Cardiovascular System

• Heart: Muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
• Artery: Blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
• Vein: Blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
• Atrium: Upper chamber of the heart.
• Ventricle: Lower chamber of the heart.
• Coronary arteries: Arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle.
• Aorta: Largest artery in the body, carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
• Cardiac output: The amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute.
• Blood pressure: The force exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels.
• Blood flow: The movement of blood through the circulatory system.
• Heart rate: Number of the heartbeats per minute.
• Stroke volume: The volume of blood pumped by the heart with each heartbeat.
• Blood viscosity: The thickness or stickiness of blood.