circulatory system- heart and blood vessels quiz 1 Flashcards
3 functions of the circulatory system
- transports gases butrients molecules and waste
- regulates internal temp and transports hormones
- protects againsts viruses, toxic substances and blood loss from injury
what is the pulmonary pathway
blood moving between heart and lungs
what is the systemic system
blood moving from heart to the rest of the body
what is the heart
muscular organ, pumps blood through body to generate blood flow
what are blood vessels
veins, artiers, cappilars they act as a roadway for blood
what is blood
carries nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water and other materials throughout the body
describe heart structure
composed of cadiac muscle tissue
contractions are rymthic and involuntary
surrounded by a sac called the pericardium
tipped slightly to the left side of chest
what are the 4 chambers of the heart
two atria (top chambers and two ventricles (bottom chambers)
- right atrium and ventricle handle deoxygenated blood
- left atrium and ventricle handle oxygenated blood
*left and right artia/ventticle are sperated by a wall of tissue known as septum
what is the pericardium
fluid filled membrane that acts as shock absorber and prevents friction
what are valves
ensures blood flows only in one direction
what makes a heart sound
valves closing
what is the lub sound of a heart beat
ventricles contract the semilunar valves open and AV valve closes
what is the dub sound of a heart beat
as ventricles begin to relax (start filling up again), semilunar valves close, AV valve opens
what is the AV valve
Atrioventricular valve
opens to let blood flow from left ventricle to your aorta, closes to prevent blood flowing in the wrong direction, closed valve keeps blood from leaking from aorta back into your heart
what is the vena cavae
two large vessels that open into the right atrium
- superior: oxygen poor blood from upper body
- inferior: oxygen poor blood from lower body
what are arteries and structure
carry oxygen rich blood away from heart to the rest of the body
- thick elastic walls made of smooth muscles no valves, small lumen
what are arterioles
smaller then artiers, regulate blood flow into capillaries