Chapter 10: Circulatory

• what constitutes a cardiac cycle?

  systole and diastole of atria and ventricles
• coronary circulation?

  blood supply to the heart tissue
• inner lining of the heart?

  endocardium
• middle muscular layer of heart?

  myocardium
• outer lining of heart?

  pericardium
• aortic valve position?

  between left ventricle and aorta
• mitral valve position?

  heart valve between left atrium and left ventricle
• pulmonary valve position?

  Between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
• tricuspid valve position?

  between right atrium and right ventricle
• define lumen?

  interior space of a vessel
• what is the aorta?

  The main artery that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body
• artery does what?

  Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
• arteriole is a what?


  small artery that connects an artery to a capillary
• what does the inferior vena cava do?

  Returns deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart
• superior vena cava function?

  To return deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the heart
• define venule?

  small vein that connects a capillary to a vein
• define vein?

  vessel carrying blood toward heart
• lymphatic vessels function?

  transport lymph from body tissues to venous system
• lymph capillaries function?

  microscopic thin-walled lymph vessels that pick up lymph, proteins, and waste
• lymph duct function?

  transport lymph to venous system; right lymphatic and thoracic duct
• angi/o?

  vessel
• aarteri/o?

  artery
• ather/o?

  fatty deposit
• atri/o?

  atrium
• cardi/o?

  heart
• coron/o ?

  crown
• scler/o?

  hard
• son/o?

  sound waves
• sphygm/o?

  pulse
• steth/o?

  chest
• vas/o, vascul/o?

  blood vessel
• varic/o?

  swollen or twisted vein
• de-?

  away from
• tel-?

  end
• trans-?

  across
• -ectasia?

  dilation
• -gram?

  recording
• -graph?

  instrument for recording
• -icle, -ole, -ule?

  small
• -ium?

  tissue or structure