Cardiovascular Vocabulary Terms

Organ system that distributes blood to all parts of the body

• cardiovascular system

• angina pectoris

• cardiac output (CO)

• epicardium

pointed portion of the heart, is directed towards the left lip and rest at about the fifth intercostal space.

• apex

• aorta

• base

• systole

broad aspect of the heart, points towards the right shoulder and lies beneath the second rib

• apex

• aorta

• base

• systole

The double-walled sac that encloses the heart

• pericardium

• epicardium

• endocardium

• diastole

The superficial loosely fitted part of the double-walled sac that encloses the heart

• fibrous pericardium

• epicardium

• endocardium

• diastole

Deep to the fibrous pericardium is the slippery, two-layer

• serous pericardium

• epicardium

• endocardium

• diastole

Lines the interior of the superficial loosely fitted part of the pericardium

• parietal layer

• epicardium

• endocardium

• diastole

What is inflammation of the pericardium, often resulting in a decrease in the serous fluid?

• pericarditis

• angina pectoris

• arrythmias

• bradycardia

Consists of thick bundles of the cardiac muscle twisted into ringlike arrangements.

• epicardium

• myocardium

• endocardium

• pericardium

Thin, glistening sheet of endothelium that lines the heart chambers.

• epicardium

• myocardium

• endocardium

• pericardium