Medical students can study these flash cards to learn about the cardiovascular system
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Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| AV Node | A part of the electrical control system of the heart that coordinates the top of the heart. It electrically connects atrial and ventricular chambers. |
| Aorta | Ascends from the left ventricle, curvs posteriorly and to the left, then descends through the thorax and abdomen |
| Arrhythmia | A condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm |
| Arteries | Any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body |
| Arterioles | A small branch of an artery leading into capillaries |
| Arteriosclerosis | The thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, occurring typically in old age |
| Atherosclerosis | A disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| Bradycardia | Abnormally slow heart action |
| Capillaries | Any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules |
| Cardiac Cycle | Complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles |
| Diastole | The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood |
| Diffusion | The spreading of something more widely |
| Lupp sound | Represents the first heart sound (S1), which is longer and has a lower pitch and is made by the closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves. It is lower in pitch and lasts slightly longer than the second sound |
| Dupp sound | Made by the closure of the aortic valve |
| Endocardium | The thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves |
| Epicardium | A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart |
| Ischemia | An inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body, esp. the heart muscles |
| Myocardium | The muscular tissue of the heart |
| Osmotic pressure | The pressure that would have to be applied to a pure solvent to prevent it from passing into a given solution by osmosis, often used to express the concentration of the solution |
| SA Node | Pacemaker: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat |
| Systole | The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries |
| Tachycardia | An abnormally rapid heart rate |
| Veins | Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart |
| Venules | A very small vein, esp. one collecting blood from the capillaries |
| cardio- | Of or relating to the heart |
