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Science: Chapter 15-2
What are the parts of the heart?
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Science
6th Grade
12/02/2007

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Term

What is the upper chamber

of the heart?

Definition
atrium
Term

What is the lower chamber

of the heart?

Definition
ventricle
Term

What is the thick tissue wall

that separates

the left and right sides

of the heart?

Definition
septum
Term

What is the thin flap of tissue

that acts like a

one-way door

 

It stops blood from flowing backward.

Definition
valve
Term

What is the main organ

of the circulatory system?

Definition
heart
Term
About how big is your heart?
Definition
about the size of your fist
Term

What is the job

of your heart?

Definition
to pump blood
Term

How many chambers

is the heart divided into?

Definition

four

 

1) right atrium

2) right ventricle

3) left atrium

4) left ventricle

Term
Which chambers get blood?
Definition

right atrium (from the body)

left atrium (from the lungs)

Term
Which chambers pump blood?
Definition

right ventricle (to lungs)

left ventricle (to body)

Term

Which has thicker walls:

ventricles or atria? Why?

Definition

ventricles

because they need to work harder

to pump blood

to all parts of the body

Term

What causes

the sound

of a heartbeat?

Definition

It is the rhythm of you heart

as it pumps blood.

 

The "lub-dub" sound is the

opening and closing of the valves.

Term

What is the tool used  

to listen to

your heartbeat?

Definition
stethoscope
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