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Medical Terminology: Quizes and Tests Terms in this set (271) The tiny vessels that join

capillaries

arterioles and venules

Vessels that carry blood

veins

to the heart from the venules

If a physician says that a

False

patient has arrhythmia, this means that his heartbeat is normal and regular. T/F

The interatrial septum is

False

the portion of the cardiac septum that lies between the left and right ventricles of the heart. T/F

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Takes deoxygenated

D. none of the above

blood collected from above the diaphragm of the body to the right atrium of the heart A. Saphenous vein B. Inferior vena cava C. Aorta D. none of the above

Initiates the electrical

Sinoatrial node

conduction of the heartbeat within the heart after first receiving the impulse from the brain

The aorta attaches to

True

the left ventricle of the heart and arches above the heart, then continues in a downward direction through the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity of the body. T/F

The veins that are

False

usually harvested and used for coronary artery bypass grafts are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava.

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The atrioventricular

False

node is a small knot of specialized tissue that first receives the heartbeat impulse from the brain; it then passes the beat impulse to other receivers within the heart. T/F

A condition of totally

False

irregular, chaotic, potentially lifethreatening contractions of either the atria or the ventricles is called sinus rhythm. T/F

A blood pressure

Normotension

reading of 120/73 indicates

The tricuspid valve

False

open and closes with the heartbeat and maintains a two-way flow of blood on the left side of the heart. T/F

The aorta is?

The largest blood vessel in the body

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The structure that

cardiac septum

prevents oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood from mixing inside the heart is the ?

The layer of the pericardium that is up against the wall of the chest cavity is called the visceral pericardium. T/F

False...