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Cardiovascular study guide
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What structure separates the right and left side of the heart?
Which part of the heart receives blood from the right atrium?
Which valve is located between the left atrium and left ventricle?
Where does the electrical impulse that causes the heart to contract begin?
Which part of the electrical conduction system is the final part causing the ventricles to
fully contract?
6. Which parts of the heart carry blood that is low in oxygen?
7. Which parts of the heart carry blood that is high in oxygen?
8. Which veins carry blood high in oxygen?
9. Which arteries carry blood that is low in oxygen?
10.What diagnostic test may be performed to detect abnormal electrical activity in the
heart?
11.Which part of the body does blood enter into when it leaves the left ventricle?
12.What is diastole?
13.What is systole?
14.Which part of the heart is known as the “pacemaker”?
15.What is the normal heart rate for the “pacemaker” area of the heart?
16.Which parts of the electrical conduction system can take over if the “pacemaker” fails?
How fast will these parts of the electrical conduction system allow heart to beat?
17.Which valve separates the right atrium from the right ventricle?
18.What is the largest artery in the body?
19.Where is the heart located? Which cavity?
20.Which body structures provide protection to the heart?
21.Which part of the heart is affected if a person suffers a heart attack?
22.What is the inner lining of the heart?
23.Blood enters into the left atrium from what structure?
24.What membrane covers the outside of the heart?
25.Which valve separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery?
26.Which artery is most often used to obtain the pulse rate?
27.Describe the flow of blood through the heart (in order).
28.Describe the electrical conduction cycle of the heart (in order. Draw a picture of the
heart that shows the electrical pattern.
29.Draw and describe the p, qrs, and t waves.