5/18 Part 1

Question 1

The cardiovascular system is called…

Answer 1

The circulatory system

Question 2

The three major structures of the cardiovascular system

Answer 2

The heart, blood vessels, and blood

Question 3

Primary function of the heart

Answer 3

Pumps blood, moves nutrients through the blood vessels to nourish and remove the metabolism waste from the body

Question 4

Two pathways of the heart

Answer 4

Pulmonary and systemic circulation

Question 5

Describe pulmonary circulation

Answer 5

It is the right side of the heart, and it pumps unoxygenated blood to the lungs

Question 6

Describe systemic circulation

Answer 6

It is the left side of the heart, and it pumps blood throughout the entire body

Question 7

The heart is like blank divided by a blank

Answer 7

2 pumps, divided by a septum

Question 8

What type of organ is the heart

Answer 8

Muscular organ

Question 9

How many chambers does the heart have

Answer 9

Four

Question 10

Describe the four hollow chambers of the heart

Answer 10

2 atria = upper

2 ventricles = lower chambers

Question 11

Name the three layers of tissue in the heart

Answer 11

Endocardium is innermost layer
Myocardium is middle layer epicardium third layer
pericardium outer layer— sack

Question 12

What do blood vessels do? What is their main job?

Answer 12

To carry blood throughout the body

Question 13

Two types of blood vessels

Answer 13

Arteries and Veins

Question 14

1) Starting in the heart, the blood flows to the body through…

Answer 14

The arterial blood vessels

Question 15

Largest artery

Answer 15

Aorta

Question 16

Subdivisions of arteries

Answer 16

Arterioles and arteriole capillaries

Question 17

What are the smaller blood vessels that branch out from the arteries and lead to the capillaries?

Answer 17

Arterioles

Question 18

What are the smallest blood vessels in the body

Answer 18

Capillaries

Question 19

Arterial capillary is connected to venous capillary. True or false?

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Primary function of both arterial capillary and venous capillary

Answer 20

They form a network, where arteries and veins connect completing the clothes circulatory circuit

Question 21

The blood flow from the venous capillaries will flow back from the body to heart through the…

Answer 21

Venous blood vessels

Question 22

The blood will flow back from venous capillaries into the ______ through the veins and into the heart

Answer 22

Venues