Chapter 20: The Heart

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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