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What is the primary function of the heart in the cardiovascular system?
What is the name of the node that produces cardiac impulses in the right atrium?
Which of the following blood vessels carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium?
What is the name of the valve that separates the right atrium and right ventricle?
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What is the function of the left ventricle in the cardiovascular system?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the right atrium?
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What is the name of the artery that arises from the right ventricle?
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What is the function of the blood vessels in the cardiovascular system?
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What is the structure that separates the right and left atria?
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What is the outermost layer of the heart wall?
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What is the purpose of the pericardial cavity?
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What type of muscle fibers are found in the myocardium?
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What is the function of the epicardium?
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How many valves are present in the human heart?
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What is the innermost layer of the heart wall?
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Where does the endocardium continue as?
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What is the function of the atrioventricular valves?
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What is the name of the valve that has three cusps?
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What is the role of papillary muscles in the heart?
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What is chronotropic action?
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What is the name of the valve that allows blood to flow from the left ventricle to the aorta?
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What is the term for an increase in the force of contraction of the heart?
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How many types of actions of the heart are classified?
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What is the term for a decrease in heart rate?
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What is dromotropic action related to?
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What are the types of bathmotropic action?
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What is the outermost layer of the aorta and arteries?
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What is the function of arterioles?
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What is the diameter of the aorta?
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What is the name of the system that includes venules, veins, and venae cavae?
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What is the name of the layer between the tunica media and tunica intima?
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What is the diameter of the terminal arterioles?
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Study Notes
Cardiovascular System
- Includes heart and blood vessels
- Heart pumps blood into blood vessels
- Blood vessels circulate blood throughout the body
- Blood transports nutrients and oxygen to tissues and removes carbon dioxide and waste products
Heart
- Muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the circulatory system
- Situated between two lungs
- Four chambers: two atria and two ventricles
- Musculature of ventricles is thicker than atria
- Force of contraction depends on muscles
Right Side of the Heart
- Two chambers: right atrium and right ventricle
- Right atrium is a thin-walled and low-pressure chamber
- Has pacemaker (sinoatrial node) and atrioventricular node
- Receives venous blood via superior vena cava and inferior vena cava
- Communicates with right ventricle through tricuspid valve
- Right ventricle pumps blood to lungs through pulmonary artery
Left Side of the Heart
- Two chambers: left atrium and left ventricle
- Left atrium is a thin-walled and low-pressure chamber
- Receives oxygenated blood from lungs through pulmonary veins
- Blood from left atrium enters left ventricle through mitral valve
- Left ventricle pumps arterial blood to different parts of the body through systemic aorta
Septa of the Heart
- Right and left atria are separated by interatrial septum
- Right and left ventricles are separated by interventricular septum
Layers of the Heart Wall
- Heart is made up of three layers of tissues:
- Outer pericardium
- Middle myocardium
- Inner endocardium
Pericardium
- Outer covering of the heart
- Made up of two layers: outer parietal pericardium and inner visceral pericardium
- Space between the two layers is called pericardial cavity or pericardial space
- Outer parietal pericardium forms a strong protective sac for the heart
- Inner visceral pericardium lines the surface of myocardium and is made up of flattened epithelial cells
Myocardium
- Middle layer of the heart wall
- Formed by cardiac muscle fibers or cardiac myocytes
- Forms the bulk of the heart and is responsible for pumping action
- Cardiac muscle fibers are involuntary in nature
- Myocardium has three types of muscle fibers: contractile unit, pacemaker, and conductive system
Endocardium
- Innermost layer of the heart wall
- Thin, smooth, and glistening membrane
- Formed by a single layer of endothelial cells lining the inner surface of the heart
- Continues as endothelium of blood vessels
Valves of the Heart
- Four valves in human heart
- Two atrioventricular valves: mitral valve (left) and tricuspid valve (right)
- Two semilunar valves: aortic valve and pulmonary valve
- Valves permit flow of blood through heart in only one direction
Actions of the Heart
- Classified into four types:
- Chronotropic action (heart rate)
- Inotropic action (force of contraction)
- Dromotropic action (conduction of impulse)
- Bathmotropic action (excitability of cardiac muscle)
Blood Vessels
- Vessels of circulatory system: aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, and venae cavae
- Arterial system: aorta, arteries, and arterioles
- Walls of aorta and arteries are formed by three layers: outer tunica adventitia, middle tunica media, and inner tunica intima
Venous System
- From capillaries to venules, veins, and venae cavae
- Walls of venules and veins are thinner than arteries
- Pressure changes inside blood vessels occur along the length of the vessels
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Assess your knowledge of the cardiovascular system, including the heart's structure and function, blood vessels, and blood circulation. Learn about the heart's chambers, musculature, and importance in transporting nutrients and oxygen to tissues.
