Learn heart anatomy, chambers, and valves effectively with these flashcards.
What are the four chambers of the heart?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle.
In This Section
1. What are the four chambers of the heart?
2. Which valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle?
3. Which valve guards the left atrioventricular opening?
4. What valve is located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery?
5. What valve is located between the left ventricle and the aorta?
6. What vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
7. What vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs?
8. Which chamber of the heart has the thickest wall?
9. What node initiates the electrical impulse of the heart?
10. Where is the atrioventricular (AV) node located?
11. What is the function of the AV node?
12. What are Purkinje fibers?
13. What is the name of the structure that separates the atria?
14. What separates the right and left ventricles?
15. What is the outermost layer of the heart called?
16. What is the middle muscular layer of the heart wall?
17. What is the innermost layer lining the heart chambers?
18. What is the name of the sac that encloses the heart?
19. Why is pericardial fluid important?
20. What arteries supply blood to the heart muscle?
21. Where does venous blood from the heart muscle collect?
22. Which vein returns deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the heart?
23. Which vein returns blood from the lower body to the heart?
24. What part of the heart forms its apex?
25. What causes the first heart sound (S1)?
26. What causes the second heart sound (S2)?
27. What is the function of the semilunar valves?
28. What is the function of the atrioventricular valves?
29. Which part of the heart receives blood from the lungs?
30. Where does the right ventricle pump blood?
