BIO202: Human Anatomy and Physiology II

Vocabulary
Chapter 20: The Heart
Clicking on the link above will take you to an interactive flashcard site, but the flashcard list will differ from my list shown below. You should know the terms in my list, even if they don't appear on flashcards.

This list is (obviously) alphabetized. Here is the same list, only randomized for studying. You should randomize the list to avoid memorizing terms based on their position in the list.

acetylcholine
actin
action potential
active ventricular filling
adrenal medulla
aerobic respiration
aorta
aortic semilunar valve
apex
arrhythmia
atrioventricular node
atrioventricular valve
atrium
auricle
autorhythmicity
AV node
baroreceptor
baroreceptor reflex
base
bicuspid valve
bundle branch
cardiac cycle
cardiac muscle cell
cardiac myofiber
cardiac nerve
cardiac output
cardiac reserve
cardiac vein
cardioregulatory center
carotid body
chemoreceptor
chorda tendinea
coronary artery
coronary sinus
coronary sulcus
depolarization
diastole
dicrotic notch
ECG
ectopic focus
ejection
electrocardiogram
end-diastolic volume
endocardium
end-systolic volume
epicardium
epinephrine
extrinsic regulation
fibrous pericardium
fibrous skeleton
heart rate
heart wall
hypertrophy
inferior vena cava
interatrial septum
intercalated disk
interventricular groove
interventricular septum
intrinsic regulation
isovolumic contraction
isovolumic relaxation
MAP
mean arterial blood pressure
medulla oblongata
membrane potential
mitral valve
musculus pectinatus
myocardium
myofibril
myosin
norepinephrine
P wave
pacemaker cell
papillary muscle
parietal pericardium
passive ventricular filling
pericardial cavity
pericardial fluid
pericardium
peripheral resistance
preload
prepotential
pressure gradient
pulmonary artery
pulmonary circuit
pulmonary semilunar valve
pulmonary trunk
pulmonary vein
Purkinje fiber
QRS complex
refractory period
repolarization
SA node
sarcomere
sarcoplasmic reticulum
sarcoplasmic reticulum
semilunar valve
serous pericardium
sinoatrial node
Starling's law
stroke volume
superior vena cava
systemic circuit
systole
T tubule
T wave
trabecula carnea
transverse tubule
tricuspid valve
vagus nerve
venous return
ventricle
visceral pericardium
voltage-gated Ca2+ channel
voltage-gated ion channel
voltage-gated K+ channel
voltage-gated Na+ channel