Circulatory System Flashcards

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What is the top number on a blood pressure reading?

A

systolic blood pressure (measures pressure in your vessels when your heart beats)

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What is the bottom number of a blood pressure reading?

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diastolic blood pressure (measures the pressure when your heart rests between beats)

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What are arteries?

A
  • bring blood away from heart
  • under high pressure
  • blood travels in spurts
  • blood is oxygenated
  • thick muscular walls
  • no valves
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What are veins?

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  • take blood to the heart
  • travels smoothly
  • less pressure than arteries
  • carry deoxygenated blood
  • dark maroon colour
  • larger lumen but thinner walls
  • contain valves
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What are capillaries?

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  • RBC travel in single file
  • all exchange nutrients/waste occurs here
  • single cell walls (squamous epithelium)
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