circulatory science

Question 1

Transport nutrients,
waste products,
gases and hormones
throughout the body
* regulation of body
temperature

Answer 1

Cardiovascular system/circulatory system

Question 2

a muscular organ that is
essential for life because it
pumps blood through the body

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

a healthy adult, at rest, pumps
approximately ? liters (L) of
blood per minute.

Answer 3

5

Question 4

located between each
atrium and ventricle

Answer 4

Atrioventricular (AV) valve-

Question 5

between the right atrium and the right
ventricle

Answer 5

tricuspid blood

Question 6

between the left atrium and the left
ventricle

Answer 6

bicuspid blood

Question 7

is located between each ventricle and its

associated great artery.

Answer 7

semilunar valve

Question 8

located between the right
ventricle and the pulmonary trunk.

Answer 8

pulmonary semilunar valve

Question 9

located between the left

ventricle and aorta

Answer 9

The aortic semilunar valve

Question 10

Blood vessels outside the heart are divided into two classes:

Answer 10

pulmonary vessels and systemic vessels

Question 11

transport blood from the right
ventricle of the heart through the lungs and back to the left
atrium, and

Answer 11

pulmonary vesssels

Question 12

transport blood from the left ventricle
of the heart through all parts of the body and back to the
right atrium

Answer 12

systematic valves

Question 13

The three main types
of blood vessels are

Answer 13

arteries
2. capillaries
3. veins

Question 14

carry blood away
from the heart;
usually, the blood
is oxygenated
(oxygen-rich).

Answer 14

arteries

Question 15

carry blood
toward the heart;
usually, the blood is
deoxygenated
(oxygen-poor).

Answer 15

veins

Question 16

It is at the
capillaries where exchange of
substances such as O2,
nutrients, CO2, and
other waste products occurs
between the blood and the
tissue fluid.

Answer 16

capillaries

Question 17

is the system
of blood vessels that
carries blood from the right
ventricle of the heart to the
lungs and back to the left
atrium of the heart.

Answer 17

pulmonary
circulation

Question 18

is the system of blood
vessels that carries blood
from the left ventricle of the
heart to the tissues of the
body and back to the right
atrium.

Answer 18

systemic circulation

Question 19

is a type of
connective tissue
that consists of a
liquid matrix
containing cells and
cell fragments

Answer 19

blood

Question 20

have pink cytoplasm and
purple nuclei.

Answer 20

white blood cells

Question 21

do not have nuclei.

Answer 21

red blood cells