mecaham_virginia test circulatory Flashcards
- what eventually happens to fluid that leaks from capillaries into the surrounding tissues
it returns to the blood through the lymphatic system
70. WKST - Blood and Lymph
- Blood types are determined by
marker molecules on red blood cells
70. WKST - Blood and Lymph
- If you wanted the feel heart beats in your body, where would you touch?
anywhere where you’d take your pulse, like you neck or wrist
68. BP - Heart
- Through which type of circulation does blood flow to your hands and feet
systemic
63. BP- Circulatory System
- What causes blood pressure?
the force with which the ventricles contract
69. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
- When blood enters the left ventricle is it high or low in oxygen? Explain.
high because it has just come from the lungs
66. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
- Deoxygenated blood enters through the ____ ____ and goes to the _____ _____
right atrium, right ventricle
66. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
- What does the valve do?
keeps blood from going backward
69. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
- What would happen if a person and a whole in their septum?
A hole in the septum would allow oxygen poor blood and oxygen rich blood to mix. A result, less oxygen would go to the body cells.
66. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
- This carries oxygenated blood to the body
aorta
66. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
- What are the blood vessels called that lead into left atrium? Is the blood high or low in oxygen?
lefts and right pulmonary veins, high in oxygen
66. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
- T or F, White blood cells are the most numerous type of cells in the whole body
F, red
73. BP - Blood
- T or F, Blood flows from the heart to the body through veins
F, arteries
64. CLF - Pathways of the Blood
- The group of cells called the ________ regulates the rate at which the heart beats
pacemaker
69. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
