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Blood passes from the right atrium, through the _____ valve into the right ventricle. The right ventricle contracts and pushes blood through the pulmonic valve into the pulmonary _______ , which delivers blood to the lungs.
During the heart's operation, when the atria contract, the ventricles are ______; when the ventricles contract the atria are ______.
What is the order through which blood flows in vessels from the heart back to the heart?
What is the name of the main vessels that supply the heart tissue with blood?
Microscopic, thin-walled vessels that connect the smallest arterioles to the smallest venules are called _______.
A blood cell is traveling in the inferior vena cava and approaches the heart. Rank the following structures in the order in which the cell encounters them starting with the first one at the top.
What is the term for the pointed, inferior portion of the heart, located at the level of the fifth intercostal space?
Which two names are used to refer to the AV valve that separates the left atrium from the left ventricle?
Branching cells that are uninucleate and striated are typical of ______ muscle fibers.
The outermost layer of the heart wall, called the _______, is composed of a serous membrane overlying adipose tissue and coronary vessels.
The middle layer of the heart wall, known as the myocardium, is composed primarily of _______.
In the posterior atrioventricular sulcus is a large vein called the ______ that collects venous drainage from all of the coronary veins and drains into the right atrium.
What are the strong fibrous strings called that attach the AV valves to the papillary muscles?
The branch of the left coronary artery that continues around to the back of the heart in the coronary (atrioventricular) sulcus is the _______ artery.
The epicardium is a ______ membrane that ______ the heart.
The first branches of the aorta provide blood to the myocardium. They are called the left and right _______ arteries.
The ________ valve is located at the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle and the ______ valve is located at the exit from the left ventricle.
The right atrioventricular valve is also called the ______ valve.
Place in order the three layers of the heart wall, listing the deepest layer at the top.
What is the middle layer of the wall of the heart?