A1 Flashcards
circ system
nutrients to , waste away from cells, takes hormones to one part, heat, bodily fluids, defense against pathogens
arteries
carry blood AWAY from heart, thick, stretch and control amount of blood flowing to diff tissue
arterioles
arteries -> arterioles -> capillaries
capillaries
nutrient exchange
veins
carry blood back to heart, thing, less smooth muscle, larger in diameter than arteries, one way valves
one way valves
only allow blood to move towards the heart
skeletal muscle
contraction pushes blood in the vein back to heart
right side of heart
blood from the body and to the lungs, deoxygenated
left side of heart
blood from heart and goes to the body, oxygenated
atria
thin wall, gets blood from veins
right atrium
receives blood from vena cava (body), and pumps to right ventricle
left atrium
receives blood from the pulmonary veins (lungs) and to the left ventricle
ventricles
muscular and thick walled, pumps blood to arteries
right ventricle
pumps blood to the pulmonary artery (lungs)
left ventricle
pumps blood into aorta (body)
valves
flaps of tissue that prevent back flow of blood
vena cava
carries blood low in O2 and high in CO2 (DO) from body to right atrium
pulmonary artery
carries DO blood from heart to lungs
pulmonary veins
4 veins that carry oxygenated blood from lungs to the heart
aorta
carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues of the body
systole
heart (ventricles) contract
diastole
heart (ventricles) relax
cardiac cycle stage 1
- atria fills with blood
cardiac cycle stage 2
Atria Contract: Blood moves to ventricles as valves open; artery valves close.