Circulatory System Flashcards
What does the circulatory system consist of?
The heart, blood vessels, and blood
What are the functions of the circulatory system?
Move gases, nutrients, and waste to all the tissues for exchange. Defense of the body from microbes and reduces non-function cells. Form blood clots and stop bleeding.
What is the function of the heart?
Pumps blood
What divides the right and left side of the heart?
The septum
Which side of the heart carries oxygenated blood?
The left side
Which side of the heart carries deoxygenated blood?
The right side
What does systemic mean?
Body
What does pulmonary mean?
Lungs
What side of the heart does blood enter first?
The left side
What is the order of blood through the body?
Lungs –> Pulmonary veins –> Left atrium –> Left Ventricle –> Aorta –> Body –> Vena Cava –> Right atrium –> Right ventricle –> Pulmonary arteries –> Lungs
What are between the heart chambers to prevent back flow?
Valves
What is the tricuspid valve?
A valve with 3 valves located between the right ventricle and atrium that prevents back flow into the atrium
What is the bicuspid valve?
The mitral valve located between the atrium and ventricle which prevent back flow into the atrium
What are the semilunar valves?
Valves between the ventricle and arteries that prevent back flow into the ventricles
Where is the highest blood pressure?
In the arteries