Exam 12: The Heart

With respect to the heart, systole means ____ and diastole means ____.

The left ventricle pumps blood into the ____, to the ____.

The cardiac conduction pathway consists of:

The function of the chordae tendineae and papillary muscles is to:

The valve that prevents backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium is the:

Resting cardiac output is 5040 mL. What are the pulse and stroke volume?

The term for relaxation of the chambers of the heart is:

For the heart muscle, the most important substance in the blood is:

The layer of the heart wall that prevents abnormal clotting is the ____________________.

The sequence of events in one heartbeat is called the:

If cardiac output is 4225 mL and pulse is 65 bpm, what is stroke volume?

The aorta takes blood from the:

To calculate cardiac output:

The parts of the cardiac conduction pathway in the ventricles, in order, are the ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

The pulmonary semilunar valve prevents backflow of blood from the ____________________ to the ____________________.

The superior and inferior caval veins return blood from the ____ to the ____.

The right and left AV valves close when the ____________________ contract.

The veins that return blood from the lungs to the left atrium are the:

The diaphragm is ____________________ to the heart, and the lungs are ____________________ to the heart.

The mitral valve prevents backflow of blood from the ____________________ to the ____________________.