Cardiovascular System

Question 1

closed system of blood pumped around the body by a network of arteries, veins, and capillaries

Answer 1

Circulatory System

Question 2

made of muscle tissue and characterized by 4 chambers

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

transports nutrients, wastes, chemical messengers, and immune molecules

Answer 3

Cardiovascular System

Question 4

carries deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to lungs and returns it to left atrium

Answer 4

Pulmonary loop

Question 5

Carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body and returns deoxygenated blood to the right atrium

Answer 5

Systole (systemic) loop

Question 6

carry blood out of the heart

Answer 6

Arteries

Question 7

Carry blood into the heart

Answer 7

veins

Question 8

made of single layer endothelium to form network connecting arteries to veins in tissues

Answer 8

Capillaries

Question 9

circulates and filters interstitial fluid between cells and drains into circulatory system

Answer 9

Open Lymphatic System

Question 10

contraction of heart muscle

Answer 10

Systole

Question 11

relaxation of heart muscle

Answer 11

Diastole

Question 12

“pacemaker” that sends electrical signals to the heart to control contractions

Answer 12

Sinoatrial Node

Question 13

responsible for dissolving CO2 before diffusing to the lungs

Answer 13

Blood Plasma

Question 14

2 main types of white blood cells

Answer 14

Leukocytes and Lymphocytes

Question 15

responsible for draining interstitial fluid and filtering it through the lymph nodes to be monitored by lymphocytes

Answer 15

Lymphatic system capillaries

Question 16

essentially plasma without red blood cells

Answer 16

Lymph

Question 17

Myocardial infarction : when blood flow is cutoff from a part of the heart muscle

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Heart attack

Question 18

when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced, preventing tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients

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Stroke

Question 19

ballooning at a weak spot in an artery wall

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Aneurysm

Question 20

Build up of plaques from fatty material on the inner walls of the arteries

Answer 20

Atheroschlerosis

Question 21

irregular heartbeat

Answer 21

Arrhythmia

Question 22

high blood pressure

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Hypertension

Question 23

pumps oxygenated blood to the body

Answer 23

Left Ventricle

Question 24

facilitate exchange of O2 and CO2

Answer 24

Capillaries

Question 25

receives CO2 rich blood

Answer 25

Right atrium

Question 26

pumps blood into the pulmonary arteries

Answer 26

Right Ventricle

Question 27

prevents blood from flowing backward from the right ventricle to the right atrium

Answer 27

Tricuspid valve

Question 28

Prevents blood from flowing backward into the left atrium from the left ventricle

Answer 28

Mitral valve

Question 29

main artery that transports blood from heart to the rest of the body (from left ventricle)

Answer 29

Aorta

Question 30

main arteries that transports blood from the heart to the lungs (from right ventricle)

Answer 30

Pulmonary Arteries (Left/Right)

Question 31

protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the body’s organs and tissues and transports CO2 back to the lungs

Answer 31

hemoglobin

Question 32

condition in which one lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to body tissues

Answer 32

anemia