Human Anatomy Blood and Heart
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
