Cardiovascular system Flashcards
What is the function of the pulmonary veins?
Transport blood from lungs to the heart.
What is the function of the septum?
Divides the left side of the heart from the right.
What is the function of the capillaries?
Delivers blood to tissues.
What is the function of the pulmonary artery?
Delivers blood from the heart to lungs.
What is the function of the left av valve?
Stops blood from going to the left ventricle to left atrium.
What is the function of the aorta?
Transports blood from heart to rest of body.
What is the function of the vena cava?
Transports blood from body back to the heart.
What is the path blood takes?
Vena cava
Right atrium
Right ventricle
Pulmonary artery
Lungs
Veins
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Aorta
What do arteries do?
Carry blood at a high pressure.
Why are capillaries thin walled?
To leak to allow blood into the tissues.
What do veins do?
Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
What side of the heart pumps blood to the whole body?
Left side.
What do platelets assist in?
Clotting of blood.
What do red blood cells do?
Carry oxygen to tissues.
What do white blood cells do?
Destroy infectious organisms.
Oxygen is carried by ____ whilst carbon dioxide is carried by ____
Oxygen is carried by red blood cells whilst carbon dioxide is carried by plasma.
