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| Moving blood clot is carried through the bloodstream. |
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| Muscular organ located in the thoracic cavity whose rhythmic contractions maintain blood circulation. |
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| Damage to the myocardium due to blocked circulation in the coronary arteries; also called a myocardial infarction (MI). |
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| Syndrome characterized by distinctive symptoms and signs resulting from disturbances in cardiac output or from increased pressure in the veins. |
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| Vein leading to the liver and formed by the merging blood vessels leaving the small intestine. |
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| Vein that runs between the liver and the inferior vena cava. |
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| Elevated blood pressure, particularly the diastolic pressure. |
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| Large vein that enters the right atrium from below. |
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| Fluid, derived from tissue fluid, that is carried in lymphatic vessels. |
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| Organ system consisting of lymphatic organs that transport lymph and lipids, and aids the immune system. |
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| Cardiac muscle in the wall of the heart. |
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| Protective serous membrane that surrounds the heart. |
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| Accumulation of soft masses of fatty material, particularly cholesterol, beneath the inner linings of the arteries. |
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| Blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart to the lungs. |
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| Circuitlatory pathway that consists of the pulmonary trunk, the pulmonary arteries, and the pulmonary veins; takes O2-poor blood from the heart to the lungs and the O2-rich blood from the lungs to the heart. |
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| Blood vessel that takes blood from the lungs to the heart. |
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| Vibration felt in arterial walls due to expansion of the aorta following ventricle contraction. |
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| Specialized muscle fibers that conduct the cardiac impulse from the AV bundle into the ventricles. |
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| Mechanism whereby reductions in the thoraic pressure during the breathing cycle tend to aid the return of blood to the heart from peripheral veins. |
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| Small region of neuromuscular tissue that initiates the heartbeat; also called the pacemaker. |
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| Valve resembling a half-moon located between the ventricles and their attached vessels |
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| Wall between two cavities; in the human heart, a septum separates the right side from the left. |
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| Pumping effect of contracting skeletal muscles on blood flow through underlying vessels. |
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| Condition resulting when an arteriole in the brain bursts or becomes blocked by an embolism. |
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| Large vein that enters the right atrium from above and carries blood from the head, thorax, and upper limbs, to the heart. |
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| Blood vessels that transport blood from the left ventricle and back to the right atrium of the heart. |
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| Contraction period of the heart during the cardiac cycle. |
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| Arterial blood pressure during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle. |
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| Obstruction of a blood vessel by a thrombus that has dislodges from the site of its formation. |
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| Blood clot that remains in the blood vessel where it was formed. |
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| Fluid that surrounds the body's cells. |
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| total artificial heart (TAH) |
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| A mechanical replacement for the heart as opposed to a partial replacement. |
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| Membranous extension of a vessel of the heart wall that opens and closes, insuring one-way flow. |
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