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| Which type of circulation takes blood to and from the cells of the lungs? |
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| Which type of circulation begins with blood being pumped out of the left side of the heart? |
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| What is the waste product excreted by the lungs? |
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| The visceral pericardium is: |
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| The tissue wall between the chambers of the heart are: |
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| An upper chamber of the heart is the: |
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| A lower chamber of the heart is the: |
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| The heart muscle's dedicated system of blood supply is the: |
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| Deoxygenated blood travels to the lungs through the: |
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| Blood returns to the heart from systemic circulation through the: |
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| Oxygenated blood leaves the heart through the: |
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| The valve between the right upper and lower chambers of the heart is the ___ valve. |
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| A synonym for the bicuspid valve is the ___ valve. |
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| Which is NOT an area of the heart wall fed by the coronary arteries? |
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| The inner lining of the heart is: |
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| The contractive phase of the heartbeat is: |
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| The relaxation phase of the heartbeat is: |
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| The amount of blood expelled from the left ventricle compared with the total volume filling the ventricle is called: |
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| Inability of the heart muscle to pump blood efficiently so that it becomes overloaded and enlarges with unpumped blood is: |
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| The natural pacemaker of the heart is the: |
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| An abnormal heart beat is a(n): |
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| Profuse secretion of sweat is: |
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| An abnormally slow heartbeat is: |
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| An abnormal opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta, caused by failure of the fetal ductus arteriosus to close after birth, is: |
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| PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) |
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| A general term for disease of the heart muscle is: |
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