Heart anatomy
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- Through which artery does blood leave the heart to circulate through the body?
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- The superior and inferior vena cava empty into the [...] of the heart.
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- What is the name of the valve that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle of the heart?
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- The right atrium pumps blood into the [...] of the heart.
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- From the right ventricle, blood leaves the heart through the [...].
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- After being reoxygenated in the capillaries of the lungs, blood returns to the heart through the [...].
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- The pulmonary veins empty into the [...] of the heart.
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- The left atrium pumps blood into the [...] of the heart.
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- What is the name of the valve that separates the right ventricle of the heart from the pulmonary trunk?
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- What is the name of the valve that separates the left atrium from the left ventricle of the heart?
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- What is the name of the valve that separates the left ventricle of the heart from the aorta?
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- The [...] is the pacemaking tissue located in the right atrium of the heart.
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- In which chamber of the heart is the sinoatrial tissue located?
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- The [...] nerve innervates the SA node of the heart, slowing its contractions.
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- The [...] are the walls of cardiac muscle between the left and right heart.
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- From the AV node of the heart, the action potential moves down the [...] in order to cross the cardiac skeleton.
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- In the heart, the action potential branches out through the ventricular walls via the [...].
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- The heart is attached inferiorly to the [...] of the diaphragm.
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- The heart is attached anteriorly to the chest wall by the [...] ligament.
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- The space between the aorta/pulmonary trunk and the other vessels of the heart is called the [...].
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- The right border of the heart is known as the [...].
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- The left border of the heart is known as the [...].
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- The groove between the atria and the ventricles of the heart is known as the [...].
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- The grooves between the ventricles of the heart are known as the [...].
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- The vertical ridge in the right atrium of the heart which runs from the SVC to the IVC is called the [...].
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- In the right atrium of the heart, the SA node lies at the upper end of the [...].
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- The smooth wall of the right atrium of the heart is called the [...].
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- The ridged muscular wall of the right atrium of the heart is called the [...].
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- What are the 3 veins which drain into the right atrium of the heart?
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- The depression on the septal wall between the right and left atria of the heart is called the [...].
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- The fossa ovalis in the right atrium of the heart is a remnant of the embryological [...].
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- In the ventricles of the heart, the ridges of the myocardium as known as the [...].
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- The smooth wall of the right ventricle of the heart as it forms the pulmonary trunk is known as the [...]/[...].
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- The [...] ventricular wall of the heart is 3 times thicker than the [...].
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- In the ventricles of the heart, fibres called [...] attach to the atrioventricular valve cusps.
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- In the ventricles of the heart, the chordae tendinae are attached to the ventricular wall by [...].
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- In the right ventricle of the heart, the [...]/[...] is a bundle of muscle passing from the septum to the anterior papillary muscles.
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- Both atria of the heart contain a muscular pouch of tissue called the [...].
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- The wall of the [...] atrium of the heart is completely smooth, except for the auricle.
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- In the adult heart, the embryological ductus arteriosus forms the [...].
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- How many layers does the heart have and what are they called?
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- In the heart, the fibrous tissue which separates the atria from the ventricles is called the [...].
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- In the heart wall, the [...]cardium consists of the visceral pericardium and a layer of loose connective tissue.
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- What are the 2 components of the heart's epicardium?
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- In the heart wall, the [...]cardium contains myocytes.
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- What is the cell type found in the heart's myocardium?
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- In the heart wall, the [...]cardium is an epithelium supported by connective tissue.
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- What is the cell type found in the heart's endocardium?
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- On the outer surface of the heart, the [...] marks the location of the crista terminalis in the right atrium.
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- Where is the AV node located in the heart?
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- In the heart, the bundle of His divides once it reaches the [...].
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- The coronary dominance of a heart is determined by which coronary artery supplies the [...] artery.
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- In the heart, what are the 3 main branches of the left coronary artery?
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- In the heart, what are the 2 main branches of the right coronary artery?
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- The heart valves are folds of [...]cardium.
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- Which of the heart valves are semi-lunar valves?
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- On semi-lunar heart valves, a [...] on each cusp seals the central gap which would otherwise be there when the valve closes.
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- Heart valves are attached to the cardiac [...].
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- The heart is located in the [...] mediastinum.
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- What is the capillary density of the heart?
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- What does the central thoracic compartment consist of?
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- The [...] border of the heart is known as the acute margin.
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- The [...] border of the heart is known as the obtuse margin.
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- What are the 2 functions of the trabeculae carnae in the ventricles of the heart?
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