Florence_Weller Circulatory System Flashcards

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  1. Blood type B has what type of clumping proteins in its plasma
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Anti a proteins

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  1. What eventually happens to fluid leaks from capillaries into the surrounding tissues
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It returns to the blood through the lymphatic system

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  1. When blood flows into the right atrium from the body it contains?
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Little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide

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  1. What is the blood type of a persons plasma contains anti b proteins
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Type a

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  1. When the ventricles contract blood is pumped to?
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Out of the heart

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  1. What causes blood pressure?
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The force in which the ventricles contract

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  1. What is the main difference between your ventricles and your atria
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Your atria bring blood into the heart; your ventricles pump it out
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  1. Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen poor blood to the lungs
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Right ventricle

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  1. When blood flows into the left atrium from the body it contains?
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A lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide

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  1. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart is called?
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Arteries

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  1. What role does your brain play in the circulation of the blood through the body
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It signals the heart to beat

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  1. The left ventricle pumped blood to the lungs

True or false

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False right

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  1. White blood cells are the most numerous type of cells in whole blood
    True or false
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False red

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  1. Blood flows from the heart to the body through veins

True or false

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False arteries

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  1. Blood that is rich in oxygen leaves the heart through the blood vessel known as
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Aorta

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  1. Blood returns to the heart from the body through the big blood vessels called
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Vena cavas

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  1. Left ventricle is high in oxygen because?
A

It has just come from the left atrium which receives blood

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  1. What function does the valve do?
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Prevents blood from flowing backwards

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  1. What happens if someone had a hole in their septum?
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It would allow oxygen poor blood to mix with oxygen rich

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  1. The aorta does what
A

It carries blood to the heart

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  1. What are the blood vessels called that go into the left atrium
A

Pulmonary veins and they are high in oxygen

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  1. Where are the arteries and veins located?
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Near the pulmonary trunk and the right atrium

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