RABBIT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Question 1

Circulatory system Function

Answer 1

Transport of nutrients, gases, hormones and metabolic wastes

Question 2

Highly branched, organized network of vessels that spreads throughout the entire organism

Answer 2

Circulatory system

Question 3

Circulatory system pathway

Answer 3

Heart → Arteries → Organs → Veins → Heart

Question 4

tend to be paired, especially when the organs the supply or drain are paired

Answer 4

Arteries and veins

Question 5

A _________ often undergoes several name changes along its length as it passes through different body regions.

Answer 5

continuous vessel

Question 6

HOMOLOGOUS BLOOD VESSELS IN RABBITS AND HUMANS

Answer 6

RABBIT VESSEL NAME
Cranial mesenteric artery and vein
Caudal mesenteric artery and vein
Cranial vena cavae
Caudal vena cava

HUMAN VESSEL NAME
Superior mesenteric artery and vein
Inferior mesenteric artery and vein
Superior vena cava
Inferior vena cava

Question 7

Vessels transporting oxygenated blood depicted in red and vessels transporting deoxygenated blood depicted in blue

Answer 7

CIRCULATORY PATHWAY

Question 8

typically have a thicker tunica media and smaller lumen

Answer 8

arteries

Question 9

arger lumen and the thickest layer is the tunica adventitia

Answer 9

veins

Question 10

Thin membranous membrane, protective sac which contains a small amount of lubricating fluid to protect the heart and cushion it movements

Answer 10

PERICARDIUM

Question 11

Endocrine gland, partially obscures the heart anteriorly

Answer 11

THYMUS

Question 12

CIRCUIT From heart to lungs and back

Answer 12

PULMONARY CIRCUIT

Question 13

CIRCUIT From the heart to the rest of the body and back

Answer 13

SYSTEMIC CIRCUIT

Question 14

4 CHAMBERS OF THE HEART

Answer 14

RIGHT VENTRICLE/ LEFT VENTRICLE
RIGHT AURICLE/ LEFT AURICLE

Question 15

Pump blood out of the heart to the lungs and to the rest of the body respectively
Separated by interventricular sulcus

Answer 15

RIGHT VENTRICLE/ LEFT VENTRICLE

Question 16

Receive blood from the body and lungs and pass it to the ventricles

Answer 16

RIGHT AURICLE/ LEFT AURICLE

Question 17

small outer, flap-like region that covers a portion of the atrial chamber

Answer 17

Auricle

Question 18

entire open space inside that collects blood

Answer 18

Atrium

Question 19

Bring deoxygenated blood to the right atrium from the upper and lower portions of the body.

Answer 19

Cranial and Caudal vena cava

Question 20

2 cranial vena cava

Answer 20

Right and left cranial vena cava that do not fuse together

Question 21

drain the capillaries of the heart muscles

Answer 21

Coronary vessels

Question 22

Emanates from the right ventricle
Channels blood from the right ventricle through the right and left pulmonary arteries to the lung

Answer 22

Pulmonary trunk

Question 23

Large, thick walled vessel leaving the heart from the cranial aspect of the left ventricle, and notice the arch it makes to the left as it descends caudally

Answer 23

Aorta

Question 24

Vessels that carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs and return oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart

Answer 24

PULMONARY ARTERIES AND VEINS

Question 25

Courses along the dorsal surface of the thoracic cavity and joins the right cranial vena cava near the heart
Drains blood from the dorsal tissues of the rib cage

Answer 25

AZYGOUS VEIN

Question 26

BRANCHES OF THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERIES

Answer 26

• Costocervical
• Axillary
• Internal thoracic

Question 27

Arteries of the Neck Region

Answer 27

• Internal and External Carotid arteries
• Cranial thyroid artery
• Lingual artery
• Facial artery