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What does the Vena Cava do?

Returns deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium.

What is the equation to calculate cardiac output?

Stroke volume x HR

What are the atrioventricular (AV) valves called?

tricuspid valve and bicuspid/mitral valve

What is the heart wall called?

myocardium

What is it called, the "highest blood pressure when the heart contracts"?

Systolic

What is the blood pressure in veins?

Low

What is normal/ideal blood pressure?

90-140 mmHG/60-90 mmHG

Which blood vessel takes deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs?

Pulmonary artery

Name the four main blood vessels

Vena cava, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, aorta

What are the two lower chambers?

Ventricles

What is the heart the size of?

An adult clenched fist

Heart valves.....

prevent backflow

Where does diffusion take place?

Capillaries

How many chambers does the heart have?

4

Systematic circulation and ?? circulation

Pulmonary

Where do arteries take the blood?

Away from the heart.

Where is the location of the heart?

Behind the sternum, left of the centre.

Why does the left ventricle have a thicker wall?

To enable it to pump blood to the body via the aorta.

'The amount of pressure that is exerted on the artery walls as the blood moves through them' is defined as what?

Blood pressure

"Amount of blood pumped by a ventricle per heart beat" is...

Stroke Volume