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Chapter 18

front 1

The heart is considered a _______________.

back 1

Transport system consisting of two side by side pumps.

front 2

The right side of the heart ________________.

back 2

Receives oxygen-poor blood from tissues/ IT pumps blood to lungs to get rid of CO2, pick up O2, via PULMONARY CIRCUIT

front 3

The left side of the heart _______________

back 3

receives OXYGENATED blood from lungs, and pumps blood to body tissues via SYSTEMIC CIRCUIT

front 4

When the blood leaves the Left side of the heart it is in _____________.

back 4

Systemic circuit

front 5

The heart has _______ receiving chambers, and are called....

back 5

2, Right Atrium/Left Atrium

front 6

The right atrium receives blood from __________.

back 6

The systemic Circuit

front 7

The Left atrium receives blood returning from

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the pulmonary circuit

front 8

Pumping chambers of the heart are ________

back 8

Right Ventricle/left ventricle

front 9

The part of the heart that pumps blood through the pulmonary circuit

back 9

Right ventricle

front 10

The part of the heart that pumps blood through the systemic circuit

back 10

the left ventricle

front 11

Part of the heart that Receives blood returning from systematic circuit

back 11

Right atrium

front 12

Part of the heart that receives blood returning from the pulmonary circuit

back 12

Left Atrium

front 13

Heart is approximately the size of _____________ and weights ___________

back 13

A fist/less than a pound.

front 14

Location of the heart is found in ________________ which is found between the _____ rib and the ____________ intercostal space.

back 14

mediastinum/2nd/fifth

front 15

The heart is found on the __________ surface of the diaphragm

back 15

Superior surface

front 16

The heart is located __________ (fraction) of heart to the ________________ of midsternal line?

back 16

Left

front 17

The heart is located _____________ to the vertebral column, _____________ to the sternum.

back 17

anterior/posterior

front 18

The BASE of the heart is on the ____________, and leans toward ____________

back 18

posterior surface/right shoulder

front 19

APEX points towards ___________-

back 19

the left hip

front 20

______________ is palpated between fifth and sixth rubs, just below the left nipple

back 20

APICAL IMPULSE

front 21

The covering of the heart is __________

back 21

Pericardium

front 22

The pericardium is double walled sac, that ________________

back 22

protects and anchors to surrounding structures and prevents overfilling.

front 23

This part of the pericardium lines the internal surface of fibrous pericardium.

back 23

PARIETAL LAYER

front 24

The Epicardium is also called the ____________ layer.

back 24

VISCERAL LAYER

front 25

This layer of the heart looks shiny, and is on the external surface of the heart

back 25

epicardium (VISCERAL LAYER)

front 26

The pericardial cavity of the pericardium has thin fluid and does this _______________

back 26

decreases fluid

front 27

This part of the heart protects from friction __________

back 27

serous pericardium

front 28

Inflammation of the pericardium is called ______________

back 28

PERICARDITIS

front 29

_______________________ makes a creaking sound heard with a stethoscope and roughens membrane surfaces.

back 29

PERICARDIAL FRICTION RUB

front 30

Excess fluid sometimes compresses heart - and leads to limited pumping ability

back 30

CARDIAC TAMPONADE

front 31

Three layers of the heart wall _______________________, __________________, ____________________.

back 31

Epicardium, Myocardium, Endocardium.

front 32

The _____________ is the visceral layer of the serous pericardium.

back 32

Epicardium

front 33

A spiral bundle of contractile cardiac muscle cell ______________

back 33

MYOCARDIUM.

front 34

This layer of the heart wall crisscrosses, interlaces layer of connective tissue, anchors cardiac muscle fibers, supports great vessels and valves, limits spread of action potentials to specific paths.

back 34

Myocardium