Human Anatomy Blood and Heart

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WHat is a standard adult blood pressure?

120/80

How many chambers does the human heart have?

4

What is the largest artery of the human body?

Aorta

What vessels carry blood away from the heart?

Arteries

What does A-V stand for?

Atrioventricular node

Which chambers receive the blood in the heart?

Atriums

In the aortic arch, what senses blood pressure and is able to regulate the heart beat?

Baroreceptors

Which valve is present on the left side of heart?

Bicuspid Valve

What do you hear when listening to a heart beat?

Blood rushing through valves

Which artery runs through neck, where you take pulse?

Carotid Artery

What is the smaller number of your blood pressure called?

Diastolic

Starting at the Left atrium and ending at the upper body, where does the blood travel through?

Left Atrium through the mitral valve, to the left ventricle, then through the aortic valve to the aorta

What is another name for the Left Pulmonary Artery?

Left Coronary Artery

What sends message to heart telling it to pulse the blood?

Medulla Oblongata

What is another name for the Bicuspid Valve?

Mitral Valve

What muscles attach to the corae tendenaes?

Papillary muscles

What does the tricuspid valve do?

Prevent back flow of blood

Why is the Aorta so big?

Pumps large amounts of blood to the body

Which artery runs to the wrist?

Radial Artery

Which valve doesn't have cordae tendenae?

Semilunar valve

What does S-A stand for?

Sinoatrial node

What is the larger number of your Blood pressure called?

Systolic

What contraction does the P wave correspond to?

The Atrial Contraction

Where does the S-A node enter when the right and left atria are caused to contract?

The Atrial Syncytium

What Artery is located on the heart that brings blood to the heart?

The Coronary Artery

All arteries carry oxygenated blood through the body except for which one?

The Pulmonary Artery

Which artery carries deoxygenated blood to lungs to get oxygen?

The Pulmonary Artery

What does the QRS beat correspond to?

The Ventricle Contraction

Where are Purkinje fibers found?

The ventricular septum

What valve is located on the right side of the heart?

Tricuspid Valve

Where is your Subclavian?

Under the Clavicle

What vessels carry blood toward the heart?

Veins

Which chambers pump blood in the heart?

Ventricles

Why can the heart beat be detected as a pulse?

You feel the pressure of the blood through an artery

Clotting in an artery can lead to a pulmonary what?

embolism

Would BP rise or fall if patient suffers an aortic aneurism?

fall

What is caused when there are abnormal functions of valves in the heart?

heart murmurs

What compound exists in dark red blood?

hemooglobin

As red blood cells mature their whats dissolve slowly?

nucleus

What resemble the contraction of the heart, ringing out clothes, punching a pillow, or stretching a muscle?

ringing out clothes

Which node is the pacemaker?

the S-A node

Where is blood oxygenated?

the lungs

Which side of the heart carries deoxygenated blood?

the right


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