Anatomy and Physiology of Cardiovascular System

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  1. 3. Term used to refer to the sinoatrial node
  2. 5. elastic vessels able to carry blood away from the heart under high pressure
  3. 8. Lower chambers of the heart, receive blood from the atria
  4. 9. Sum of formed elements and plasma volumes in the vascular system
  5. 11. contraction of a heart structure
  6. 13. relaxation of blood vessels, which increases their diameter
  7. 14. Upper chambers of the heart, receive blood returning to the heart.
  8. 15. Inner layer of the heart wall
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  1. 1. The relaxation of a heart structure
  2. 2. Subdivision of arteries, they are thinner and have muscles that are innervated by the sympathetic nervous system.
  3. 4. a large structure that receives the cardiac impulse from the distal Av node. enters the upper part of the interventricular septum
  4. 6. Microscopic vessels that link capillaries to veins
  5. 7. Blood vessels that carry blood back to the atria, they are less elastic than arteries
  6. 10. located at the base of the aorta
  7. 12. Outer layer of the heart wall