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Highes_elle Test - The Circulatory System Flashcards

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  1. Which component of blood carries oxygen to the body cells?
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Hemoglobin

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  1. What would happen if your circulatory system did not deliver oxygen to your body’s cells?
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Your body’s cells would die

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

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  1. When the ventricles contract, blood is pumped…
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Out of the heart

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  1. What happens after old blood, which has already circulated through the body, moves into the heart?
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The old blood travels to the lungs for more oxygen

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  1. What is the function of lymph nodes?
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To trap disease-causing bacteria

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  1. Blood flows from the heart to the body through….
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Arteries

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

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  1. The circulatory system carries the needed materials oxygen and ________________ to the body’s cells.
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Glucose, nutrients

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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. What are the blood vessels called that lead into the left atrium?
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Pulmonary veins

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  1. To which locations does the aortic arch carry blood?
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From heart to the body

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  1. What structure into which blood flows after leaving the right atrium?
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Right ventricle

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  1. What would happen to a person who had a hole in the septum?
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Oxygen poor blood would mix with oxygen rich blood

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  1. What is the function of a valve?
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Put blood into the heart and receive blood

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  1. When blood enters the left ventricle, is the blood flow low in oxygen or high?
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High because it is being taken to the heart

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  1. Where are the ventricles located?
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Under the right atrium and left atrium

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  1. Are pulmonary veins and arties located near or far from each other?
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Near

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  1. Where is the atria located?
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Under the left and right pulmonary veins

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