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3a.3 - The Circulatory System Flashcards

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1
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Describe the circulatory system in humans (4)

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  • Double circulatory system
  • First pumps deoxygenated to lungs the returns to heart
  • Second pumps oxygenated to other organs
  • Blood gives away it’s oxygen and deoxygenated returns to heart
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What do heart valves do? (2)

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  • Keep blood flowing around the body

- Prevent backflow

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What are the four chambers in a heart?

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  • Right atrium
  • Right ventricle
  • Left atrium
  • Left ventricle
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How does the heart use it’s four chambers? (4)

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  • Blood flows into the two atria from the vena cava and the pulmonary vein
  • Atria contracts, pushing blood into ventricles
  • Ventricles contract, forcing the blood into pulmonary artery and the aorta, out of the heart
  • Floes to organs through arteries and returns in veins
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What is the function of the arteries?

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Carry blood away from the heart

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What is the function of capillaries?

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Involved in the exchange in materials at the tissues

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What is the function of veins?

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Carry blood to the heart

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What type of blood does the right side of the heart carry?

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Deoxygenated

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What type of blood does the left side of the heart carry?

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Oxygenated

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What type of blood vessel carries blood under high pressure?

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Arteries

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What are the three types of blood vessel?

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  • Arteries
  • Capillaries
  • Veins
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Describe the structure of an artery (3)

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  • Thick walls
  • Contain thick layers of muscle
  • Contain elastic fibres
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What do arteries branch into?

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Capllaries

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What is the job of the capillaries?

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Carry blood really close to every cell to exchange substances with them

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Describe the structure of capillaries (3)

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  • Permeable walls
  • Thin cell wall
  • Very small
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What do capillaries join up to form?

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Veins

17
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What type of blood vessel carries blood under low pressure?

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Veins

18
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Describe the structure of veins (3)

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  • Bigger lumen
  • Valves
  • Thinner walls
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What is the job of the red blood cells?

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Carry oxygen from the lungs to all cells in the body

20
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Describe the features of a red blood cell (3)

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  • Biconcave shape
  • No nucleus
  • Contains haemoglobin
21
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What does haemoglobin do? (2)

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  • In the lungs, combines with oxygen to produce oxyhaemoglobin
  • In body tissues, splits back up to release oxygen
22
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What do white blood cells do?

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Protect against diseases

23
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What do platelets do?

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Helps blood clot

24
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Describe the features of a platelet

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  • Small fragments of cells

- No nucleus

25
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What does plasma contain? (7)

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  • Red and white blood cells
  • Platelets
  • Nutrients like glucose and amino acids
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Urea
  • Hormones
  • Antibodies and antitoxins
26
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Why is artificial blood used? (2)

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  • More energy is needed for a transfer to take place

- Patient has lost a lot of blood

27
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What are the advantages of artificial blood? (3)

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  • Doesn’t need refrigerating
  • No need for blood matching
  • Carries much more oxygen
28
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What are the disadvantages of artificial blood? (3)

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  • Expensive
  • Doesn’t mix well with normal blood
  • Side effects
29
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How do stents work? (3)

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  • Pushed up to an artery enclosed around a balloon
  • Balloon inflates and mesh remains inflated
  • Balloon is pulled out
30
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Why would stents be needed?

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If oxygen flow to the heart is interrupted, it can cause a heart attack

31
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What are the advantages of stents? (3)

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  • Better than death
  • No need for general anaesthetic
  • No need for open heart surgery
32
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What are the disadvantages of stents? (3)

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  • Causes pain
  • Cholesterol could build back up if there is no change to diet
  • Causes an irregular heartbeat
33
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What can cause circulation to go wrong? (3)

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  • Experiences heart failure
  • High blood pressure
  • Coronary heart disease
34
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Describe how the artificial heart is different from a normal heart (3)

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  • Made like pumps
  • Tubes that leave the body
  • Needs an external power supply
35
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What are the advantages of artificial hearts? (2)

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  • Keeps you alive

- People can be mobile

36
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What are the disadvantages of artificial hearts? (4)

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  • Lasts three years
  • Backpack is heavy
  • Battery can run out
  • Complications with surgery
37
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What are the symptoms of an faulty valve? (2)

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  • Tired and listless

- De-oxygenated blood mixes with oxygenated

38
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What are the advantages of artificial heart valves? (2)

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  • High success rate
  • Prolong life
  • Last 20 years
39
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What are the disadvantages of artificial heart valves?

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  • May need blood thinners

- Complications in surgers

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