Chambers of the Heart Study Guide Exam.
Chambers of the Heart Overview - CORRECT ANSWER The heart is the muscular pump of the vascular system
Superior Vena Cava - CORRECT ANSWER Carries deoxygenated blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium, formed by the union ...
Chambers of the Heart Study Guide
Exam.
Chambers of the Heart Overview - CORRECT ANSWER The heart is the muscular pump of the vascular
system
Superior Vena Cava - CORRECT ANSWER Carries deoxygenated blood from the head and arms and chest
and empties into the right atrium, formed by the union of the right and left brachiocephalic veins?
Inferior Vena Cava - CORRECT ANSWER receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and
empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart, formed from the union of the two iliac
veins
Right Atrium - CORRECT ANSWER The upper right chamber of the heart, where deoxygenated blood is
received from the vena cava and then sent to the right ventricle. Receives blood from the body, the
blood is low in oxygen and high in waste produce carbon dioxide
Right Ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous
(deoxygenated) blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk., and then pumped
out through the pulmonary artery toward the lungs.
A-V Tricuspid Valve - CORRECT ANSWER valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Chordae Tendineae - CORRECT ANSWER "heart strings" are tiny white collagenic cords that anchor the
cusps to the ventricular walls. They originate from the right papillary muscles., cords between right valve
cusps and right papillary muscles
Papillary Muscle - CORRECT ANSWER specialized muscles that attach the right ventricles to the cusps of
the valves by strands called chordae tendineae cordis.
Pulmonary Veins - CORRECT ANSWER any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left
atrium of the heart, Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
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