Systole | | Oxygen enters the capillaries of the lungs and is brought back to the heart via these |
Right Atrium | | Abnormal heart sound |
Electrocardiogram | | Contraction phase of heartbeat |
Murmur | | Seperates the two upper chambers of the heart |
Mitral Valve | | The left ventricle propels the blood through this |
Inferior Ven Cava | | Right ventricle contracts to pump oxygen-poor bkiid through this |
Superior Vena Cava | | Right atrium contracts to force blood through this |
Pulmonary Veins | | Record used to detect electrical changes in heart muscle as the heart beats |
Diastole | | Surrounds the heart |
Interatrial Septum | | Pacemaker of heart |
Tricuspid Valve | | Also known as bundle of His |
Pulmonary Artery | | lower right chamber of the heart |
Aortic Valve | | The walls of the left atrium contract to force blood through this |
Myocardium | | A muscular wall, comes between the two lower chambers |
Right Ventricle | | Drains blood from the upper portion of the body |
Atrioventricular Bundle | | Has the thisckest walls of all four heart chambers |
Sinoatrial Node | | Relaxation phase of heartbeat |
Pericardium | | Middle muscular layer of the heart wall, thickest layer |
Left Atrium | | Newly oxygenated blood enters this to go through the heart |
Endocardium | | Carries blood from the lower part of the body |
Aorta | | Branches to carry blood all over the body |
Pulmonary Valve | | Lines the interior of the heart and heart valves |
Interventricular Septum | | Thin walled upper right chamber of the heart, sends low oxygen blood to lungs |
Left Ventricle | | Blood leaving the pulmonary valve flows into this |