Cardiorespiratory System Flashcards
1
Q
What is the cardiovascular system?
A
The Heart, blood, and blood vessels
2
Q
What is the Atria?
A
Receives blood from veins
3
Q
What does the right atrium do?
A
Gathers deoxygenated blood returning to the heart
4
Q
What does the left Atrium do?
A
Gathers oxygenated blood from the lungs
5
Q
What is the Sinoatrial node?
A
Located in the right atrium
Pacemaker for the heart
6
Q
What are Ventricles?
A
Pump blood out
7
Q
What does the right ventricle do?
A
Pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs
8
Q
What does the left ventricle do?
A
Pumps oxygenated blood to the body?
9
Q
What are arteries ?
A
Carry blood away from the heart
10
Q
What do veins do?
A
Transport blood back to the heart
11
Q
What are Arterioles?
A
Small branches of arteries
12
Q
What are Capillaries ?
A
The smallest blood vessels
