Test- Circulatory Flashcards
1
Q
- What happens after old blood, which has already circulated through the body, moves into the heart?
A
The old blood travels to the lungs for more oxygen.
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2
Q
- How long does it take for your heart to pump blood through your entire body?
A
About a minute
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3
Q
- What role does your brain play in the circulation of blood through your body?
A
It signals the heart to beat.
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4
Q
- When blood flows into the right atrium from the body, it contains
A
Little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide
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5
Q
- The fusion of the atria is to
A
Relieve blood that comes into the the heart.
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6
Q
- When blood flows into the left atrium from the body, it contains
A
A lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide.
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7
Q
- Place the following events in sequence A) the atria begins to fill with blood; b) the valve between the ventricles and the atria close; c) blood is pushed through our heart.
A
A, b, c
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8
Q
- Through which type of circulation does blood flow to your hands and feet?
A
Systemic
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9
Q
- Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs?
A
Right ventricle
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10
Q
- How does pulmanary circulation differ from systemic circulation?
A
Systemic circulation occurs throughout the body; pulmanary circulation occurs in the heart and lungs.
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11
Q
- Through which type of circulation does blood flow to from your heart to your lungs and back?
A
Pulmanory
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12
Q
- What is the main difference betweeen your ventricles and your atria?
A
Your atria brings blood into your heart; your ventricles pump it out.
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13
Q
- Wichita if these heart structures prevents blood from flowing backwards?
A
Valve
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14
Q
- What causes blood pressure?
A
The force at which the ventricles contact
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15
Q
- True or false; the left ventricle pumps blood to the lungs?
A
F, right
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