| Chambers and Valves | Vessels | Coverings and Layers | Cardiac Cycle | Disorders |
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100What is the tricuspid valve?
The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
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100What is the superior vena cava?
The major vein bringing blood from the upper part of the body
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100What is the pericardium?
The outermost covering of the heart
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100What are the atria?
First chambers to contract
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100What is pericarditis?
Inflammation of the lining around the heart
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200What is the right atrium?
The blood first enters this chamber
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200What is the aorta?
The largest artery in the body
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200What is the epicardium?
The outer wall of the heart
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200What are the Purkinje fibers?
Myoconduction fibers
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200What is a heart attack?
Myocardial infarction
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300What is the aortic semilunar valve?
The valve between the left ventricle and the aorta
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300What are the pulmonary arteries?
Receive deoxygenated blood and takes it to the lungs
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300What is the myocardium?
The muscle of the heart that actually does the pumping
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300What is systole?
The contracting of the ventricles
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300What is tachycardia?
Rapid heart beat
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400What is the left ventricle?
The chamber that is the largest and thickest
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400What are the coronary arteries?
Feeds the heart muscle itself
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400What is the endocardium?
The thin sheet that lines the inside chambers and valves of the heart
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400What is diastole?
The bottom number in a blood pressure reading
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400What is ischemia?
Inadequate oxygen supply
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500What is the left atrium?
The first chamber to receive freshly oxygenated blood
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500What is the coronary sinus?
Dumps coronary blood into the right atrium
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500What is the pericardium?
The membrane that prevents friction as the heart pumps
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500What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
The pacemaker of the heart
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500What is angina pectoris?
Lack of oxygen, severe chest pain
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