What are the four chambers of the heart?
Right atrium, Right ventricle, Left atrium, Left ventricle
This is the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body
Aorta
Upper chambers of the heart; Receives the blood
Right and Left Atrium
Lower chambers of the heart; pumps blood out of the heart
Right and Left Ventricle
carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Pulmonary Vein
Carries deoxygentated blood from the heart to the lungs
Pulmonary Artery
valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Tricuspid valve
What is another name for the heartbeat?
pulse
What is the heart doing when it makes a heartbeat?
it is contracting and expanding to push blood through the heart
What is the basic pathway of blood through the body?
heart-->lungs-->heart-->body (repeat)
What does de-oxygenated mean?
deprived of oxygen (the oxygen has been removed from the blood)
What is the medical name for a heart attack?
myocardial infarction
