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Cardiovascular System Terminology Quiz

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What is the property of heart cells to generate an action potential without an external stimulus?

Automaticity

What is the top chamber of the heart that receives blood from veins?

Atrium

What is the period of cardiac muscle relaxation followed by a period of contraction in the heart?

Cardiac cycle

What is the small vessel that connects arteries to veins?

Capillary Signup and view all the answers

What is the thick filament with projections, a component of a sarcomere or muscle unit?

Myosin Signup and view all the answers

What is the property of heart cells to rapidly conduct an action potential of electrical impulse?

Conductivity Signup and view all the answers

What is the resting phase of the heart when blood is returned to the heart?

Diastole Signup and view all the answers

What are vessels that take blood away from the heart and are muscular, resistance vessels?

Arteries Signup and view all the answers

What is a shift in the pacemaker of the heart from the sinoatrial node to some other site?

Ectopic focus Signup and view all the answers

What is the property of the plasma proteins responsible for returning fluid to the vascular system at the capillary level?

Oncotic pressure Signup and view all the answers