Exam 12: The Heart

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

The function of the serous fluid between the parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium is to:

The term systole means ____________________ of the heart chambers.

Which of the following statements are true of the cardiac cycle? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The aorta takes blood from the ____________________ ventricle to the ____________________.

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

Impulses carried by sympathetic nerves to the heart will ____________________ the heart rate.

The sequence of events in one heartbeat is called the ____________________.

The middle layer of the pericardial membranes is the ____________________ pericardium.

The heart is a double pump: the left side of the heart receives blood from the ____________________ and pumps it to the ____________________.

The heart rate is increased by:

Which statement is NOT true of the pericardial membranes?

The electrical impulses for the heartbeat pass from the ____________________ of the atria to the ____________________ in the ventricles.

If stroke volume is 80 mL and pulse is 70 bpm,then cardiac output is ____________________.

To calculate cardiac output,multiply ____________________ times ____________________.

The cardiac cycle is the sequence of events in ____________________.

The area in which the heart is located is called the ____________________.

The cardiac conduction pathway consists of:

The atria of the heart are the ____ chambers,and when blood pressure rises,they produce the hormone ____.

The first branches of the ascending aorta are the ____________________ arteries,which take blood to the ____________________.