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Circulatory System Flashcards

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What are the three main organs of the circulatory system?

A

Heart
Blood
Vessels

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What is blood?

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A mixture that carries oxygen, nutrients, and waste through the body.

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What is blood vessels?

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Tubes that carry blood

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What does rhe heart do to vessels?

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Pumps blood through the vessels.

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What are the 2 types of circulation?

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Pulmonary and Systemic

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Systemic circulation is?

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The flow of blood to all body tissues except lungs.

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What is Pulmonary Circulation?

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The flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart.

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What are the three type of blood vessels?

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Vein
Artery
Capillaries

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What is the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to other parts of the body?

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Arteries

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What are the tiny tubes that carry blood from the arteries to the body cells and back to the veins?

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Capillaries

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What are the blood vessels that carry blood into the body back into the heart?

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Veins

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Blood is made out of?

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Plasma
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
Platelets

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What is the most hardworking organ?

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Heart

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What are the four chambers of the heart?

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Right Atrium
Right ventricle
Left atrium
Left ventricle

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What are the four valves of the heart?

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Mitral valve
Tricuspid valve
Aortic valve
Pulmonary valve

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Which valve control the blood flow from the atria to the ventricles?

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Mitral and Tricuspid Valve

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Which Valve control the blood floe out of thr ventricles?

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Aortic and pulmonary valve

18
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What are the five large blood cells connected to the heart?

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Superior and Inferior vena cava
Pulmonary artery and vein
And aorta

19
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What is Coronaty Circulation?

A

Arteries and vein that supply the hearts with blood

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