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| discharging chambers of the heart |
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| a vessel that arises from the right ventricle, extends upward, and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries that convey unaerated blood to the lungs |
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aka-precava or SVC-
a large, diameter, yet short vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the right atrium |
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| aka-posterior vena cava is the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the right atrium of the heart |
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| aka- interatrial septum; a septum that divides the heart longitudinally |
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| the large blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs |
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| a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart |
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| a system of blood vessels that carry blood to and from the lungs for gas exchange |
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| the major systematic artery; arises from the left ventricle of the heart |
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| system of blood vessels that carries nutrient and oxygen-rich blood to all body organs |
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| (AV valves) located between the atrial and ventrical chambers on each side; prevents backflow into the atria when the ventricals contract |
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| aka-mitral valve-left AV valve; consists of 2 flaps endocardium |
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| right AV valve, has 3 flaps |
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| tiny white cords that anchor the flaps to the walls of ventricle |
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| pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves; guards the bases of the 2 large arteries leaving the ventricular chambers; prevents arterial blood from re-entering the heart |
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