CCI CCT Exam Study Guide UPDATE
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epicardium - Answer: outer protective layer of the heart. Made
of loose connective tissue including elastic fibers.
Myocardium - Answer: muscular, middle layer of the heart,
forms a thick middle layer between the outer layer of the heart
wall.
endocardium - Answer: Inner most layer of the heart. Smooth
muscle.
right atrium - Answer: receives deoxygenated blood from the
body through the vena cava and pumps it into the right ventricle
which then sends it to the lungs to be oxygenated.
left atrium - Answer: receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
through the pulmonary veins
right ventricle - Answer: pumps deoxygenated blood to the
lungs through the pulmonary artery
, pulmonary valve - Answer: valve between the right ventricle and
pulmonary artery, has 3 cusps.
aortic valve - Answer: The semilunar valve separating the aorta
from the left ventricle that prevents blood from flowing back
into the left ventricle. Has 3 cusps.
mitral valve - Answer: located between the left atrium and left
ventricle, prevents backflow of blood the the left atrium when
the left ventricle contracts. Has 2 flaps. Bicuspid valve or left
atrioventricular valve.
tricuspid valve - Answer: A valve that is situated at the opening
of the right atrium of the heart into the right ventricle and that
resembles the mitral valve in structure but has 3 cusps.
Venules - Answer: small vessels that gather blood from the
capillaries into the veins. Allows deoxygenated blood to return
from capillary beds to larger blood vessels called veins.
Capillaries - Answer: any of the fine branching blood vessels that
form a network between the arterioles and venules. Transfers
oxygen and other nutrients from bloodstream to other tissues in
the body.
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epicardium - Answer: outer protective layer of the heart. Made
of loose connective tissue including elastic fibers.
Myocardium - Answer: muscular, middle layer of the heart,
forms a thick middle layer between the outer layer of the heart
wall.
endocardium - Answer: Inner most layer of the heart. Smooth
muscle.
right atrium - Answer: receives deoxygenated blood from the
body through the vena cava and pumps it into the right ventricle
which then sends it to the lungs to be oxygenated.
left atrium - Answer: receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
through the pulmonary veins
right ventricle - Answer: pumps deoxygenated blood to the
lungs through the pulmonary artery
, pulmonary valve - Answer: valve between the right ventricle and
pulmonary artery, has 3 cusps.
aortic valve - Answer: The semilunar valve separating the aorta
from the left ventricle that prevents blood from flowing back
into the left ventricle. Has 3 cusps.
mitral valve - Answer: located between the left atrium and left
ventricle, prevents backflow of blood the the left atrium when
the left ventricle contracts. Has 2 flaps. Bicuspid valve or left
atrioventricular valve.
tricuspid valve - Answer: A valve that is situated at the opening
of the right atrium of the heart into the right ventricle and that
resembles the mitral valve in structure but has 3 cusps.
Venules - Answer: small vessels that gather blood from the
capillaries into the veins. Allows deoxygenated blood to return
from capillary beds to larger blood vessels called veins.
Capillaries - Answer: any of the fine branching blood vessels that
form a network between the arterioles and venules. Transfers
oxygen and other nutrients from bloodstream to other tissues in
the body.
