REVIEW: THE HEART AND CIRCULATION

The heart pumps oxygen-poor blood to the………, and pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body... The circulation of the blood to and from the lungs is the……….... In the lungs, blood e

REVIEW: THE HEART AND

CIRCULATION 1

The heart pumps oxygen-poor blood to

the………, and pumps oxygen-rich blood

to the rest of the body

The circulation of the blood to and from the lungs is the……… …………

The heart is situated in the center of the………….

Separating the left and right hearts is a thick wall of muscle called the……….

In the lungs, blood exchanges carbon dioxide for oxygen and returns to the heart through the………… …………

Blood is pumped out to the body through the……….

The venous branches that open into the left upper chamber of the heart are the…

………

A ………is situated between the right ventricle

of the heart and pulmonary artery

The heart is covered by the…………

Blood from the atria is forced into the………

The left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood through the aorta to the…………

Heart sounds are caused by the closing of the heart……… and vibrations in the heart wall.

An unsusual sound is called…………

……… ……….is the quantity(amount) of blood pumped by the heart each minute.

Arterial blood is oxygenated, with the

exception of the blood in the………

………… ,which carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

The time when blood enters the heart is called………

A rapid, violent or throbbing pulsation, as an abnormally rapid fluttering of the heart, is known as a……….

Shortness of breath is termed…………

A patient who is breathless when lying flat will tend to sleep raised up on two or more

pillows He suffers from………

There may be early beats which interrupt the regular rhythm It is known as………

The doctor used a………….to listen to the patient’s heartbeats.

The main symptom of left heart failure is………

Oedema means………….

A patient who suffers from right heart failure has the symptoms of……… …………

When a finger is pushed into the swelling, it causes a small depression or pit It is known as… ………