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    C1-Human Heart

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    Nursuzela Abd Malek
    The human heart has four main functions: 1. Pump blood throughout the body 2. Have four major blood vessels - the aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and vena cava 3. Consist of four chambers - the left and right atria and ventricles 4. Contain four valves - the bicuspid, tricuspid, and two semi-lunar - that ensure one-way blood flow The left ventricle has the thickest muscle wall because it pumps blood at high pressure throughout the body. An electronic pacemaker replaces a faulty heart's natural pacemaker and generates electrical impulses to stimulate contractions, similar to the heart's sinoat

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    C1-Human Heart

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    The human heart has four main functions: 1. Pump blood throughout the body 2. Have four major blood vessels - the aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and vena cava 3. Consist of four chambers - the left and right atria and ventricles 4. Contain four valves - the bicuspid, tricuspid, and two semi-lunar - that ensure one-way blood flow The left ventricle has the thickest muscle wall because it pumps blood at high pressure throughout the body. An electronic pacemaker replaces a faulty heart's natural pacemaker and generates electrical impulses to stimulate contractions, similar to the heart's sinoat

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    The human heart has four main functions: 1. Pump blood throughout the body 2. Have four major blood vessels - the aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and vena cava 3. Consist of four chambers - the left and right atria and ventricles 4. Contain four valves - the bicuspid, tricuspid, and two semi-lunar - that ensure one-way blood flow The left ventricle has the thickest muscle wall because it pumps blood at high pressure throughout the body. An electronic pacemaker replaces a faulty heart's natural pacemaker and generates electrical impulses to stimulate contractions, similar to the heart's sinoat

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    C1-Human Heart

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    The human heart has four main functions: 1. Pump blood throughout the body 2. Have four major blood vessels - the aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and vena cava 3. Consist of four chambers - the left and right atria and ventricles 4. Contain four valves - the bicuspid, tricuspid, and two semi-lunar - that ensure one-way blood flow The left ventricle has the thickest muscle wall because it pumps blood at high pressure throughout the body. An electronic pacemaker replaces a faulty heart's natural pacemaker and generates electrical impulses to stimulate contractions, similar to the heart's sinoat

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    Exercise 1 : HUMAN HEART

    1. State the function of human heart.


    _______________________________________________________________________
    _

    2. Everything in heart seems to come in fours:


    There are four main blood vessels in the heart. Name the blood vessels labelled A, B, C
    and D in the diagram, and state their functions.

    A: _____________________________________________________________________
    B: _____________________________________________________________________
    C: _____________________________________________________________________
    D: _____________________________________________________________________

    3. There are four chambers: left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle and right ventricle.
    Explain why the left ventricle has the thickest muscle wall.
    (Tip: Where does it pump its blood to? Does it undergo high pressure?)
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    __

    4. There are four main valves: bicuspid valve, tricuspid valve and two semi-lunar valves.
    State their function.
    (Tip: All valves ensure a one-way flow of blood)
    o Bicuspid valve
    -  ________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    __

    o Tricuspid valve
    -  ________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    __
    “The future depends on what we do in the present.”
    o Semi-lunar valves
    -  ________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    __

    5. There are four structures involved in the beating of the heart: sinoatrial node (SAN),
    atrio-ventricular node (AVN), bundle of His and Purkinje fibres. State the functions of
    the SAN and AVN.
    (Tip: The two nodes act like batteries and generate electrical impulses that cause the
    cardiac muscles to contract)
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _____

    6. The pacemaker of a patient's heart fails to function. An electronic pacemaker is used to


    replace the original pacemaker. Explain how this works.
    (Tip: Think about the function of the SAN - the electronic pacemaker has the same
    function)
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _____

    7. Compare the rate of blood flow in blood vessels A and D.


    (Tip: Which of the blood vessels is an artery or a vein? Which undergoes more pressure?
    So, in which of them will blood flow more and at a greater speed?)
    o A, the aorta,
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _____
    o D, the vena cava, 
    o _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    “The future depends on what we do in the present.”
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _____

    “The future depends on what we do in the present.”

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