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Myocardium - ANSWER ✔✔specialized muscle, unique ability to
contract on its own. w/out stimulation by nerves
The heart has four chambers, what are they? - ANSWER ✔✔Two
upper chambers receive blood are called Atria. The left atrium receives
blood from the lungs via the pulmonary vein and is oxygen-rich; the right
atrium receives blood from the peripheral curculation (THE BODY) and
is oxygen-poor.
Right Ventricle of the heart - ANSWER ✔✔Sends deoxygenated
blood to the lungs.
, Left Ventriclue of the heart - ANSWER ✔✔Sends oxygenated blood
into the body or peripheral curculation (THE BODY)
Vessels and Valves - ANSWER ✔✔blood flows through the body in
only one direction. The right side of the heart is filled with deoxygenated
blood while the left side is filled with oxygenated blood.
Neurons - ANSWER ✔✔cells of the nervous system responsible for
conducting nerve impulses within the brain as well as from one part of
the body to another.
Action potential - ANSWER ✔✔The nerves threshold of stimulus
Synapse - ANSWER ✔✔A junction between two neurons or to
another structure such as a muscle.
Terminal Button - ANSWER ✔✔the bulge at the end of the nerve
touches the next nerve in the nerve pathway.
Gap between two nerves - ANSWER ✔✔synaptic cleft
Central Nervous System - ANSWER ✔✔overall control center of the
body and consists of the brain and spinal cord.