Abnormally rapid heart rate (higher than 100 bpm)
Term associated with the contraction of the heart muscle.
Abnormally low heart rate (Less than 60 bpm)
Inflammation of a vein that results when a clot forms in a vessel with poor circulation.
Term associated with the relaxation of the heart.
The force that blood exerts against the inner walls of the vessels
Lack of adequate blood supply to the heart that leads to fibrillation.
Oxygen poor is delivered to the heart through which vessels
Thyroid hormone that increases heart rate.
The carotid, brachiocephalic and the subclavian arteries all branch off of which vessel?
Heart attack.
Volume of blood pumped out by each ventricle with each heart beat
Receiving chambers of the heart.
The circulation from the right side of the heart, through the lungs and to the left side of the heart is known as...
Vessels that supply blood to the heart muscle.
The amount of blood pumped out by each side of the heart in 1 minute.
The tissue that makes up the heart muscle.
The valve that prevents backflow of blood into the left atrium.
The sac-like structure that surrounds the heart.
Stiffening of the flaps of valves due to repeated bacterial incections
Blood leaves the left ventricle through what valve?
The pointed region of the heart that points toward the left hip and rests on the diaphragm.
The cords that anchor the valves to thee walls of the ventricles
Moves blood from the left side of the heart through the tissues and back to the right side of the heart.
The structure referred to as the pacemaker of the heart.
