Cardiovascular Vocabulary Terms

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

• serous pericardium

• epicardium

• endocardium

• diastole

a slow heart rate

• Tachycardia

• Bradycardia

• Arrhythmias

• Myocardia

rapid, uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle

• Tachycardia

• Bradycardia

• Arrhythmias

• Fibrillation

carries blood to the lungs for gas exchange and then returns it to the heart

• pulmonary circulation

• systemic circulation

• cardiac output (CO)

• cardiovascular system

The double-walled sac that encloses the heart

• pericardium

• epicardium

• endocardium

• diastole

a group of conditions in which the heart's rhythm is abnormal

• Tachycardia

• Bradycardia

• Arrhythmias

• Fibrillation

the amount of blood bumped out by each side of the heart in one minute

• cardiac cycle

• cardiac output (CO)

• pulmonary circulation

• systemic circulation

septum that divides the ventricles longitudinally

• interventricular septum

• interatrial septum

• base

• apex

Heart contraction

• systole

• diastole

node at the junction of the atria and ventricles

• sinoatrial (SA) node

• atrioventricular (AV) node

• purkinje fibers

• pericarditis