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The Cardiovascular System
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
04/08/2013

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Term
Location of Heart
Definition
Thoracic Cavity
Term
Mediastinum
Definition

 Vessels

 

Thymus

 

Trachea

 

Esophagus

 

 

Term
Layers of Heart
Definition

Pericardium

 

Myocardium

 

Endocardium

Term

Pericardium

 

Definition

Outside/Around the heart

 

Fibrous

 

Serous

Term
Fibrous Pericardium
Definition
Tough outside of heart
Term
Serous Pericardium
Definition

Parietal

 

Visceral

Term
Myocardium
Definition

Muscle layer

 

Thickest

Term
Endocardium
Definition

Inner lining of heart

 

Membranous lining

Term
Apex
Definition

Tip of heart

 

Bottom left ventricle 

Term
Base
Definition
Top of heart where vessels are
Term
Interventricular Groove
Definition
Between ventricles
Term
Vena  Cavae
Definition

Largest vein

 

Takes deoxygented blood back to heart

Term
Arteries
Definition

Take blood away from heart

 

Efferent

 

Oxygenated blood

Term
Veins
Definition

Takes blood to heart

 

Afferent

 

Deoxygenated blood

Term
Aorta
Definition

Largest artery in body

 

Highest pressure

Term
Semilunar Valves
Definition

Pulmonic

 

Aortic

 

Attach to annular rings

Term
Atrioventricular Valves
Definition

Tricuspid

 

Mitral (bicuspid) 

 

Attached to papillary muscle

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