CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
BASIC TERMS & PHYSIOLOGY
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THE LARGE VEIN
THROUGH WHICH
BLOOD IS RETURNING
TO RIGHT ATRIUM OF
THE HEART.
VENA
CAVA
THE PART OF THE
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
GOVERNED BY THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE
HEART; THE
CIRCULATION OF
BLOOD BETWEEN THE
HEART AND THE
LUNGS.
PULMONARY
CIRCULATION
CONTRACTION PHASE
OF THE HEART (UPPER
# OF B.P. READING)
SYSTOLE
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THE COLLECTIVE TERM
FOR VARIOUS FORMS
OF DISEASES OF THE
HEART AND BLOOD
VESSELS.
CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE
A
VERY SMALL BLOOD
VESSELS THAT SERVE
TO EXCHANGE OXYGEN
AND NUTRIENTS
BETWEEN THE BLOOD
AND THE TISSUES.
CAPILLARIES
THE LARGE ARTERY
THAT RECEIVES BLOOD
FROM THE LEFT
VENTRICLE AND
DISTRIBUTES IT TO
THE BODY.
A COLLECTION OF
SPECIALIZED CELLS IN
THE RIGHT ATRIUM
THAT SERVES AS THE
PACEMAKER OF THE
HEART.
AORTA
SINUS
NODE
THE TWO UPPER
CHAMBERS OF THE
HEART IN WHICH
BLOOD COLLECTS
BEFORE PASSING TO
THE VENTRICLES.
ATRIA
R
VALVES THAT PREVENT
BLOOD FROM FLOWING
THE WRONG WAY IN
THE HEART.
TRICUSPID
VALVE
VESSELS THAT CARRY
BLOOD TO THE HEART.
VEINS
T
A SYSTEM OF
ARTERIES BRANCHING
FROM THE AORTA
THAT PROVIDES
BLOOD TO THE HEART
MUSCLE.
CORONARY
ARTERIES
THE PART OF THE
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
GOVERNED BY THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE
HEART; THE
CIRCULATION OF
BLOOD BETWEEN THE
HEART AND THE REST
OF THE BODY.
SYSTEMIC
CIRCULATION
VESSELS THAT CARRY
BLOOD AWAY FROM
THE HEART.
RELAXATION PHASE
OF THE HEART (LOWER
# OF B.P. READING)
THE TWO LOWER
CHAMBERS OF THE
HEART THAT PUMP
BLOOD THROUGH
ARTERIES TO THE
LUNGS AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE BODY
ARTERIES
DIASTOLE
VENTRICLES
BLOOD FLOW OF THE HEART
LABLE, COLOR AND DRAW DIRECTIONAL ARROWS FOR THE PATH OF BLOOD IN THE FOLLOWING
DIAGRAM OF THE HEART
(COLORED AREAS = OXYGENATED BLOOD, NON-COLORED AREAS = DEOXYGENATED BLOOD)
FROM UPPER BODY
TO UPPER BODY
TO RIGHT LUNG
FROM RIGHT LUNG
TO LEFT LUNG
FROM LEFT LUNG
OXYGENATED
BLOOD
FROM LOWER BODY
TO LOWER BODY