MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SYSTEMS-TEXT
8th Edition
ISBN: 2810019781351
Author: Gylys
Publisher: DAVIS FA
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Chapter 8, Problem 12DC
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The heart is a small pumping organ located between two lungs behind the breast bone of the human body. The heart is made up of four chambers, right and left, atrium and ventricles. The muscular wall of the heart is called myocardium which is divided into pericardium and endocardium. Myocardium composed of a special type of muscle which contracts like the skeletal muscle. Contraction releases the blood and relaxation ensure the filling of blood. Contraction and relaxation occur in a systematic way called cardiac rhythm.
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