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How is the right side of the heart different from the left side of the heart? - ANSWER ✔✔ The
left side of the heart collects oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body. The
chambers on the right side of the heart collect blood from the body and pump it to the lungs.
What is the apex of the heart? - ANSWER ✔✔ The tip of the left ventricle, opposite the base of
the heart.
What is the base of the heart? - ANSWER ✔✔ The portion of the heart opposite the apex.
Define Artery vs. Veins - ANSWER ✔✔ Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to
the body, and veins carry oxygen poor blood back from the body to the heart.
Function of left side of the heart? - ANSWER ✔✔ receives oxygen-rich blood from your lungs
and pumps it through your arteries to the rest of your body.
Function of right side of the heart? - ANSWER ✔✔ receives oxygen-poor blood from your veins
and pumps it to your lungs, where it picks up oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide.
Which side of the heart is deoxygenated? - ANSWER ✔✔ Right side
Which side of the heart is oxygenated? - ANSWER ✔✔ Left side
Purpose of Chordae Tendineae? - ANSWER ✔✔ plays a vital role in holding the atrioventricular
valves in place while the heart is pumping blood.
Papillary Muscles - ANSWER ✔✔ They're located in the ventricles of the heart.
They attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves (also known as the mitral and tricuspid
valves) via the chordae tendineae and contract to prevent inversion or prolapse of these valves on
systole (or ventricular contraction).
Pericardium - ANSWER ✔✔ The membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous
layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane.
Endocardium - ANSWER ✔✔ The thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers
of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.