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Cardiovascular System Web Quest
Anatomy & Physiology/Cardiovascular Unit
Directions:
1. Go to the website www.getbodysmart.com
2. Click on the link “Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System”
3. Click on the link “The Heart”
4. Click on the link “Heart Anatomy”
5. Click on the link “Heart Chambers”
6. Click on the blue links to view labels:
Heart Anatomy
Label the following diagrams:
External View
Click “Next” in the upper right corner of the screen to move to the next page.
Click on the blue links to view the labels
Internal View
Hour: ______
Click “Next” in the upper right corner of the screen to move to the next page.
Click on the blue links to view the labels
Heart Physiology: Electrical Activity
Click on “The Heart” link at the top of the page to return to the main menu for the heart.
Click on the link “Heart Physiology: Electrical Activity”
Click on the link “Heart Conduction System”
Click on the blue links to view the labels
Click “Next” in the top right corner to skip the next two pages
Stop at the page titled “The Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)”
Click on the blue links to view the labels:
Play the animation and label the diagrams below:
Heart Physiology: Mechanical Events
Click on “The Heart” link at the top of the page to return to the main menu for the heart.
Click on the link “Heart Physiology: Mechanical Activity”
Click on the blue links to view the labels (don’t forget to click “more text” in the bottom right to continue reading)
Play the animation
Describe each of the diagrams below:
Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:
1.
Discuss the events that are taking place in the cardiac cycle during left ventricular systole. Be sure the include the
following in your description:
a. Are the other heart chambers in systole or diastole?
b. Are the other heart chambers filling with or emptying blood?
c. If they are filling, state where the blood is coming from. If they are emptying, state where the blood is
going.
d. Which valves are open and which are closed?
e. Is the coronary system (arteries and veins) filling with or emptying blood?
2.
Identify the five major parts of the intrinsic conduction system of the heart in their normal order, beginning with the
pacemaker. Include a discussion of the location and function of each part.