(Anatomy And Physiology) The Heart And Blood Vessels Flashcards
Where does the oxygen go from the lungs?
The oxygenated blood goes down through the pulmonary vein down to the Left atrium.
Where does the oxygenated blood go from the left atrium?
Oxygenated blood travels through to the left atrium from the pulmonary vein down to the left ventricle through the biscupid valve
Where does the oxygenated blood go from the left ventricle?
The oxygenated blood goes from the left ventricle up through the aorta
Where does the oxygenated blood from the aorta go to?
The oxygenated blood from the aorta goes to the rest of the body so the working muscles
Where does the deoxygenated blood of the vena cava go to?
It goes through to the right atrium down to the right ventricle through the tricuspoid valve.
Where does the deoxygenated blood of the right ventricle go to?
It goes through the pulmonary artery down to the lungs to become oxygenated.
What’s the triscupid valve?
It’s located between the right atrium and right ventricle and opens due to a build up of pressure in the right atrium
What’s the biscupid valve?
It’s located between the left atrium and left ventricle and likewise opens due to a build up of pressure this time in the left atrium.
What’s the septum in the heart?
It separate the right hand and left hand side of the heart.
What’s the semilunar valves?
It stops the back flow of blood into the heart. There is a semilunar valve where the aorta leaves the left ventricle and another where the pulmonary artery leave the right ventricle.
What’s the aorta?
It’s the largest artery in the body. It carriers oxygenated blood away from the left ventricle to the body.
What’s the vena cava?
It’s the largest vein in the body. It carried deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart.
What’s the pulmonary artery?
It carriers deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle to the lungs.
What’s the pulmonary vein?
It returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What’s the function of arteries?
Mostly carries oxygenated blood round the body under high pressure to smaller vessels called arteriesals.
What’s the walls of the arteries like?
-thick.
-muscular.
-elastic.
What other features of arteries are there?
There’s only one exception is pulmonary artery which carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
What’s the function of veins?
Mostly carry deoxygenated blood from body to heart under low pressure.
What’s the walls of the veins like?
There thin walls.
What other feature of veins are there?
There’s an exception which is the pulmonary vein which carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
What’s the functions of capillaries?
They transport blood from the arteries to the veins by uniting arterioles and venules.
What’s the walls of capillaries like?
-1 cell thick.
-small.
-very thin.
-permeable (allows water and other things to go through).
What other features of capillaries are there?
They carry
-oxygen
-carbon dioxide
-waste products
They are all exchanged through capillaries.
What’s the function of cardiovascular system?
-helps oxygen flow around the body to vital organs and muscles.
-helps remove carbon dioxide away from vital organs.
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-oxygen helps produce energy.
- carbon dioxide is a waste product from respiration (breathing).
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-provides cells and organs with nutrients and hormones.
-protection against disease and infection.
-stops bleeding after injury by clotting.
-regulates body temperature (thermoregulation).