pacemaker of heart
marks division between the atria and ventricles
coronary sulcus
receives venous blood from the body and pumps it into the lungs
takes oxygenated pul nary blood and pumps it into the body
mediastinum
increase the capacity of atrium and increase the volume of the blood the atrium can contain
auricles
body's largest artery
Aorta
temp blood vessel in fetus that allows oxygenated blood bypass the lungs and go directly to the systemic circulation
a depression in the heart's right atrium that's remnant of the foramen ovale
an opening in the fetal heart that allowed to blood to bypass the lungs
pull on the atrioventricular valves via the chordae tenineae, slowing the closure and preventing trauma to valves
heart strings
chordae tendoneae
chordae tendoneae
opens into the right ventricle; prevent back flow into the right atrium
opens into the left ventricle; prevents back flow into left atrium
located between the left ventricle and aorta; prevents back flow into left ventricle
betwen right ventricles and pulmonary artery; prevents back flow in the right ventricles