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HEART FLASHCARDS


AB
Outermost layer of heart wallEpicardium
Middle layer of heart wall (the cardiac muscle)Myocardium
Innermost layer of heart wallEndocardium
Heart chamber that receives deoxygenated blood from body tissues (except lungs)Right atrium
Heart chamber that pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungsRight ventricle
Heart chamber that receives oxygenated blood from the lungsLeft atrium
Heart chamber that pumps oxygenated to the body tissuesLeft ventricle
Name the 3 blood vessels that empty into the right atriumSuperior vena cava, inferior vena cava, coronary sinus
Name the blood vessel that the right ventricle pumps blood intoPulmonary trunk
Name the blood vessels that empty blood into the left atriumPulmonary veins
Name the blood vessel that the left ventricle pumps blood intoAorta
Give 2 names for the valve between right atrium and right ventricleRight AV or tricuspid
Give 3 names for the valve between left atrium and left ventricleLeft AV, bicuspid, or mitral
When the atria are contracting, the AV valves are ____ and the SL valves are ___.Open / closed
When the ventricles are contracting, the AV valves are ___ and the SL valves are ___.Closed / open
Contraction of a chamber is called ____; relaxation is called ____.Systole / diastole