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Blood Vessels Flashcards

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1
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Blood vessels are _________ that carry blood throughout your body.

A

pipes

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2
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All of your blood vessels are __________ together.

A

linked

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3
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This provides the ___________ ___________ for your blood.

A

transport system

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4
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It takes only _____ ____________ for your blood to travel through the _____________ _______________.

A

one minute

circulatory system

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5
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Blood vessels are classified by where they carry blood. ____________ carry blood from the heart to all the parts of the body.

A

Arteries

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6
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_____________ carry the blood back to the heart.

A

Veins

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7
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________________ are the small blood vessels that connect arteries and veins.

A

Capillaries

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8
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All cells need blood. Arteries and veins are often named by where they are located in the body. ____________ is a word that means “relating to the heart”.

A

Coronary

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9
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A network of blood vessels supplies the heart with blood. The arteries and veins that supply blood for the heart are the ___________ _____________ and the ____________ ___________.

A

coronary arteries

coronary veins

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10
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_______________ is a word that means “relating to the lungs”.

A

Pulmonary

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11
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The artery that goes to the lungs is called the ______________ ______________.

A

pulmonary artery

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12
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Arteries have __________, ____________ walls.

A

thick, muscular

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13
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The artery wall can _________ and _________ as the heart pumps blood through them.

A

expand relax

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14
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The heart ____________ and pushes blood into the arteries.

A

contracts

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15
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This makes the artery wall ___________, or stretch out.

A

expand

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16
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When the heart __________, the walls spring back into place. This causes the artery to become ___________.

A

relaxes

smaller

17
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The blood is pushed forward. When you feel your pulse, you are feeling the artery ____________ and ____________.

A

expand relax

18
Q

The ____________ is the largest artery in the body. It is about the diameter of a garden hose.

A

aorta

19
Q

The aorta is attached to the ______ ____________ of the heart and carries blood away from the heart.

A

left ventricle

20
Q

Arteries branch off of the aorta and smaller arteries. The smaller arteries are called _____________.

A

arterioles

21
Q

_______________ are the smallest blood vessels. They can only be seen with a _______________.

A

Capillaries

microscope

22
Q

Every _______ in the body is close to a capillary.

A

cell

23
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Capillaries have thin walls. As blood in capillaries flows past other cells, __________ and ____________ in the blood pass through the capillary walls into surrounding cells.

A

oxygen nutrients

24
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At the same time, __________ _____________ and other wastes from the cells pass into the capillaries and are carried away by the blood. This process keeps the cells healthy.

A

carbon dioxide

25
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Capillaries link the smallest arteries with the smallest veins which are called __________.

A

venules

26
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These venules eventually become the larger blood vessels called veins. Veins retune blood to the _________.

A

heart

27
Q

Vein walls are thinner than artery walls. The muscle fibers in the veins are not as ___________ as the muscle fibers in arteries.

A

strong

28
Q

Muscles in your body help push blood through your veins and back to your ___________.

A

heart

29
Q

Like the heart, veins have ___________ that keep the blood from flowing _____________.

A

valves

backward

30
Q

All the veins in the body flow into the two largest veins in the body. Both veins carry blood into the ___________ ______________.

A

right ventricle

31
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The ____________ _________ __________ carries blood from the upper body.

A

superior vena cava

32
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The ______________ ________ _________ carries blood from the lower body.

A

inferior vena cava

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