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Details Title: Cardio Terms Description: cardio & lymphatic Total Flash Cards: 35 Created: 10/31/2006 08:22:06	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Aorta Definition the largest artery. Recieves via left ventrical Term Aortic vein Definition Semilunar valve at entrance to aorta Term Apex Definition Point of a coned shaped structure, Term Artery Definition Vessel that carries blood away from heart Term Arteriole Definition Small artery Term AV Node (Artioventrical) Definition A small mass that passes impulses from SA nade toward ventricals Term AV bundle Definition A band of fibers that transmits impulses from AV node to top of interventrical septum. Term Atrium Definition An entrance chamber, one of the 2 upper chambers of heart Term Bicuspid valve Definition The valve between left atrium and ventrical. Term Blood pressure Definition the force exerted by blood agianst te wall of a vessel Term Bundle branches Definition Branches of the AV bundle that divide to the right and left sides of the interventrical septum Term capilllary Definition microscopic blood vessel through which materials are exchanged between the blood vessels Term cardiovascular system Definition the part of circlatory system that consists of the heart and the blood vessels Term Diastole Definition Relaxation phase of the heartbeat cycle Term Endocardium Definition thin membrane that lines the chambers of the heart and covers valves Term epicardium Definition The thin outermost layer of the heart wall Term functional murmur Definition Any sound produced as the heart functions normally Term Heart Definition Muscular organ w/ 4 chambers that contracts rhythmically to propel blood through vessels to all parts of the body Term heart sound Definition Sounds produced by the heart Term inferior vena cava Definition The large inferior vein that brings blood back to the right atrium of the heart from the lower parts of the body Term mitral valve Definition the valve between the left atrium and ventrical. Bicuspid Term myocardium Definition the thick middle layer of the heart composed of cardiac muscle Term pericardium Definition fibrous sac that surounds the heart Term pulmonary artery Definition vessel that carries blood from righht side of the heart to the lungs Term Pulmonary circuit Definition The system of vessels that carries blood from the right side of heart to lungs to be oxygenated and then back to the heart via mulmonary vein to heart Term Pulmonary veins Definition Vessel that carries blood from lungs to left side of heart Term pulmonic valve Definition the similunar valve at entrance of pulmonary artery Term pulse Definition Wave of increased pressure produced in the vessels each time the ventricals contract Term Purkinje fibers Definition The terminal fibers of the conducting system of the heart. They carry impulses through the wall of the ventricals. Term Septum Definition A wall dividing 2 cavities Term SA node Sinovial Definition The pacemaker; superior dextro atrium Term Sphygmomanometer Definition An instrument for determining BP Term Superior Vena cava Definition brings deoxygenated blood back to right atrium from supior body Term Sysemic circuit Definition the system of vessels that carries O blood from left side of heart to all of body, and de O blood to the right side Term systole Definition the contraction phase of te heart beat cycle