber wall contracts   Systole  
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Phase of the cardiac cycle when a heart chamber wall relaxes   Diastole  
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A mass of merging cells that function as a unit   Functional syncytium  
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Coordinates the events of the cardiac cycle   Cardiac conduction system  
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A decrease in the diameter of a blood vessel   Vasocolstriction  
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An increase in the diameter of a blood vessel   Vasodilation  
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Carries blood under relatively high pressure from heart to arteioles   Artery  
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Connects an artery to a capillary   Arteriole  
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Connects an arteriole to a venule   Capillary  
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Connects a capillary to a vein   Venule  
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Carries blood under relatively low pressure from a venule to the heart   Veins  
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The volume of blood discharged from the ventricle with each contraction   Stroke volume  
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The volume discharged from the ventricle per minute   Cardiac output  
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Equals the sum of the formed elements and plasma volumes in the vascular system   Blood volume  
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A force produced by friction between the blood and the walls of blood vessels   Peripheral resistance  
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The ease with which a fluid's molecule flow past one another   Viscosity  
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