Gas Exchange and the Cardiac Cycle Flashcards
1.9 - 1.16 +1.18&1.21
Where does Gas Exchange occur in the body?
Lungs
Give the pathway of air from mouth to lungs?
Mouth/Nose
Trachea
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Lungs
Alveoli
How does CO2 exit the body?
Gaseous Exchange
How does O2 enter the body?
Gas Exchange
Give the adaptations of the alveoli? (4)
Large Surface Area
Moist walls
Close to blood capillary
Short diffusion distance
What 2 blood vessels does blood transport around the body in?
Arteries
Veins
Which blood vessel takes deoxygenated blood and oxygenated blood?
Artery - Oxygenated
Vein - Deoxygenated
Give the adaptations of the arteries?
Thick muscle wall
Small lumen = high pressure
Give the adaptations of the veins?
Thin muscle wall
Larger lumen = low pressure
Has valves preventing back flow
Give the adaptations of capillaries?
Single layer of cells allows a short diffusion distance
Do arteries carry blood away or towards the heart and in what vessel?
Carry Oxygenated blood away from the heart in pulmonary vein
Do veins carry blood away or towards the heart and in what vessel?
Carry deoxygenated blood towards the heart in pulmonary artery
Define Vasodilation?
Means the blood vessels become wider allowing more blood to be delivered to active areas
Define Vasoconstriction?
Means blood vessels become narrower restricting how much blood is delivered to inactive areas
Name all the parts of the heart? (10 parts)
- Pulmonary Artery
- Vena Carva
- Right Atrium
- Right Ventricle
- Semi-lunar valve
- Septum
- Pulmonary vein
- Left atrium
- Left Ventricle
- Aorta