Heart

heartbeat

heartbeat

The ________ is heard and felt easily at the apex, now you know where the heart is located (not the left side of the body)

apex

The ________ is where the heartbeat is most easily felt and heard through the stethoscope.

Systemic Circulatory

provides blood supply to all body tissues; delivering oxygen, nutrients, and other needed substances while carrying away carbon dioxide and other metabolic waste

Pulmonary circulation

________ carries blood to the alveoli (air sacs) of the lungs so that gasses may be exchanged.

Superior & Inferior Vena Cava

Deoxygenated blood enters through the ________.

systemic system

The ________ provides blood supply to all body tissues; delivering oxygen, nutrients, and other needed substances while carrying away carbon dioxide and other metabolic waste.

mediastinum

the medial cavity of the thorax

blood flow through heart

• Deoxygenated blood enters through the Superior & Inferior Vena Cava

• Into the Right Atrium

• Through Tricuspid Valve

• Into Right Ventricle

• Through Pulmonary Semilunar Valve

• Out of the Right & Left Pulmonary Arteries

• Into the Right & Left Lungs

• Oxygenated blood returns through the Right & Left Pulmonary Veins

• Into the Left Atrium

• Through ==Mitral Valve ==

• Into the Left Ventricle

• Through the Aortic Semilunar Valve

• Through the Aorta

• Delivered to the rest of the body

two components of cardiovascular

heart and blood vessels

blood vessels

make us the vessel network in the body, and function to carry blood from the heart to organs, delivering various substances and removing metabolic wastes from the body

circulatory system includes… (5)

• the heart

• blood vessels

• blood

• lymph

• lymph vessels

two circulatory branches

• pulmonary circulation

• systemic circulation

stethoscope

Used during health assessments to listen to sounds of the heart, lungs, abdomen, and cardiovascular system

blood leaves the ___ through ____ and returns by ___

heart; arteries; veins

ear tips of stethoscopes should face…

towards the bridge of the nose

press fingers between (______) ribs to listen to heartbeat

fifth and sixth rib

Apical Impulse

caused by the the apex of your heart contacting the chest wall

heart

The main organ responsible for the efficiency of the blood’s circulatory system

where is the heart located

in the mediastinum

The ___ produces ________ force in order to distribute the blood throughout the body and connects the _____ and ______ circulatory systems.

heart; contracting; pulmonary; systemic