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10/31/2006

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Term
Aorta
Definition
the largest artery. Recieves via left ventrical
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Aortic vein
Definition
Semilunar valve at entrance to aorta
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Apex
Definition
Point of a coned shaped structure,
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Artery
Definition
Vessel that carries blood away from heart
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Arteriole
Definition
Small artery
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AV Node
(Artioventrical)
Definition
A small mass that passes impulses from SA nade toward ventricals
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AV bundle
Definition
A band of fibers that transmits impulses from AV node to top of interventrical septum.
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Atrium
Definition
An entrance chamber, one of the 2 upper chambers of heart
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Bicuspid valve
Definition
The valve between left atrium and ventrical.
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Blood pressure
Definition
the force exerted by blood agianst te wall of a vessel
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Bundle branches
Definition
Branches of the AV bundle that divide to the right and left sides of the interventrical septum
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capilllary
Definition
microscopic blood vessel through which materials are exchanged between the blood vessels
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cardiovascular system
Definition
the part of circlatory system that consists of the heart and the blood vessels
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Diastole
Definition
Relaxation phase of the heartbeat cycle
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Endocardium
Definition
thin membrane that lines the chambers of the heart and covers valves
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epicardium
Definition
The thin outermost layer of the heart wall
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functional murmur
Definition
Any sound produced as the heart functions normally
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Heart
Definition
Muscular organ w/ 4 chambers that contracts rhythmically to propel blood through vessels to all parts of the body
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heart sound
Definition
Sounds produced by the heart
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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
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mitral valve
Definition
the valve between the left atrium and ventrical. Bicuspid
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myocardium
Definition
the thick middle layer of the heart composed of cardiac muscle
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pericardium
Definition
fibrous sac that surounds the heart
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pulmonary artery
Definition
vessel that carries blood from righht side of the heart to the lungs
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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
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pulmonic valve
Definition
the similunar valve at entrance of pulmonary artery
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pulse
Definition
Wave of increased pressure produced in the vessels each time the ventricals contract
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Purkinje fibers
Definition
The terminal fibers of the conducting system of the heart. They carry impulses through the wall of the ventricals.
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Septum
Definition
A wall dividing 2 cavities
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SA node
Sinovial
Definition
The pacemaker; superior dextro atrium
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Sphygmomanometer
Definition
An instrument for determining BP
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Superior Vena cava
Definition
brings deoxygenated blood back to right atrium from supior body
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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
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systole
Definition
the contraction phase of te heart beat cycle
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