kim_ellie test circulation system Flashcards

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

  1. BP - the heart
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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

  1. BP - the heart
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  1. Blood types are determined by
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Marker molecules on red blood cells.

  1. WKST - Blood and Lymph
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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.

  1. BP- circulatory system
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  1. What is function of the group of cells in the heart called the pacemaker?
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Sending out signals to make the heart muscles contract.

  1. WKST-The Body Transport System
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  1. The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and lymph. (true/false)
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false, blood

  1. WKST-The Body Transport System
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  1. Blood flows from the heart to the body though veins. (true/false)
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false, arteries

  1. CLF - Interior of Heart
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  1. The force with which the _______contracts causes blood pressure.
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Ventricles

  1. BP - the heart
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  1. Blood returns to the heart from the body through the blood vessels called _____.
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Vena cava

  1. CLF - Interior of Heart
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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

  1. CLF - Interior of Heart
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  1. Cardiovascular health can be maintained by strengthening the heart muscle through regular ______.
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Exercise

  1. BP - the heart
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  1. What is function of the internal jugular vein ?
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It helps blood to leave the face to the heart.

  1. Cardiovascular Overview
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  1. What are the blood vessels that leaves the heart to the lung and what are the blood vessels that leaves the lung to the heart?
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Pulmonary arteries and Pulmonary veins

  1. CLF - Interior of Heart
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  1. Starting with the vena cava, put the numbers in order show the pathway of the blood.
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Superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, deoxygenated 
Right atrium, deoxygenated 
Right ventricle, deoxygenated 
Pulmonary trunk, deoxygenated 
Pulmonary arteries, deoxygenated 
Pulmonary veins, oxygenated 
Left atrium, oxygenated 
Left ventricle, oxygenated 
Aorta (up), oxygenated 
Aorta(down), oxygenated 
  1. CLF - Interior of Heart
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