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Chapter 12 - The Heart

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The ______ is in the _______ cavity between the lungs in the space called the mediastinum.   show
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what is the function of the hear?   show
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the diaphragm is directly ______ the heart.   show
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show four  
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The heart is enclosed in the ________ membranes.   show
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There are three layers of pericardial membranes. What are they?   show
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show The outermost layer  
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show A loose fitting sac of strong fibrous connective tissue that extends inferiorly over the diaphragm and superiorly over the bases of the large vessels that enter and leave the heart.  
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show epicardium  
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show serous  
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What is the function of serous fluid?   show
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the _____ of the four chambers of the heart are made of cardiac muscle called the myocardium.   show
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show four  
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endocardium is simple _________ ___________ lining the 4 chambers, valves and vessels.   show
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What are the names of the upper chambers of the heart?   show
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show interatrial septum  
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the lower chambers of the heart are called the right and left ________.   show
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the right and left ventricles are seperated by thick walls called the ___________ ______.   show
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What does the atria recieve blood from?   show
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the ventricles pump blood to either the _____ or the _____.   show
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the two large caval veins return blood from the body to the ______ ______.   show
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show vena cava  
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show inferior vena cava  
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show tricuspid valve  
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show flaps  
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show to prevent backflow of blood  
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the specific purpose of the _______ valve is to prevent backflow of blood from the right ventricle to the right atrium when the right ventricle __________.   show
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as the ventricle contracts, blood is forced behind the three valve flaps, forcing them _______ and together to _____ the valve   show
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show pulmonary  
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show mitral, bicuspid  
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the mitral valve prevents backflow of blood from the left _______ to the ______ atrium when the left ventricle _________.   show
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show atria  
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show atrial natriuretic hormone.  
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What is the function of the atrial natriuretic hormone?   show
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ANP __________ the reabsorption of sodium ions by the kidneys.   show
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the loss of water lowers the blood _______ and blood ________.   show
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show aldosterone, raises  
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show tricuspid, closes  
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another name for the pulmonary semilunar valve is what?   show
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show 3, contracts, pulmonary  
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show relaxes, backflow, right  
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show papillary muscles  
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show chordae tendonae  
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show prevent, tricuspid  
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show the left ventricle  
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show to enable the left ventricle to contract more forcefully.  
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the left ventricle pumps blood to the body through the _____.   show
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show false. it is the largest artery in the body  
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where is the aortic semilunar valve?   show
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show contraction, mitral  
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the aortic valve _____ when the left ventricle _______.   show
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show left  
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show chordae tendonae  
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show fibrous skeleton of the heart  
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show myocardium, ventricles  
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the right side of the heart recieves ____________ blood from the body and pumps it to the _______.   show
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the left side of the heart receives _________ blood from the lungs and pumps it to the ______.   show
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show simultaneously  
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at what part of the heart are the right and left coronary arteries located?   show
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the coronary capillaries merge to form coronary ______.   show
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the coronary veins empty blood into the large coronary sinus that returns blood to the ______ _______.   show
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show to supply blood to the myocardium.  
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show oxygen  
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what happens when a coronary artery becomes obstructed by a blood clot?   show
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show the myocardium becomes deprived of its blolod supply.  
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show a myocardial infarction  
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what causes a myocardial infarction.   show
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the cardiac cycle is the sequence of events in ___ heartbeat.   show
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_____ is another term for contraction.   show
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show veins, atria  
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as blood accumulates, its pressure forces open the right and left ___ ______.   show
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show passively  
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when the atria contract, it pumps the remaining blood into the ________.   show
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ventricular contraction forces blood against the _____ of the right and left AV valve and _____ them.   show
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show atria, ventricles  
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ALL blood to the arteries is ______ pumped by the ______.   show
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if any of the valves do not close properly and extra sound called a _____ ______ can be heard.   show
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What medical device do you most commonly use to listen to the heart beat?   show
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the cardiac cycles is a sequence of mechanical events that is regulated by the _______ activity of the ______.   show
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cardiac muscles have the ability to contract __________.   show
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what is stenosis?   show
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what are intercalated discs?   show
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where are intercalated discs?   show
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show electrical impluse  
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show sinoatrial node or the SA node  
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show a specialized group of cardiac muscles located in the wall of the right atrium just below the opening of the SVA.  
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show in the lower interatrial septum.  
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the transmission of _______ from the SA node to the AV node and to the rest of the atrial _________ brings about atrial ______.   show
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what carries the signal from the AV node to the bundle branches?   show
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what is another name for the atrioventricular bundle?   show
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______ fibers brin the signal to the ventricles.   show
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show the electrocardiogram (ECG)  
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show irregular heartbeats  
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_________ is uncoordinated contraction?   show
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what is pulse?   show
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what is a normal pulse range for adults?   show
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______ is less than 60 BPM.   show
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tachycardia is more than ___ BPM.   show
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show pumped  
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show one beaat  
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show resting, maximum  
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the ______ has the ability to influence the rate of contraction.   show
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show the accelerator center and the inhibitory center  
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show heart rate is carried out by the SNS  
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what is the inhibitory center?   show
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show pressoreceptors  
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show located in the carotid and aortic sinuses.  
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show oxygen, blood  
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show located in the carotid and aortic bodies  
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