03. Circulation Flashcards
Circulation
Blood vessels are divided into what 4 categories
- ARTERIES
- ARTERIOLES
- CAPILLARIES
- VEINS
- Arteries - main trunk
- Arterioles - smaller branches of arteries
- Capillaries - smallest blood vessels
- Veins - drain deoxygenated blood
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The cardiocascular system compromises of 2 core elements, which are
- HEART (pump)
- BLOOD VESSELS (interconnected channels)
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- The blood vessels leading away from the heart are called what
- The blood vessels leading back to the heart are called what
- ARTERIES
- VEINS
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What is the purpose of the capillaries to be extremely thin
Allow oxygen and nutrients to diffuse readily into cells
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Arteries branch through tissues becoming smaller and smaller, permeating the body tissues and forming a link between the arterial system and the venous system. These small blood vessels are called what
CAPILLARIES
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The name given to the system or arteries
ARTERIAL SYSTEM
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The name given to the system of veins
VENOUS SYSTEM
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Arteries carry OXYGENATED or UNOXYGENATED blood TO or FROM the heart
- OXYGENATED
- FROM
- Except the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein
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Veins carry OXYGENATED or UNOXYGENATED blood TO or FROM the heart
- UNOXYGENATED
- TO
- Except the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein
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What is the definition of PULMONARY CIRCULATION
i.e. what is it supplying, and from what to what
DEDICATED CIRCUIT
DE-OXYGENATED BLOOD
RIGHT side of HEART –> LUNGS
via PULMONARY ARTERY
The pulmonary circulation is a dedicated circuit which supplies deoxygenated blood directly from the right side of the heart tot he lings via the pulmonary artery
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How does oxygenated blood leaving the lungs flow back to the heart
PULMONARY VEINS
- REMEMBER It is the opposite way around from lungs to heart where;
- normally veins carry unoxygenated blood to the heart and;
- arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart
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How does unoxygenated blood leaving the heart flow to the lungs
PULMONARY ARTERY
- REMEMBER It is the opposite way around from lungs to heart where;
- normally veins carry unoxygenated blood to the heart and;
- arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart
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- What is the purpose of the PULMONARY ARTERY
- What is the purpose of the PULMONARY VEIN
- UN-OXYGENATED BLOOD from HEART to LUNGS
- OXYGENATED BLOD from LUNGS to HEART
- REMEMBER It is the opposite way around from lungs to heart where;
- normally veins carry unoxygenated blood to the heart and;
- arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart
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The main artery blood vessel running down the inside of the spine to the rest of the body is called what
AORTA
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The main blood vessel back to the heart is called what
VENA CAVA
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The blood vessels supplying the heart muscle itself with oxygen and nutrients from the aorta is known as what
CORONARY ARTERIES
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The blood vessels taking blood back to the vena cava away from the heart muscle itself is known as what
CORONARY VEIN
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The heart has how many internal chambers
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The large muscle surrounding the hearts 4 chambers is known as what
MYOCARDIUM
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The main and very muscular chambers of the heart are called what
VENTRICLES
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The weaker left and right chambers of the heart are called what
LEFT & RIGHT ATRIUM
(collectively the atria)
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What is the name given to the volume of blood pumped out of the ventricles during the SYSTOLE PHASE
STROKE VOLUME
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