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HEART & VESSEL TERMS
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Biology
10th Grade
02/01/2012

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ATRIA
Definition
UPPER CHAMBER OF THE HEART
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VENA CAVA
Definition

LARGE VEIN

CARRIES DEOXYGENTATED BLOOD TO THE RIGHT ATRIUM

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RIGHT ATRIUM
Definition

UPPER CHAMBER OF THE HEART

RECEIVES OXYGEN POOR BLOOD FROM BODY CELLS

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RIGHT VENTRICLES
Definition

LOWER CHAMBER OF THE HEART

PUMPS OXYGEN POOR BLOOD TO THE PULMONARY ARTERY

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PULMONARY ARTERY
Definition

CARRIES BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART TO THE LUNGS

ONLY ARTERY WHICH CARRIES DEOXYGENATED BLOOD

 

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PULMONARY CIRCULATION
Definition
CIRCULATION BETWEEN THE HEART & THE LUNGS
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SEPTUM
Definition
LARGE MUSCLE SEPARATING THE RIGHT AND LEFT CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
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PULMONARY VEIN
Definition

VEIN CARRYING BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS TOWARD THE HEART

ONLY VEIN IN BODY WHICH CARRIES OXYGEN RICH BLOOD

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LEFT ATRIUM
Definition
UPPER CHAMBER OF THE HEART RECIEVING OXYGEN RICH BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS
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LEFT VENTRICLE
Definition
LOWER CHAMBER OF THE HEART WHICH PUMPS BLOOD TO THE AORTA
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AORTA
Definition
LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY CARRIES OXYGENATED BLOOD TO ALL PARTS OF THE BODY
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SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION
Definition
CIRCULATION BETWEEN ALL BODY CELLS (ORGANS) AND THE HEART
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CORONARY CIRCULATION
Definition
BLOOD CIRCULATION VIA THE CORONARY ARTERY & THE HEART
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VEIN
Definition

BLOOD VESSEL CARRYING DEOXYGENATED BLOOD TOWARD THE HEART

HAS ONE WAY VALVES TO PREVENT BACKFLOW

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ARTERY
Definition
THICKEST BLOOD VESSEL WHICH CARRIES OXYGENATED BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART. HAS A HIGH PRESSURE
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CAPILLARIES
Definition

SMALLEST BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BODY

ONE CELL LAYER THICK

SITE OF GAS AND NUTRIENT EXCHANGE

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