Circulation of the Blood & Blood pressure

Question 1

The pulmonary artery is oxygen?

Answer 1

oxygen poor

Question 2

The pulmonary vein is oxygen?

Answer 2

oxygen rich

Question 3

What is the function of the systemic circulation?

Answer 3

function is nourishment & waste removal

Question 4

Systemic system - oxygen rich blood leaves the left ventricle (and what comes next, 8 things after LV)?

Answer 4

left ventricle-aorta-arteries-arterioles-capillaries-venules-veins-venae cavae-right atrium

Question 5

What is the function of the pulmonary circulation?

Answer 5

function is gas exchange.

Question 6

Pulmonary circulation - in the …… the carbon dioxide & wastes are removed & oxygen is added to the blood?

Answer 6

lungs

Question 7

Pulmonary circulation - deoxygenated blood enters the right at atrium (what comes next 6 things)

Answer 7

right atrium-right ventricle-pulmonary arteries (trunk & right & left pul.arteries)-lungs-pulmonary veins-left atrium-left ventricle

Question 8

The heart has its own circulation called?

Answer 8

coronary circulation

Question 9

Coronary circulation - which heart arteries nourish the myocardium with oxygen-rich blood?

Answer 9

coronary arteries

Question 10

Coronary circulation - which veins remove the deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle?

Answer 10

cardiac veins

Question 11

What is the pressure of the blood against the inner walls of the arteries as it is pumped around the body by the heart called?

Answer 11

blood pressure - normal BP for the average person is 120/80

Question 12

The machine that measures the blood pressure is called?

Answer 12

sphygmomanometer

Question 13

BP - the first number, which is also the higher is the ……… reading?

Answer 13

systolic reading or systolic blood pressure. It measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart muscles contract causing a heartbeat.

Question 14

BP - the second number which is also the lower number is the …….. reading?

Answer 14

diastolic reading or diastolic blood pressure. it measures the pressure in the arteries as the heart relaxes & the heart refills with blood.

Question 15

What is pressure in the venous system or the atria of the heart called?

Answer 15

venous pressure

Question 16

…. …. pressure measures the pressure in the R-atrium, reflecting the amount of blood returning to the heart & the ability of the heart to pump the blood into the arterial system?

Answer 16

central venous pressure

Question 17

What is the blood pressure in the jugular vein in the neck called?

Answer 17

jugular venous pressure. it reflects the volume & pressure of venous blood & can be useful in detecting right sided heart or lung disease.

Question 18

What is blood pressure in the hepatic portal vein called?

Answer 18

portal venous pressure. Normal portal pressure is 5 - 10 mmhg.

Question 19

What is another name for resting heart rate?

Answer 19

basal heart rate. normal resting HR in an adult is 60-80 beats per minute. 130-150 in a newborn

Question 20

as the heart contracts during a heartbeat, blood rushes into the arteries causing them to expand - what is this called?

Answer 20

pulse or pulse rate

Question 21

What is listening to the internal sounds of the body called?

Answer 21

auscultation