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Title: Chapter 17

Description: Quiz Questions

Total Flash Cards: 10

Created: 04/30/2011 23:34:47

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Term
Blood leaving the left atrium goes through which valve to the left ventricle?
 Definition
Mitral Valve (bicuspid)
Term
Pulmonary circulation is the pathway of blood between the heart and
 Definition
lungs.
Term
The left ventricular wall of the heart is thicker than the right wall in order to
 Definition
pump blood with greater pressure.
Term
Blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the:
 Definition
Left atrium
Term
The pericardial cavity:
 Definition
contains a lubricating fluid called serous fluid
Term

Blood is carried to capillaries in the myocardium by way of:

 

 Definition

 

coronary arteries.

 
Term
Normal heart sounds are caused by which of the following events?
 Definition
closure of the heart valves
Term
Cardiac muscle cells are like skeletal muscle cells in that they:
 Definition
have I and A bands
Term
Small muscle masses attached to the chordae tendineae are the:
 Definition
Papillary muscles
Term
Which vessels of the heart receives blood during right ventricular systole?
 Definition
pulmonary artery