Circulatory System

Question 1

Arteries

Answer 1

The larger vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Question 2

Arterioles

Answer 2

The smaller blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Question 3

Aorta

Answer 3

The main artery that leaves the heart and goes to the body

Question 4

Veins

Answer 4

The larger vessels that carry blood to the heart

Question 5

Venules

Answer 5

The smaller vessels that carry blood to the heart

Question 6

Superior & Inferior Vena Cava

Answer 6

The largest veins that return blood to the heart

Question 7

Capillaries

Answer 7

Tiny, fragile vessels that connect arterioles and venules

Question 8

Where does the exchange of oxygen/carbon and nutrient waste take place?

Answer 8

In the capillaries

Question 9

Atrium

Answer 9

The upper chamber of the heart where blood returns through to the heart

Question 10

Where does the left atrium receive blood from?

Answer 10

The lungs

Question 11

Where does the right atrium receive blood from?

Answer 11

the body

Question 12

Where does blood from the atrium travel to?

Answer 12

The ventricles

Question 13

Ventricle

Answer 13

Lower chamber of the heart, where blood exits

Question 14

Where does the left ventricle pump blood to?

Answer 14

The body (the left ventricle is the high pressure power house)

Question 15

Where does the right ventricle pump blood to?

Answer 15

The heart (the right ventricle is the low-pressure)

Question 16

Erythrocytes

Answer 16

Red blood cells which contain hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen

Question 17

Leukocytes

Answer 17

White blood cells, these play an important role in the body’s immune response

Question 18

Platelets

Answer 18

Tiny disc shapes bodies that play an important role in the initial formation of blood clots

Question 19

Plasma

Answer 19

The liquid portion of blood that carries water, proteins, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and wastes.