Lab 9: Circulatory System Flashcards
1
Q
Circulatory System
What is the chamber between the heart and the lungs?
A
- Mediastinum
2
Q
Circulatory System
What is the thick muscular tube that transports blood?”
A
- Artery: away from the heart
3
Q
Circulatory System
What is the thin lymp tube that transports blood?
A
- Vein: towards the heart
4
Q
Circulatory System
What is the pulmonary circuit?
A
- Pulmonary Circuit: only deals with blood moving between the heart and the lungs.
5
Q
Circulatory System
What is the systemic circuit?
A
- Systemic Circuit: Deals with the movement of blood everywhere except from the heart to lungs.
6
Q
Circulatory System
What is a capillarie?
A
- where oxygen is released into the tissue
6
Q
Circulatory System
What is a capillarie?
A
- where oxygen is released into the tissue
7
Q
Circulatory System
Describe the blood flow in the pullmonary circuit
A
- Arterys: Carry oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs
- Veins: carry oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the heart.
8
Q
Circulatory System
Describe the blood flow in the systemic circuit.
A
- Arterys: carries oxygen rich blood to the heart
- Veins: Carries oxygen poor blood away from the heart
