KEY FEATURES

• KEY PARTS OF THE HUMAN HEART?

  • aorta
  • R & L pulmonary arteries
  • pulmonary veins
  • semi-lunar valves
  • R & L atrium
  • R & L atrioventricular valves
  • R & L ventricles
  • septum
  • vena cava
  • coronary arteries
• ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LEFT ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE?

  bicuspid
• ANOTHER NAME FOR THE RIGHT ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE?

  tricuspid
• NAME FOR THE TOP PART OF THE VENA CAVA?

  superior/ anterior
• NAME FOR THE BOTTOM PART OF THE VENA CAVA?

  inferior/ posterior
• FEATURES OF THE ATRIA?

  • thin-walled
  • elastic
  • stretch as collect blood
• FEATURES OF THE VENTRICLES?

  • thicker muscular wall (than atria)
  • must contract strongly to pump blood some distance
• WHAT IS THE HEART MADE UP OF?

  two separate pumps
• WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE HEART BEING MADE UP OF TWO SEPARATE PUMPS?

  to increase pressure before distribution to the rest of the body
• WHAT SIDE OF THE HEART IS IN CONTROL OF OXYGENATED BLOOD?

  left
• WHAT SIDE OF THE HEART IS IN CONTROL OF DEOXYGENATED BLOOD?

  right
• WHAT IS THE AORTA CONNECTED TO?

  left ventricle
• WHAT DOES THE AORTA DO?

  carry oxygenated blood to body (except lungs)
• WHAT IS THE VENA CAVA CONNECTED TO?

  right atrium
• WHAT DOES THE VENA CAVA DO?

  brings deoxygenated blood back from tissues (except lungs)
• WHAT IS THE PULMONARY ARTERY CONNECTED TO?

  right ventricle
• WHAT DOES THE PULMONARY ARTERY DO?

  carries deoxygenated blood to lungs (oxygen is replenished and CO2 is removed)
• WHAT IS THE PULMONARY VEIN CONNECTED TO?

  left atrium
• WHAT DOES THE PULMONARY VEIN DO?

  brings oxygenated blood back from lungs