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Which blood vessel carries blood towards the heart?
Which blood vessel carries blood towards the heart?
- Pulmonary trunk
- Veins (correct)
- Arteries
- Pulmonary semilunar valve
What is the name of the valve that separates the right atrium and the right ventricle?
What is the name of the valve that separates the right atrium and the right ventricle?
- Right atrioventricular valve
- Interventricular septum
- Tricuspid valve (correct)
- Pulmonary semilunar valve
Which part of the heart receives blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus?
Which part of the heart receives blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus?
- Right ventricle
- Right atrium (correct)
- Left atrium
- Left ventricle
What is the average thickness of the right atrium?
What is the average thickness of the right atrium?
What is the name of the partition that separates the right ventricle and the left ventricle?
What is the name of the partition that separates the right ventricle and the left ventricle?
Which artery carries blood to the lungs?
Which artery carries blood to the lungs?
What is the name of the valve that blood passes through from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta?
What is the name of the valve that blood passes through from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta?
Which type of circulation is responsible for moving blood between the heart and the lungs?
Which type of circulation is responsible for moving blood between the heart and the lungs?
What is the term for the valves located between an atrium and a ventricle?
What is the term for the valves located between an atrium and a ventricle?
What is the average thickness of the left ventricle?
What is the average thickness of the left ventricle?
Which valve is also known as the mitral valve?
Which valve is also known as the mitral valve?
What is the name of the part of the aorta that carries blood throughout the body?
What is the name of the part of the aorta that carries blood throughout the body?
Which side of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Which side of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
What is the function of the coronary circulation?
What is the function of the coronary circulation?
Which artery supplies oxygenated blood to the walls of both ventricles?
Which artery supplies oxygenated blood to the walls of both ventricles?
What is the purpose of the circumflex branch?
What is the purpose of the circumflex branch?
What is the function of the posterior interventricular branch?
What is the function of the posterior interventricular branch?
What is the purpose of the coronary sinus?
What is the purpose of the coronary sinus?
What is the function of the Sinoatrial (SA) node?
What is the function of the Sinoatrial (SA) node?
What is the name of the conducting bundle that arises from the AV node?
What is the name of the conducting bundle that arises from the AV node?
What is the duration of a normal cardiac cycle?
What is the duration of a normal cardiac cycle?
What is the term for the contraction of the atrial myocardium?
What is the term for the contraction of the atrial myocardium?
Where do the right and left bundle branches extend to?
Where do the right and left bundle branches extend to?
What is the name of the large-diameter cardiac muscle fibers that are the inferior terminal branches of the bundle?
What is the name of the large-diameter cardiac muscle fibers that are the inferior terminal branches of the bundle?
What is the effect of an increase in end diastolic volume on stroke volume, according to the Frank-Starling law of the heart?
What is the effect of an increase in end diastolic volume on stroke volume, according to the Frank-Starling law of the heart?
What is the effect of positive inotropes on myocardial contractility?
What is the effect of positive inotropes on myocardial contractility?
What is the main component of afterload?
What is the main component of afterload?
What is the function of arterioles in the vascular tree?
What is the function of arterioles in the vascular tree?
What is the effect of negative inotropes on myocardial contractility?
What is the effect of negative inotropes on myocardial contractility?
What is the function of capillaries in the vascular tree?
What is the function of capillaries in the vascular tree?