Practical 1- Circulatory and Cardiovascular Anatomy Definitions

Question 1

drains lymph from the entire body and left side of the upper body back into circulation via the left subclavian vein

Answer 1

thoracic duct

Question 2

movement of blood from the heart to the lungs

Answer 2

pulmonary circulation

Question 3

movement of blood from the heart to the body tissues

Answer 3

systemic circulation

Question 4

blood with a high oxygen content that is either traveling away from the lungs or toward systemic tissues

Answer 4

oxygenated blood

Question 5

blood with a low oxygen content that is either traveling towards the lungs or away from systemic tissues

Answer 5

deoxygenated blood

Question 6

blood that is being pumped toward the heart

Answer 6

venous blood

Question 7

blood that is being pumped away from the heart

Answer 7

arterial blood

Question 8

fetal circulatory shunt between the pulmonary artery and aorta that allows blood to bypass pulmonary circulation of the fetus in utero

Answer 8

ductus arteriosus

Question 9

fetal circulatory shunt between the right atrium and left atrium that allows blood to bypass pulmonary circulation of the fetus in utero

Answer 9

foramen ovale

Question 10

fetal blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor, waste-laden blood from the fetus to the placenta

Answer 10

umbilical arteries (2)

Question 11

fetal blood vessel that carries oxygenated, nutrient rich blood from the placenta to the fetus

Answer 11

umbilical vein