Circulatory Test Flashcards
- What role does your brain play in circulation of blood through your body?
It signals the heart to beat 68. WKST The Body Transport System
- When blood flows into the right atrium from the body what does it contain?
Little oxygen and and a lot of carbon dioxide pg.73 exterior heart
- When blood flows into the left atrium from the body what does it contain?
A lot of oxygen and a little of carbon dioxide pg.73 exterior heart
- In which blood vessels are materials exchanged between the blood and the body’s cells?
Capillaries 68. WKST The Body Transport System
Blood is pumped through blood vessels by the action of the organ known as the what?
Heart pg.73 exterior heart
- Blood that contains large amounts of carbon dioxide flows from the body into the what type of atrium of the heart?
Right pg.73 exterior heart
- The group of cells called the what regulates the rate at which the heart beats?
Pacemaker 68. WKST The Body Transport System
- Cardiovascular earth can be maintained by strengthening the heart muscle through regular what?
Exercise 68. WKST The Body Transport System
- What are the blood vessels that lead into the left atrium and is it deoxygenated or oxygenated?
There pulmonary veins and they are oxygenated pg.73 exterior heart
- What separates the left atrium from the left ventricle and what is its function?
Valve and it prevents blood from flowing backward 68. WKST The Body Transport System
- Blood that is rich in oxygen leaves the heart through the blood vessel known as the what?
Aorta 68. WKST The Body Transport System
- # 11. What is located above the pulmonary veins and is this deoxygenated or oxygenated?
Left pulmonary artery and deoxygenated lungs pg.73 exterior heart
- # 13 and #12 This is located below the pulmonary arteries and is it deoxygenated or oxygenated?
Right and left pulmonary vein, deoxygenated pg.73 exterior heart
- # 9 What is the biggest artery at the top of the heart and is it deoxygenated or oxygenated?
The aorta, oxygenated Body pg.73 exterior heart
- What would happen if there was a hole in the septum?
Oxygenated poor blood would mix with oxygenated rich blood 68. WKST The Body Transport System