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What is the circulatory system

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System of a pump and valves and blood vessels that transport blood around the body

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What are valves

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Structures that only allow a singular direction flow of liquid

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Describe the process of blood flow

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Blood enters to the heart from the lungs, it is pumped towards the rest of the body and back into the heart to be pumped back into the lungs

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What side of the heart contains which type of blood

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Right - Deoxygenated blood
Left - Oxygenated blood

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What are double circulatory systems

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When blood enters/is pumped by the heart twice in one circuit

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What is the advantage for double circulatory systems

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  • Higher pressure of blood
  • Gets passed towards specific tissues that require it quicker
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What are the four spaces in the heart called

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Chambers

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What is the structure that separates the left and right side of the heart

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Septum

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9
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What is an atrium

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Top two chambers in the heart

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What is a ventricle

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Bottom two chambers in the heart

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Which vein does oxygenated blood enter from in the left atrium

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Pulmonary vein

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12
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Which vein does deoxygenated blood enter from in the right atrium

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Vena cava

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13
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What is the aorta

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Largest artery that transports oxygenated pumped blood from the heart to the rest of the body

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14
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What is the pulmonary artery

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Transports deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

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What are atrioventricular valves

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Valves that separate the atrium and ventricles

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16
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What are semilunar valves

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Valves that separate the ventricles and arteries

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What are coronary arteries

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Arteries that supply blood and energy and nutrients into the muscles of the heart

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18
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What is CHD and why does it occur

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Coronary Heart Disease
It occurs due to the narrowing of the lumen due to cholestrol. This prevents blood from entering the Coronary Arteries

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19
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How does one prevent CHD

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  • no smoking
  • less cholestrol/ fat intensive food
  • more exercise
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20
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What is an ECG

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Electro Cardio Graph measures the pulse rate

21
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What is the pulse rate

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The expansion and contraction of the heart per minute

22
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Which side is the bicuspid valve and which side is the tricuspid valve

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Bicuspid valve - right
Tricuspid valve - left

23
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What types of blood vessels are there

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Arteries, Capillaries, Veins

24
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Which direction do arteries move the blood

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from the heart to the rest of the body

25
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What is a capillary

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a blood vessel that transports blood to every part of the body

26
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Which direction do veins move the blood

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from the body into the heart

27
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Do arteries carry low pressure or high pressure blood and why

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High pressure blood since it has recently been pumped

28
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2 parts of arteries that allow it to flow blood better and why

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Thick, Elastic walls
Small lumen
All contribute to the high pressure flow of blood

29
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What is the function of a capillary

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To transport blood to every part of the body

30
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Why are capillaries thin

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To reach into smaller spaces and increase surface area - diffusion of blood

31
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Why aren’t veins narrow

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Since there is low blood pressure

32
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Why do veins have valves and arteries dont

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Low blood pressure could cause it to move in the other direction. Valves prevent that from happening.

33
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What organ do the hepatic arteries supply blood to

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Liver

34
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What is blood

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Blood is a liquid that contains cells

35
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What is the liquid part of blood

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Plasma

36
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What are platelets and where are they formed

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Platelets are cells that perform blood clotting. They’re formed in the bone marrow

37
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Why are red blood cells red

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Due to the presence of haemoglobin

38
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Why do RBCs not have a nucleus

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Since they need space to carry oxygen

39
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Why are RBCs shaped as a bioconcave

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To increase surface area - diffusion of blood is faster

40
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Why are RBCs small in size

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They travel faster and easier

41
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Do WBCs have nucleus

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Yes

42
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What is the function of a WBC

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To fight pathogens and remove dead cells

43
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What is phagocytosis

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THe process of phagocytes engulfing pathogens

44
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What do lymphocytes do

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They produce antibodies to kill pathogens

45
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What are the functions of platelets

A

Perform blood clotting

46
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Why does blood clotting occur

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Prevent blood loss, and the entry of pathogens

47
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How does blood clotting occur

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Blood clotting occurs when the platelets excrete a substance that makes fibrinogen an insoluble protein called fibrin. They form a mesh around the wound. Platelets clump together to form a blood clot.

48
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Name all 8 components of plasma

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  • Water
  • Dissolvable Gases
  • Excretory products
  • Hormones
  • Lipids and Fats
  • Carbohydrates
  • Proteins
  • Mineral ions

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