BIOL 4270- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 21 pages long!)
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You should be able to identify the following structures and know their functions. Structures to be identified before making a frontal section of the heart. They force blood out of the heart into the large arteries that emerge from its base: . left ventricle measure the thickness of the myocardium, ventricles form the bulk of the heart, they are discharging chambers. They force blood out of the heart into the large arteries that emerge from its base: right atrium, receiving chamber; ineffective as pumps, . left atrium, receiving chamber; ineffective as pumps, anterior interventricular sulcus, posterior interventricular sulcus and. Thrombus in the cornary artery will lead to obstruction of blood flow to the heart leading to ischemia of cardiac muscle and a heart attack: posterior interventricular (descending)artery, circumflex artery. Marginal artery: what is angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, chest pains due to a thombus in the coronary artery heart attack, describe the veins that bring blood back to the ra.
