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Endocarditis is - Answers -✔✔ inflammation of the epithelial lining of the heart
The outermost layer of the heart wall is called the - Answers -✔✔ epicardium
The part of the heart capable of generating the largest force is the - Answers -✔✔ left
ventricle
The heart chamber that receives blood from the lungs is the - Answers -✔✔ left atrium
The left ventricle receives blood from the - Answers -✔✔ left atrium
Threads that attach the valve flaps to the ventricle walls are called - Answers -✔✔
chordae tendineae
The valve preventing blood from re-entering the left ventricle is the - Answers -✔✔
aortic valve
The semilunar valves are the - Answers -✔✔ aortic and pulmonary
The coronary sinus - Answers -✔✔ collects blood from the myocardium
The first vessels that branch off the aorta are the - Answers -✔✔ coronary arteries
The volume of blood ejected from each ventricle with each contraction is called the -
Answers -✔✔ stroke volume
The atrioventricular valves are closed during the entire period of - Answers -✔✔
ventricular systole
Atrial systole occurs when - Answers -✔✔ the atria are contracting
The order in which impulses travel through the heart is - Answers -✔✔ sinoatrial node,
atrioventricular node, bundle of his, Purkinje fibers
The normal pacemaker of the heart is the - Answers -✔✔ sinoatrial node
Activation of the parasympathetic system - Answers -✔✔ decreases the heart rate
Exercise is often associated with - Answers -✔✔ tachycardia