Showing posts with label C32 Chapter 5 Bodily Injury Claims Study. Show all posts
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C32 Chapter 5 Bodily Injury Claims Study


Bodily Injury Claims: Study 5

Heart and Other Organs

Heart and Circulatory System:

  • Heart is hollow, muscular organ
  • Located behind and slightly left of sternum
  • Specialized cardiac muscle tissue is called myocardium (myocardial tissue)
  • Heart is encased in membranous sac called pericardium
  • Heart itself is nourished by blood that sustains continuous muscular activity
  • Heart muscle is always “working” and must “rest” in brief period between contractions known as diastole
  • During pumping cycle, called systole, it contracts to squeeze blood through various chambers to rest of body
  • Heart is divided into 4 chambers: