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Circulation is so important in higher organisms that if the heart stops beating ____ will occur

A

Death

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Multicellular organisms rely on ____ _____ to bring nutrients to and take wastes away from

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Circulatory system

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Circulatory system consists of the ___ and ______

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Heart and blood vessels

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The heart is a four chambered organ that is made up of mostly ____ that allows it too contract and relax, pumping blood to our blood vessels

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Muscles ( cardiac)

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The _____ ______ are used to transport the blood from the heart to the tissues and then back to the heart

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Blood vessels

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_____ _______ carry blood from the heart to the tissues ( arteries and arterioles) and then back to the heart ( veins and venules)

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Blood vessels

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_____ connect the arterioles to venules, and exchange material with the tissues

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Capillaries

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Arteries carry blood _____ from the heart

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Away

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Veins carry blood _____ the heart

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Towards

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9
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Most arteries contain ____ blood

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Oxygenated

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10
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Most veins carry ____ blood

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Deoxygenated

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What are the two exceptions?

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Pulmonary and umbilical arteries- deoxygenated blood away

Pulmonary and umbilical veins - oxygenated blood towards the heart

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What are the three types of blood vessels?

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Arteries/ arterioles
Veins/ venules
Capillaries

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Arteries carry blood ____ the heart

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Away

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Arteries are thick walled they have ___ layers

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3

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Arteries layers are made of ___ ___ elastic figures and supporting tissue

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Smooth muscle

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16
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Middle layer is composed of ____ and gives the arteries ____ and allows them to _____ and dialate

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Muscle

Contract

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17
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The elastic fibres in arteries allow them to ____ and _____ or pulse

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Stretch

Contract

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18
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Relating to arteries connects to arteries/arterioles which lead to capillaries

A

Arterial

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19
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Hardening of the arteries

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Arteriosclerosis/ atherosclerosis

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20
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Related to do with atrium and ventricle

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Atrioventricular

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One of two blood collection chambers in the heart

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Atrium/atria

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A collection of blood vessels -to fill tissue or organ

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Capillary bed

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23
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A complete heartbeat

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Cardiac cycle

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24
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Transverse cut through a structure or tissue

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Cross sectional area

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Part of cardiac cycle when the heart refills with blood-relaxed

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Diastole

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26
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Minimum arterial pressure during relaxation

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Diastolic blood pressure

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Liver/ relating to liver

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Hepatic

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28
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When blood flow stops ( heart)

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Heart attack

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29
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High blood pressure

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Hypertension

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30
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Low blood pressure

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Hypotension

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31
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Natural heartbeat

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Intrinsic heartbeat

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32
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Muscular tissue of heart

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Myocardium

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33
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Placed in chest or abdomen to control abnormal heart rhythms

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Pacemaker

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34
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Organ that connects to developing fetus to uterine wall

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Placenta

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35
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Carries deoxygenated blood away from heat for nutrients and circulated back to lungs

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Pulmonary circulation

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36
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Arterial palpitation

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Pulse

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37
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Kidney

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Renal

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38
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Blood flow stops in brain

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Stroke

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39
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Carries oxygenated blood away from heart (left side)

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Systematic circulation

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40
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Period of contraction of ventricles in heart , contracts

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Systole

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41
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The highest pressure when heart beats

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Systolic blood pressure

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Body/ bodies network of blood vessels

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Vascular

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43
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Deoxygenate blood from peripheral vessels through venous system

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Venous veins

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44
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Arteries branch into ___ which are smaller branches of arteries

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Arterioles

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45
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Veins carry blood ______ the heart

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Towards

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46
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Venules drain blood from the ________ and the join to form a vein

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Capillaries

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47
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Veins have no thick middle layer of ____ or ______muscle, therefore they have no _______

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Elastin, smooth, no blood pressure

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48
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Veins have _____ which allow blood to flow only _____ the heart when they are open

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Valves, towards

49
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The valves in veins prevent ______ of blood when they are closed

50
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—– muscle contractions along the ______ help return the blood back to the heart

A

Skeletal, valves

51
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______branch from the arteries into a network of vessels that increase the —–

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Capillaries , surface area

52
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They are a network of very narrow vessels that are used for exchange of —– and _______

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Nutrients , wastes

53
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What is nutrients made out of in circulation

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O2 and glucose

54
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Waste in circulTion

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Co2 and nh3

55
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Capillaries are only ___ _____ layer thick to allow for optimal diffusion and transport across the wall

56
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Capillaries have ______ muscles which encircle the entrance to each capillary so that blood flow to different areas of the body can be controlled at any one side

57
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Pulmonary circulation is the blood flow to and from the ____, it takes place on the -____ side of the heart

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Lungs, right

58
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Systematic circulation takes place to and from the —- and is on the —– side of the heart

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Body , left

59
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The aorta is a major ___

60
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The vena cava is a major

61
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Arteries are ______

A

Oxygenated

62
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Veins are _____

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Deoxygenated

63
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What are the major arteries

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Aorta (ascending and descending) carotid, pulmonary, subclavian, renal , iliac , coronary, mesentary

64
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What are the major veins

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Vena cava ( superior and inferior) jugular, pulmonary, subclavian , renal,iliac, coronary , hepatic portal

65
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Top part of heart -

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Right and left atrium

66
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Bottom part of heart-

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Right and left ventricles

67
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Artery From the heart and branches into all other major arterys

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Aorta (descending and ascending)

68
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Artery from the heart to the head

69
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Artery that is deoxygenated from the heart to the lungs

70
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Artery from the heart to arms

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Subclavian

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Artery from the heart to kidneys

72
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Artery from the heart to legs

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Arteries from the heart to the heart muscle

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Artery from the heart to small intestines

75
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Vein from the bodies major veins to the heart

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Vena cava inferior and superior

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Vein from head to heart

77
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Deoxygenated Vein from lung to heart

78
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Vein from the arms to the heart

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Subclavian

79
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Vein from the kidneys to the heart

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Vein from the legs to the heart

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Vein from the heart muscle to the heart

82
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Vein from the small intestine to the liver

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Hepatic portal vein

83
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The heart is a very muscular organ about the size of a ____

84
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The ______ is the major portion of the heart and is composed of ____ muscle

A

Myocardium

85
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The heart is covered by the _____

A

Pericardium

86
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The pericardium is composed of

A

Epithelial and fibrous tissues

87
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The pericardium forms the ______ sac and _____the heart and is filled with _____ liquid

A

Pericardial, encloses, lubricating

88
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The heart acts as two separate pumps: the right side is the —– side and pumps blood to the ___

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Pulmonary, lungs

89
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The left side is _______ and pumps blood to the rest of the _______

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Systematic, body

90
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A thick wall called the ____ separates the two sides

91
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The left ventricle is the —- part of the heart

92
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Deoxygenated and oxygenated blood never ___

93
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The heartbeat has two phases ____ contractions and _____ contractions

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Atrial and ventricle

94
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The heart beat is_____because the heart beats without nerves telling it what to do

95
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The ____ sends out automatic signals to make the —– contract

A

As node, Atria

96
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The ____ receives the signal from the sa node and sends signal along special fiberes called the ____

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Av node, av bundle

97
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——- send electrical signal to ventricles causing them to contract

A

Purkinje fibres

98
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The heart rate is how many _____ per ____

A

Beat , minute

99
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The heart rate is controlled by the ——- system

100
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The medulla obolongata is the control center for the heart this can —- up or ________ —- the heart rate

A

Speed up , slow down

101
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What are the factors that affect the heart rate

A

Stress, oxygen levels, and blood pressure

102
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A pulse is the _____ and ______ of an arterial wall.

A

Expanding and recoiling

103
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Systolic blood pressure is the ______ arterial pressure occurs when —-

A

Highest, contracting

104
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Diastole is the ___ pressure occurs when ____

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Lowest , relaxing

105
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What is used to measure blood pressure

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Sphygmomanometer / blood pressure cuff

106
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There are two sides of capillaries what are they

A

Arteriole and venous

107
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Blood pressure try’s to _____ molecules ______ the blood

108
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Osmotic pressure try’s to —– molecules _____ blood

A

Push , into

109
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Osmotic pressure is ______

110
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Blood pressure ____ around a capillary bed

111
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Arterial side of capillaries , the ____ is _____ than the somatic pressure

A

Blood pressure , Higher

112
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On the arterial side of the capillary O2 and a.a tend to ______ the blood in a process called ______ large substance ______

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Leave , diffusion, stay

113
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On the venous side of a capillary the ___ is ___ than the somatic pressure

A

Blood pressure, lower

114
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On the venous side, things tend to. ____ the blood due to. _____ —— pressure.

A

Enter , low osmotic pressure.

115
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Osmotic pressure is caused by _____ ______ _______ found in blood

A

Salt, plasma protein

116
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Hypertension is ____

A

High blood pressure

117
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Hypotension is ____

A

Low blood pressure

118
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What are some circulatory diseases and disorders?

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Hypotension , hypertension, atherosclerosis, stroke, heart attack, thrombus, embolus, varicose veins, hemorrhoid, phlebitis

119
Q

A fetus gets all of its oxygen and nutrients through the_____

A

Umbilical cord

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