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  1. 2. What is the large artery that arises from the right ventricle and branches into the pulmonary arteries, carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs?
  2. 5. What is the remnant of the foramen ovale in the adult heart?
  3. 8. What is the wall that separates the left and right ventricles?
  4. 9. What is the broad superior portion of the heart where the great vessels attach?
  5. 11. What artery, also known as the LAD, runs down the front of the heart between the ventricles?
  6. 14. What are the ear-like appendages of the atria that slightly increase their capacity?
  7. 16. What are the arteries that branch off the aorta and supply blood to the heart muscle itself?
  8. 20. What are the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart?
  9. 21. artery What artery runs down the back of the heart between the ventricles, often a branch of the right coronary artery?
  10. 23. What are the muscular projections that anchor the chordae tendineae in the ventricles?
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  1. 1. What artery typically branches off the right coronary artery and supplies the lateral wall of the right ventricle?
  2. 3. What is the innermost layer of the heart, lining the heart chambers and covering the valves?
  3. 4. What are the fibrous cords that connect the cusps of the AV valves to the papillary muscles?
  4. 6. Which chamber of the heart receives blood from the body or lungs?
  5. 7. What valve controls blood flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery?
  6. 10. What are the specialized myocardial fibers that conduct electrical impulses to the ventricular walls, causing them to contract?
  7. 12. What is the muscular middle layer of the heart wall?
  8. 13. What valve controls blood flow from the left ventricle into the aorta?
  9. 15. What valve prevents backflow of blood into the atria when the ventricles contract?
  10. 17. What artery wraps around the left side of the heart, supplying blood to the left atrium and posterior part of the left ventricle?
  11. 18. Which chamber of the heart pumps blood to the body or lungs?
  12. 19. What is the outermost layer of the heart wall?
  13. 22. What is the pointed inferior tip of the heart?