term	page reference
cardiology	674
cardiovascular system	674
circulatory system	674
pulmonary circuit	674
systemic circuit	674
base	674
apex	674
pericardium	675
parietal pericardium	675
visceral pericardium	675
pericardial cavity	675
pericardial fluid	675
epicardium	677
myocardium	677
fibrous skeleton	677
endocardium	677
chamber	677
atrium	677
ventricle	677
atrioventricular sulcus	677
anterior interventricular sulcus	677
posterior interventricular sulcus	677
interatrial septum	677
interventricular septum	677
trabeculae carneae	677
cusp	677
pulmonary valve	677
aortic valve	677
semilunar valves	677
atrioventricular (AV) valves	677
tricuspid valve	677
bicuspid (mitral) valve	677
chordae tendineae	677
papillary muscle	677
coronary circulation	681
left coronary artery	681
anterior interventricular artery	681
circumflex artery	681
right coronary artery	681
marginal artery	681
posterior interventricular artery	681
myocardial infarction (MI)	681
venous drainage	681
great cardiac vein	681
middle cardiac vein	681
coronary sinus	682
myocyte	684
intercalated disc	684
myogenic	685
autorhythmic	685
cardiac conduction system	685
sinoatrial (SA) node	685
pacemaker	685
atrioventricular (AV) node	685
atrioventricular (AV) bundle	685
bundle branches	685
Purkinje fibers	685
heart block	685
systole	686
diastole	686
sinus rhythm	686
ectopic focus	686
nodal rhythm	686
arrhythmia	686
pacemaker potential	686
fast calcium channels	686
slow calcium channels	688
electrocardiogram (ECG)	688
P wave	690
QRS complex	690
T wave	690
cardiac cycle	691
sphygmomanometer	691
pressure gradient	691
heart sounds S1 to S3	691
auscultation	691
quiescent period	692
atrial systole	692
end-diastolic volume (EDV)	692
isovolumetric contraction	693
ventricular ejection	694
stroke volume (SV)	694
ejection fraction	694
end-systolic volume (ESV)	694
isovolumetric relaxation	694
ventricular filling	694
cardiac output (CO)	696
cardiac reserve	696
chronotropic	696
inotropic	696
tachycardia	696
bradycardia	696
cardiac center	696
cardioacceleratory center	697
cardiac accelerator nerves	697
cardioinhibitory center	697
vagal tone	697
preload	697
Frank-Starling law of the heart	698
contractility	698
afterload	698

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