PE- cardio and respiratory system Response of the cardiovascular to the physical activity 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Physical EducationAnatomy & physiologyASAll boards Created by: jotiCreated on: 09-05-12 13:56 Function of the heart Atria- have a low pressure, contract and pushes blood into ventricles Ventricles- High pressure to push blood away from heart Valves- control direction of blood and prevent backflow Blood vessels- Superior/inferior vena cava, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein (x4), Aorta, coronary veins and cornory ateries Cardiac muscle, allows contraction of chambers to push blood around 1 of 2 Conduction system Heart is myogenic Impulse at SA node (wall of right atruim)--> Atria walls (contraction)--> Ventricle walls are insulated here)--> AV node (in spetum)--> Delayed--> Bundle of His--> Purkinje fibres--> Ventricle walls (contract) 2 of 2
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