Circulatory System Flashcards
What is the right of the heart responsible for
For reviewing and sending deoxygenated blood
What is left hand side of the heart responsible for
Sending and receiving oxygenated blood
Do the veins go towards or away from the heart
Go towards
What does the vena carva do
Brings deoxygenated blood back from the body
What does the pulmonary vein do
Bring oxygenated blood back from the lungs
What does pulmonary mean
Lungs
What does he aorta do
Send oxygenated blood to the body
Pulmonary artery does what
Send deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Do artery’s go towards or away from the heart
Away
What is the wind pipe called
Trachea
What does the trachea split into
Bronchi
What do bronchi divide into
Bronchioles
At the end of the bronchiole are?
Alveoli
What do the alveoli do
Carry out gas exchange
Lung adaptations
High number of alveoli
Constant movement of air in and out of the lungs
Constant movement of blood to and from the lungs
Capillaries that supply the blood to the lungs are only one cell thick
