Cardiac Anatomy

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1 The tricuspid and mitral valves combined

are known as this
5 Blood flows from the pulmonary vein to
this heart chamber
8 When cardiac cells lack oxygen
11 When the heart beats too fast
15 Receives deoxygenated blood from the
vena cavas
16 Blood returns to the heart from the lungs
via the pulmonary _______
17 How many pulmonary veins are there?
18 Receives blood from the right atrium
19 This valve connects the right ventricle to
the pulmonary artery

2 Has a thick wall that generates high

pressure when it contracts
3 when the heart beats too slow
4 Forces deoxygenated blood into the right
atrium
6 When the heart beat becomes irregular
7 An atrial contraction is always followed by
a ________ contraction
9 The between the right atrium and ventricle
10 Blood flows from the left atrium via this
12 When the left ventricle contracts blood is
pushed into this
13 These muscles contract during ventricular
contractions
14 This node generates the rhythm of the
heart

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