heart

• Vein


  A vessel that carries blood to the heart
• Artery


  A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
• Pulmonary Artery


  Vessel that carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
• Pulmonary vein


  Vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the heart
• Vena cava


  Vessel that carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
• Aorta


  Vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the body
• Veins


  Vessels that carry blood back to the heart
• Heart attack


  A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
• Cause of heart attack

  A coronary artery is blocked, usually by a clot, so that oxygen does not get to the heart muscle
• Coronary artery


  Blood vessel that carry blood to parts of the heart
• Aorta


  Carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body
• Inferior vena cava


  Carries poor oxygen blood from the portion of the body below the heart and back to the right atrium
• Superior vena cava


  Carries blood from your head, neck, upper chest, and arms to the heart
• Pulmonary artery


  Carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
• Artery


  Has a pulse
• Vein


  Has valves
• The human circulatory system is a double circulatory system
• Right ventricle


  The chamber of the heart that blood leaves to go to the lungs
• Tricuspid valve


  Prevents the backflow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium
• Left ventricle


  The chamber of the heart that produces the highest pressure in the blood
• Adrenaline


  Increases heart rate and stroke volume
• Plaques


  The fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries in coronary heart disease