EKG Flash Cards 1

The size of a normal heart is

• the size of your fist

• the size of Cowboy stadium

The heart is located

• in the mediastimum

• in my storage area

The function of the heart is

• to pump blood to the cells

• fall in love

The heart is classified as a

• a hollow muscular organ that beats about 72 times a minute

• pain sometimes

Blood returns from the body and enters the

• right atrium

• twlight zone

The inferior vena cava gets blood from

• below the diaphragm

• the blood bank

The valves of the heart are made of

• endocardium

• valve stuff

What are the two entrance valves of the heart?

• tricuspid and bicuspid

• Peter, Paul and Mary

Which two valves are called semilunar valves?

• Pulmonary and aortic

• Brook and Dunn

The fibrous outer layer, filled with fluid that protects the heart from the chest cavity is the

• pericardium

• Iamnotsurecardium