21.7 Circulatory Routes: Systemic Circulation

Question 1

circulatory routes

Answer 1

-the organization of blood vessels which deliver blood to and back from areas of the body

Question 2

systemic circulation

Answer 2

-all arteries and arterioles that carry oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to system capillaries, and the veins and venules that return deoxygenated blood to the right atrium

Question 3

coronary (cardiac) circulation

Answer 3

-the circulatory route supplying the myocardium of the heart

Question 4

cerebral circulation

Answer 4

-the circulatory route supplying the brain

Question 5

hepatic portal circulation

Answer 5

-the circulatory route supplying the liver and gastrointestinal tract

Question 6

pulmonary circulation

Answer 6

-the route starting at the right ventricle to the lungs, and back to the left atrium

Question 7

fetal circulation

Answer 7

-the circulatory route supplying the fetus and special structures allowing the fetus to exchange nutrients with its mother

Question 8

superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus

Answer 8

-drains of every route in systemic circulation