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What does a tear in the internal vascular layer cause?
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Swelling, or "ballooning", of the aorta.
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What three mechanisms assit veins in returning blood?
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Contraction of skeletal muscle, one way valves, movement associated with breathing.
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What is the covering of the heart?
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Pericardium.
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What is the outermost layer of the heart itself?
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Epicaridium.
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What is the middle layer of the heart?
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Myocardium.
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What is the innermost layer of the heart?
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Endocardium.
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What is the order of the cardiac cycle?
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1.Atrial systole, 2.ventricular systole, and 3. diastole.
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