Circulatory & Respiratory System Flashcards
The windpipe; a passage through which air moves in the respiratory system.
Trachea
Trachea
The windpipe; a passage through which air moves in the respiratory system.
Two upper chambers of the heart, serve as receiving chambers.
Atrium
Atrium
Two upper chambers of the heart, serve as receiving chambers.
The cells that carry oxygen throughout your body, there are many of them.
Red blood cells
Red blood cells
The cells that carry oxygen throughout your body, there are many of them.
Tiny, disk-shaped bodies located in the blood, important in clotting blood.
Platelets
Platelets
Tiny, disk-shaped bodies located in the blood, important in clotting blood.
the two lower chambers of the heart, they pump blood out to the lungs and body.
Ventricles
Ventricles
the two lower chambers of the heart, they pump blood out to the lungs and body.
Cells in your body responsible for fighting off germs.
White blood cells
White blood cells
Cells in your body responsible for fighting off germs.
Tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the exchange of oxygen & carbon dioxide.
Alveoli
Alveoli
Tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the exchange of oxygen & carbon dioxide.
The throat; part of both the respiratory and digestive systems.
Pharynx
Pharynx
The throat; part of both the respiratory and digestive systems.
muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
Arteries
Arteries
muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
the organ system responsible for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide.
Respiratory System
Respiratory System
the organ system responsible for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide.
vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
Veins
Veins
vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
small blood vessels that exchange nutrients with tissue.
Capillaries
Capillaries
small blood vessels that exchange nutrients with tissue.
