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Chapter 14 Flashcards

Cardiovascular System

1
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Red Blood Cells (erythrocytes)

A

move oxygen and other substances place to place

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2
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White Blood Cells (leukocytes)

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main function is body defense

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3
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Platelets (thrombocytes)

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first responders to a wall injury help plug leaks and start the blood clotting process. They are small pieces of cytoplasm that break off cells in bone marrow to enter the blood.

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4
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Arteries

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carry blood away from the heart

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5
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Veins

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carry blood toward the heart

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6
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Capillaries

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form the transition between arteries and veins fine

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7
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What part of the heart delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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pulmonary artery

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8
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What part of the heart delivers richly oxygenated blood to the body?

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Aorta

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9
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On the right side of the heart, blood flows from the right ventricle to the ?

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pulmonatic valve to the pulmonary artery

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10
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how many chambers are in the heart?

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4

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11
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What part of the heart delivers oxygenated blood to the heart?

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pulmonary vein

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12
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The blood enters on the left side of the heart through the _____ and enters the left atrium. It then passes through the _____to enter the left ventricle

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pulmonary vein & Bicuspid vein

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13
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What part of the heart delivers unoxygenated blood to the lungs?

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pulmonary artery

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14
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pulmonary veins take unoxygenated blood away from the heart. True or False

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false

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15
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the artiums are located below the ventricles. True or False

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False

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16
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The bicuspid valve is located on the left side of the heart. True or False

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True

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17
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___ Takes place when oxygen-rich blood travels to all body tissues except the lungs

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systemic circulation

18
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the particular blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the right atrium

A

super vena cava

19
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___is a group of organs and tissues that act as transfer stations carrying needed materials and cells and removing their waste products.

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circulatory system

20
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__takes place when blood travels from the heart, through the lungs and back to the heart

A

pulmonary circulation

21
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these are tiny blood vessels that carry blood to and from almost all body calls and connect arteries and veins

A

capillaries

22
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which part of the heart is the largest and the strongest

A

the left ventricle

23
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the pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood back to the

A

left atrium

24
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the particular blood vessel comes deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body to the right atrium

A

inferior vena cava

25
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the particular blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to the heart coming from the lungs

A

pulmonary vein

26
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after blood leaves the left atrium it enters the __

A

left ventricle

27
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this particular blood vessel carries deoxygnated blood away from the heart to the lungs

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pulmonary artery

28
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both the superior & inferior vena cava carry blood into the

A

right atrium

29
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the heart pumps blood around the body through a network of blood vessels that is over ___ miles

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80,000

30
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after blood leaves the right atrium it enters the

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right ventricle

31
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after the blood leaves the left ventricle it enters the

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aorta

32
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The cardiovascular system is divided into what two parts?

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pulmonary circulation & systemic circulation

33
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Where is the heart located ?

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The thoracic cavity. in the space between the two longs

34
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the fibrous sac the heart is contained in

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pericardium

35
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The middle and thickest layer the muscular layer of the heart wall

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myocardium

36
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the outermost layer of the heart wall

A

epicardium

37
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the membrane of the heart wall that lies on the internal surface of the myocaridum. composed of thin flat epithelium and forms the lining if the heart chambers

A

endocardium

38
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the left and right atrium are separated by the

A

interatial septum

39
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blind pouches that come off the main part of the atria and look like earflaps

A

auricles

40
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these valves are located between the atria and the ventricles

A

atrioventricular valves or AV valves

41
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what controls the blood flow out of the ventricles and into the arteries?

A

semilunar valves

42
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responsible for bringing in nourishment and oxygen and taking away waste products

A

coronary arteries and veins

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