Chapter Summary

After reading through these past sections, you should have a greater understanding of how blood flows through the heart and vasculature. The heart is an amazing organ that performs many tasks to keep us healthy. Cardiac action potentials travel across the unique anatomy of the heart to work together to generate a constant contraction. Pressure and volume influence each other and our heart works to regulate cardiac output (CO) through several variables. Nutrients are sent around the body via our vasculature and the lymphatic system works alongside the cardiovascular system to manage blood pressure (BP) and prevent swelling. Additionally, we explored the importance of sensors and how they function to maintain mean arterial pressure (MAP) throughout the body. Moving forward, keep these concepts in mind as you explore the kidneys and blood gases!

Chapter Review Quiz

Test your knowledge with this question set that includes 25 different questions to review major concepts throughout this unit. Please note these questions are not to serve as a final review but to ensure that big concepts are understood. All details of this unit are not included in this section and therefore, should not be used as a sole study tool.