CET Chapter Vocabulary

Front

Originating in an area of the heart other than the sinoatrial node

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ectopic

Front

fibers that serve to conduct electrical impulses through the right and left ventricles

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purkinje fibers

Front

The largest artery in the body which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

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aorta

Front

an imaginary line through the axillary region that separates the front and back of the human body

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midaxillary

Front

innermost layer of the heart

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endocardium

Front

the only veins in the body that carry oxygenated blood delivering blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

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pulmonary veins

Front

part of the conduction system responsible for transmitting electrical impulses from the AV node to the purkinje fibers to trigger ventricular depolarization

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bundle branches

Front

the only arteries in the body that carry deoxygenated blood

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pulmonary arteries

Front

rapid heartrate

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tachycardia

Front

mark on the EKG tracing caused by factors other than the heart's electrical activity (movement or magnetic interference)

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