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Atria - ANS ✓superior chambers of the heart; receive blood from outside the
heart
Right atrium - ANS ✓gathers deoxygenated blood from the body
Left atrium - ANS ✓gathers oxygenated blood from lungs
Ventricles - ANS ✓inferior chambers; force blood out of the heart
Right ventricle - ANS ✓pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs
Left ventricle - ANS ✓pumps oxygenated blood to body
Sinoatrial (SA) node - ANS ✓located in right atrium; receives signal to contract;
"pacemaker for the heart"
Arteries - ANS ✓transport blood away from the heart
Veins - ANS ✓transport blood back to the heart
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Stroke volume - ANS ✓amount of blood pumped with each contraction
Heart rate - ANS ✓rate at which the heart pumps; average = 70-80 BPM
Functions of the blood - ANS ✓transportation, regulation, protection
Respiratory pump - ANS ✓components that move air in and out of the body
Anterior - ANS ✓front of body
Posterior - ANS ✓back of body
Superior - ANS ✓above the point of reference
Inferior - ANS ✓below the point of reference
Proximal - ANS ✓nearest to the point of reference
Distal - ANS ✓farthest from the point of reference
Medial - ANS ✓closer to midline
Lateral - ANS ✓farther from midline
Sagittal plane - ANS ✓divides body into left & right halves; forward/backward
movement
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Flexion - ANS ✓bending of joints; decreases relative angle
Extension - ANS ✓straightening of joints; increases relative angle
Plantar flexion - ANS ✓extension at ankle
Dorsiflexion - ANS ✓flexion at ankle
Examples of sagittal plane exercises - ANS ✓biceps curl, squat, running
Frontal plane - ANS ✓divides body into front & back halves; side-to-side
movement
Abduction - ANS ✓movement away from midline
Adduction - ANS ✓movement toward midline
Inversion - ANS ✓bottom of foot rotates medially
Eversion - ANS ✓bottom of foot rotates laterally
Examples of frontal plane exercises - ANS ✓lateral arm raise, side step, side
lunge, side shuffle
Transverse plane - ANS ✓divides body into top & bottom halves; rotational
movement
Horizontal abduction - ANS ✓lateral rotational movement away from midline
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