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The circulatory systems is made of the
Ans: blood, heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels
Question: heart chambers
Ans: right atrium and ventricle, left atrium and ventricle (larger)
Question: heart wall layers
Ans: epicardium (outer) myocardium (middle muscle) endocardium (inner)
Question: pumping phases
Ans: diastole (fill) systole (pump)
Question: action potential SA normal rate
Ans: 60-100
Question: what affects cardiac performance/output?
Ans: preload, afterload, contractility
Question: venules
, Ans: smallest veins, receive capillary blood
Question: Venous blood flow
Ans: venules, into larger and larger veins until it reaches venae cavae then right
atrium
Question: Vessel walls
Ans: tunica intima (inner) tunica media (middle) tunica externa (outer)
Question: blood flow affected by?
Ans: b/p, restriction or restistance w/in vessels, viscosity, anatomic defects that
cause turbulent or laminar flow, distensibility of vessels
Question: cardiac output factors
Ans: resistance and blood volume
Question: where do lymphatic vessels run
Ans: same sheaths as arteries and veins
Question: lymph drainage direction
Ans: lymphatic venules in capillary beds, lymphatic veins of larger and larger
sizes, empties into right or left thoracic duct into right or left subclavian veins
Question: varicosities?