Cardiovascular system

Question 1

What are the 4 chambers of the cardiovascular system

Answer 1

2 atria (upper chambers) and 2 Ventricles ( lower chamber)

Question 2

Right side of the heart does what

Answer 2

handles only oxygen poor or carbon dioxide rich blood

Question 3

What does the left side of the heart do?

Answer 3

handles only oxygen rich or carbon dioxide poor blood

Question 4

arteries definition

Answer 4

structures that carry blood AWAY from the heart

Question 5

arterioles def.

Answer 5

smaller structures that carry blood away from the heart

Question 6

Veins

Answer 6

structures which carry blood TO the heart

Question 7

Venules

Answer 7

smaller structures that carry blood TO the heart

Question 8

Capillaries are…

Answer 8

structures where gas exchanges occur

Question 9

Cardiac cycle

Answer 9

relaxation->when diastole blood flows
contraction->when systole blood flows

Question 10

What is Blood pressure

Answer 10

amount of pressure placed on the artery when the heart contracts

Question 11

Pulse definition

Answer 11

stretching of arteries during systole