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What is the primary function of the heart?
What is the primary function of the heart?
What is the name of the valve that separates the right atrium and ventricle?
What is the name of the valve that separates the right atrium and ventricle?
During which stage of the cardiac cycle does the heart muscle relax and ventricles fill with blood?
During which stage of the cardiac cycle does the heart muscle relax and ventricles fill with blood?
What is the name of the node that acts as the pacemaker of the heart?
What is the name of the node that acts as the pacemaker of the heart?
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Which blood vessels return oxygenated blood to the heart?
Which blood vessels return oxygenated blood to the heart?
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What is the name of the stage where the ventricles contract, but no blood leaves the heart?
What is the name of the stage where the ventricles contract, but no blood leaves the heart?
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Which system regulates the heartbeat?
Which system regulates the heartbeat?
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What is the name of the valve that separates the left ventricle and aorta?
What is the name of the valve that separates the left ventricle and aorta?
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What is the sequence of the cardiac cycle?
What is the sequence of the cardiac cycle?
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Which node relays the electrical signal from the SA node to the ventricles?
Which node relays the electrical signal from the SA node to the ventricles?
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Study Notes
Heart Function in Blood Circulation
Heart Structure
- The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
- Divided into four chambers: right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, and left ventricle
- Septum separates the right and left sides of the heart
Heart Function
- The heart pumps blood through a process called cardiac cycle:
- Diastole: heart muscle relaxes, ventricles fill with blood
- Atrial contraction: atria contract, pumping blood into ventricles
- Ventricular contraction: ventricles contract, pumping blood out of the heart
- Isovolumic contraction: ventricles contract, but no blood leaves the heart
- Rapid ejection: blood is rapidly pumped out of the heart
- Reduced ejection: blood is slowly pumped out of the heart
- Isovolumic relaxation: ventricles relax, but no blood enters the heart
Blood Flow Through the Heart
- Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium through the superior and inferior vena cavae
- Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle through the tricuspid valve
- Blood is pumped from the right ventricle to the lungs through the pulmonary valve
- Oxygenated blood returns to the heart through the pulmonary veins and enters the left atrium
- Blood flows from the left atrium to the left ventricle through the mitral valve
- Blood is pumped from the left ventricle to the rest of the body through the aortic valve
Heartbeat Regulation
- The heartbeat is regulated by the autonomic nervous system
- The sinoatrial (SA) node, located in the right atrium, acts as the pacemaker of the heart
- The SA node generates an electrical signal that triggers the heartbeat
- The atrioventricular (AV) node, located between the atria and ventricles, relays the electrical signal to the ventricles
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Learn about the structure and function of the heart, including the cardiac cycle, blood flow through the heart, and heartbeat regulation. Understand the process of how the heart pumps blood throughout the body.
