Medical Terminology Respiratory Cardiovascular System

what is an artery

• another name for tricuspid valve

• another name for mitral valve

• vessels that leads away from heart

• vessels that lead toward the heart

where is the tricuspid valve located

• between right atrium and the right ventricle

• by the aorta

• between the left atrium and the left ventricle

• in the left ventricle

where does blood enter the right atrium

• through the aorta

• superior vena cava, inferior vena cava

• through the pulmonary vein

• pulmonary artery

exchange of air in lungs or capillaries is (a)  

what does diastolic refer to

• closure of the mitral valve

• relaxation

• contraction

• closure of the tricuspid valve

what does systolic refer to

• contraction

• relaxation

• a murmur

• the aorta

what does a sphygomomanometer do?

lymph tissues that sit in upper airway between nose and the back of the throat

(a)  

describe one type of an arrhythmia

what is ischemia

(a)