Circulatory System Flashcards
cardivascular system
heart, blood vessels and blood
lympathic system
heart, lymph, and lymph vessels
pear shaped muscular organ
heart
sac that covers the heart
pericardium
brings oxygenated blood to the heart
veins
brings deoxygenated blood from heart to other organs
artery
brings nutrients and oxygen to the tissues
capillaries
conveys blood to capillaries of live
hepatic portal vein
blood to capillaries of kidneys, not dound in man
renal portal vein
composed of branches of the precaval, and postcaval
systemic veins
pair of vessels carries oxygenated blood to the left atrium
pulmonary veins
blood that has passed through one set of capillaries is sent to a second
portal systems
supplies blood to buccal cavity and brain
common carotid
supplies blood to tongue and hyoid
lingual artery
receives deoxygenated blood from different parts of the body and open into lungs
pulmonary artery