Cardiac vocab-heart Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
stroke volume | amount of blood pumped out by one ventricle in one contraction |
cardiac output (CO) | amount of blood pumped out in one minute |
cardiac reserve | difference between resting and maximal CO |
end diastolic volume | amount of blood that collects in a ventricle during diastole |
end systolic volume | amount of blood remaining in a ventricle after systole |
foramen ovale | opening between the 2 artria |
ductus arteriosus | allows blood to go directly from pulmonary trunk to aorta |
heart murmur | abnormal sound during heartbeat cycle |
mediastinum | medial cavity of the thorax |
endocardium | epithelial membrane that lines the interior of the heart |
myocardium | layer of heart wall composed of cardiac muscle |
epicardium | the outer layer of the heart |
serous pericardium | a thin,slippery, two-layer serous membrane |
fibrous pericardium | the loosely fitting superficial part of the sac known as the pericardium;protects the heart,anchors its surrounding structures, and prevents overfilling of the heart with blood |
pericardial cavity | slit-like space between the visceral and parietal layers of the serous pericardium |
serous membrane | moist membranes found in body cavities closed to the exterior |
mucous membranes | moist membranes that line body cavities that open to the exterior |
atrioventricular valves | valve that prevents backflow into the atrium when the connected ventricle is contracting |
semilunar valves | valves that prevent blood from return to the ventricles after contraction |
chordae tendinae | act as guy-wires for the AV valves; keep them from being blown into the atria when the ventricles contract |
papillary muscles | contract when the ventricles contract |
sarcomere | smallest contractile unit of muscle |
Z disc | cross-striation that bisects the I band of Skm |
A band | the part of the sarcomere that contains only thick filaments |
I band | part of sarcomere that contains only thin filaments |
t-tubule | invagination of the sarcolemma |
intercalated discs | found where ends of two adjacent cardiac cells come together |
automaticity | initiate their own depolarization |
polarization | the muscle cell is relatively negative on the inside of the cell than the outside of the cell |
depolarization | loss of a state of polarity;loss or reduction of negative membrane potential |
repolarization | movement of the membrane potential to the initial resting state |
SA Node (sinoatrial node) | generates impluses |
Internodal pathway | connecting fibers between SA node and AV node |
AV Node (atrioventricular node) | delays impulse to allow atria to contract before ventricles |
AV bundle | electrical connection between the atria and the ventricles |
Right and left Bundle Branches | convey impulses down interventricular septum |
Purkinje Fibers | convey the impulse throughout the ventricular walls;stimulate the ventricular contractile celsl |
normal sinus rhythm | normal, regular heart rate originating from SA node |
Arrhythmia | a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat |
sinus trachycardia | rapid heart rate originating from SA node |
sinus brachycardia | slow heart rate originating from the SA node |
Atrial Fibrillation | arrhythmia in which the heart's atria beats chaotically and irregularly and without coordination with the 2 lower chambers of the heart |
Ventricular fibrillation | a condition in which there's uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of the ventricles |
premature atrial contraction | an extra beat comes sooner than normal originating in the atria |
premature ventricular contraction | an extra beat comes sooner than normal originating in the ventricles |
insufficient valves | valves that do not close all the way and therefore allow blood to flow through them |
stenotic valves | valves that do not open all the way and therefore make it harder for blood to go through them |
diastole | period of cardiac cycle when either the ventricles or the atria are relaxing |
systole | period when either the ventricles or the atria are contracting |
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