HEART STUDY SHEET

Name:_______________

Date:__________

1. The _____ is a tough, hollow muscle about the size of a ____ that pumps blood.

2. The heart is enclosed in a tough sack of tissue called the ___________.

3. The average human heart beats about _ _ times a minute.

4. With each beat the heart pumps about _ ounces of blood, or about _ , _ _ _ gallons of blood each day.

5. The heart _____ in between beats.

6. The heart _____ less than half the time and _____ more than half the time.

7. In a 70 year lifetime, the average human heart works for about _ _ years and rests for about _ _ years.

8. The heart is not shaped like a _________ _____. Instead, it is ____- ______.

9. The heart lies in the ______ of the chest.

10. The ____ of the heart is the bottom of the heart and lies to the ____ of the center of the chest.

11. Because the top of the heart is anchored with blood vessels, we feel a heart beat in the ____.

12. There are _____ kinds of muscle.

13. ________ muscle controls voluntary actions.

14. ______ muscle controls involuntary actions.

15. _______ muscle is found only in the heart.

16. _______ muscle is like a combination of ______ and _______ muscle.

17. The heart has ____ chambers. Two _____ or ________, whose primary function is to receive blood, and two __________ whose primary function is to pump blood.

18. The _____ half of the heart receives oxygen depleted blood from the _____ of the body.

19. The function of the _____ half of the heart is to pump blood to the _____ where blood picks up a new supply of oxygen.

20. The ____ half of the heart receives __________ blood from the lungs and pumps it into the body through the ________.

21. The _____ atria or auricle receives blood from two large _____.

22. The ________ _____ ____ brings oxygen poor blood from the upper part of the body.

23. The ________ ____ ____ brings oxygen poor blood from the lower part of the body.

24. The right ventricle pumps oxygen poor blood to the right and left _________ ________ which takes it to the lungs.

25. After blood is oxygenated in the lungs, it flows back to the left side of the heart by way of the _________ _____.

26. Oxygenated blood is received by the ____ atria and the ____ ventricle pumps this oxygenated blood out of the heart into the artery called the _____.

27. The heart has many ______.

28. The valves between the atria and ventricles are called the _______________ ______.

29. The valves which lead out of the ventricles are named for the _____ ______ that they guard.

30. Where the right ventricle meets the pulmonary vein is the _________ _____.

31. Where the left ventricle meets the aorta us the ______ _____.

32. On the back of this paper, list and describe the cycles of the heart.

33. Atrial contraction is called atrial _______.

34. When the ventricles contract this is called ___________ ______.

35. The valves of the heart open in only ___ _________ so they keep blood flowing in the ______ _________.

36. The valves of the heart give us _____ ________.

37. The sound of a heart beating is often described as "___ ___."

38. The ___ is the closing of the atrioventricular valves.

39. The ___ is the closing of the pulmonary and aortic valves.

40 When the heart is contracting it is called _______.

41. When the heart is relaxing it is called _______.

42. The pressure which exists in the arteries when the heart is contracting is called ________ _____ ________.

43. The pressure which exists in the arteries when the heart is resting is called _________ _____ ________.

44. A measure of blood pressure will always have ___ _______.

45. The ________ number is always higher than the _________ number.

46. The blood pressure cuff which is used to get a blood pressure reading is called a _______________.

47. On the back of the heart above the right atria is located a bundle of _____ _____ called the __________ ____ (_ _ ____).

48. The _ _ ____ controls the pace or rate at which the heart beats. For this reason the _ _ ____ is also known as the _________ of the heart.

49. It is the _ _ ____ which causes the atria to contract.

50. The wall which separates the right and left halves of the heart is called the ______.

51. Near the ______ is another bundle of nerve cells called the ______________ ____ (_ _ ____).

52. The _ _ ____ has nerve cells which spread down the septum of the ventricles and curves around the apex of the heart. This bundle is connected to fibers called the ________ ______ which connect to the walls of the ventricles.

53. Electricity from these nerve cells allow the _________ ______ to make the ventricles contract.

54. Even though the heart functions to pump blood, it has its own _______, ___________ and ______ which supply its cells with blood.

55. The arteries which supply the heart with blood look like a _____ upon the heart. Because of this, they are referred to as being the ________ arteries.

56. The pain from hurting heart cells caused by restricted blood flow due to a clogged coronary artery is called ______ ________.

57. Heart disease which occurs because of clogged or blocked coronary arteries is called ________ _____ _______.

58. To correct the clogged or blocked coronary arteries, a vein is take from the upper ___ and it is used to __-____ the clogged or blocked artery. This surgical procedure is called a ________ __-____.

59. The various abnormalities of heart beat are called __________.

60. The sounds of a heart can be heard through a device called a ___________.

61. If a soft swishing or hissing sound is heard from the heart, this may indicate a heart "______."

62. A heart ______ often indicates that blood is leaking back through an imperfectly closed _____.

63. The ______ is the wall which separates the right from the left heart.

64. If there is a hole in the septum, old blood in the _____ heart can mix with oxygenated blood in the ____ heart.

65. The most common septal defect is called ______ ______ __________.

66. The lungs of the unborn are filled with ________ _____. Because of this, there is an artery that runs through the septum so that blood can by-pass the _____. This artery is called the ______ __________.

67. The ______ _________ must close shortly after birth. If it does not, _______ may be required to close it so that ___ and __________ blood will not mix.

68. An instrument called an _________________ can detect and record the __________ activity of the heart.

69. The record of the _________ activity of the heart is called an ________________ or _ _ _.

70. The _ _ _ is often used to help diagnose _____ _______.

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