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| false impulse from elsewhere in the heart |
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| rapid irregular contractions |
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| Cardiac centers are located in |
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Parasympathetic
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| Main arteries of the heart |
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| Right and Left coronary arteries |
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| cells are weakened by lack of oxygen |
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| blood flows from the____ to the ____ |
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valves open towards ____
semilunar valves open towards____ |
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| ventricles, blood vessels |
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| carry blood away from the heart |
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| carry blood towards the heart |
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| smallest arteries lead to capillary beds |
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| very porus, form when capillary beds unite |
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| single layer of endothelial cells sit on the basement membrane formed by connective tissue |
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| allow large molecules and blood cells to pass |
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| networks of capillaries that form microcirculation between arterioles and venules |
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| pressure exerted during ventricular contraction |
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| lowest level of arteriol pressure |
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| difference between systolic and diastolic pressure |
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| pressure that propels the blood to tissue |
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| locations of baroreceptors and chemoreceptors |
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carotoid sinus
aortic arch
large thoracic
neck arteries |
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| receptors moniter changes in... |
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| higher brain centers that modify BP |
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