Cardiovascular Vocab

The system the pumps blood from the heart to the lungs to get oxygen. Is it: integumentary, cardiovascular, muscular or nervous

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a dividing wall or membrane in the heart

the upper chamber through which blood enters the ventricles of the heart.

the two lower chambers of the heart, one on the right and one on the left.

a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

the job of carrying deoxygenated blood away from the body's tissues and back to the heart.

a measurement of the force exerted against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood to your body

the throbbing of your arteries as blood moves through them. You can use your ____ to measure your heart rate, the number of times your heart beats in one minute.

Choose the word that matches the definition: hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body

• heart

• atriums

• ventricles

• septum

Choose the word that matches the definition: blood vessels that move blood AWAY from the heart

• pacemaker

• valves

• arteries

• veins