Chapter 10: Circulatory Part I: Heart and Vessels Flashcards
What is the function of the Right and Left Atria?
Chambers that fill with blood returning from the lungs (left) or body (right)
What is the function of the Right and Left ventricles?
Chambers that receive blood from the atria and pump it either to the lungs (right) or the body (left)
What is the function of the Septum?
Muscular wall that separates the atria and the venricles
What is the function of the Superior Vena Cava?
Collects poor oxygen blood from the head, chest and arm
What is the function of the Inferior Vena Cava?
Collects poor oxygen blood from everywhere else the superior vena cava doesn’t
What is the function of the Pulmonary Arteries?
The blood vessels that carry blood from the right ventricles to the lungs
What is the function of the Pulmonary Viens?
The blood vessels that carry blood back from the lungs to left atrium
What is the function of the Aorta?
The largest blood vessel in the body that leaves the left ventricles and carries blood out to the body.
What is the function of the Tricuspid Valve?
The trioventricular valves that have three flaps and separates right atrium from the right ventricle
What is the function of the Bicuspid Valve?
The atrioventricular valve that has two flaps and separates the left atrium from the left ventricle.
What is the function of the Semilunar Valves?
The valves that are half-moon in the shape and are found both in the pulmonary trunk and the aorta
The system is a ___________ system.
Closed
The 4 systems are:
4 Marks
- Upper Systemic Circuit
- Lower Systemic Circuit
- Right Pulmonary Circuit
- Left Pulmonary Circuit
The front view of the heart is called ______.
Ventral
List the order of blood on the right side of the heart.
7 Marks.
- Inferior/ Superior Vena Cava
- Right Atrium
- Tricuspid Valve and Chordae Tendineae
- Right Ventricle
- Semilunar Valve (Pulmonary Semilunar Valve)
- Pulmonary Trunk
- Left/Right Pulmonary Arteries
List the order of blood on the left side of the heart.
7 Marks.
- Left/Right Pulmonary Viens
- Left Atrium
- Mitral Valve
- Left Ventricle
- Semilunar Valves (Aortic Valve)
- Aorta
- Aorta Branching (Left Subclavian Artery, Left Common Carotid Artery, and Brachiocephalic Trunk)
The left side receives ________from the ____ and pumps it to the _____________ circuit.
3 Marks
oxygenated
lungs
systemic
The right side receives and pumps _______________ ____________.
deoxygenated blood
Where does the Left subclavian artery go to?
Left arm and left shoulder
Where does the Left Common Carotid artery go to?
Brian and Head
What enters the superior and inferior vena cava and leaves the pulmonary arteries?
CO2
What enters the pulmonary viens and leaves the aorta?
O2
Having the tricuspid and mitral valve closed and semilunar valves open is ________.
Systole