Cardiovascular System Vocabulary

The membrane sac enclosing the heart

• sternum

• plasma

• septum

• pericardium

The pressure of the blood against the inner walls of the blood vessels

• heart rate

• blood pressure

• arteries

• oxygenated blood

A dividing wall in an animal structure

• sternum

• plasma

• septum

• lymph

Any of the gland like masses of tissue that contain the cell that become lymphocytes

• lymph

• lymph nodes

• atrioventricular node

• erythrocyte

The vessels that transport the blood from the body to the heart

• veins

• arteries

• ventricles

• valves

A vein that transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to left atrium of the heart

• veins

• pulmonary artery

• pulmonary vein

• arteries

The contraction of the heart that forces the blood out

• diastole

• systole

• valve

• heart rate

The breastbone

• septum

• sternum

• fibrin

• platelet

Blood that has flowed through the body and is returning to the lungs

• leukocyte

• veins

• deoxygenated blood

• oxygenated blood

The dilatation of the heart during which the chambers fill with blood

• septum

• blood pressure

• systole

• diastole