Pressure and Flow

Question 1

What type of circulation does the human body have?

Answer 1

Closed system with two pumps in series: pulmonary and systemic

Question 2

Where does the right ventricle pump blood?

Answer 2

Lungs

Question 3

What is the pulmonary circulation?

Answer 3

The part of the circulatory system which carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium and ventricle of the heart.

Question 4

What is the resistance and pressure like in the pulmonary circulation?

Answer 4

Low

Question 5

What is the systemic circulation?

Answer 5

The part of the cardiovascular system which carries oxygenated blood away from the left ventricle, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart

Question 6

What does stroke volume mean?

Answer 6

Volume of blood expelled by each ventricle in each beat

Question 7

What does cardiac output mean?

Answer 7

Volume of blood pumped per minute (L/min)

CO=SV*Heart Rate

Question 8

What is Total Peripheral Resistance?

Answer 8

m