Circulatory System Flashcards
What side does the unoxygenated blood go into?
The right side. The right side pumps blood to your lungs
What are the four chambers of heart
Right atrium
Left atrium
Right ventricle
Left ventricle
What side does oxygenated blood go to
The left side. The left side pumps blood al over the body
On the right side after going through the ventricle what does the blood go through.
Pulmonary artery
What are valves
In atriums like flaps so no blood flows back into the heart
What does blood do
transport oxygen and it’s nutrients
What is the thickness of artery walls
Thinner.
What is the thickness of vein walls
Thick and elastically because they must transport high pressure blood
What’s is unsally about the pulmonary artery
It is the only artery that carries oxygenated blood
What does blood contain
Blood contains special cells that help fight infection and heal wounds
What are the 4 types blood
Red
White
Platelets
Plasma
Why is plasma
Plasma contains proteins and minerals.
What portion does plasma make up of you blood
55%
What are red blood cells
Red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs to the cells of your body and carbon dioxide from your bodies cells to your lungs
White blood cells?
They fight infection and prevent growth of cancer. They are larger in size than red blood cells
