Test- Circulatory System Flashcards

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  1. What type of tissue in the heart pumps blood through the body?
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Muscle tissue pg. 68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. What type of muscle tissue is found in the heart and pumps blood through the body?
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Smooth muscle tissue pg. 68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. If your pulse rate decreases, your heart is beating
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Slower than before pg. 68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. Place the following events is sequence: A) the atria begins to fill up with blood; B) the valve between the atria and ventricle close; C) blood is pushed out of the heart
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A,B,C pg.68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. Through which type of circulation does blood flow to your hands and feet?
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Systematic pg.68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. When the ventricles contract blood is pumped
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Our of the heart pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. What causes blood pressure?
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The force with which the ventricles contract pg. 68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. What word best describes the beating of the heart and the circulation of blood?
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Automatic pg.68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. What is the function of the group of cells in the heart called the pacemaker?
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Sending out signals to make the heart muscle contract pg.68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. In which vessels are materials exchanged between the blood and the body’s cells?
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Capillaries pg. 68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. How does pulmonary circulation differ from systematic circulation?
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Systematic circulation occurs throughout the body; pulmonary circulation occurs in the heart and lungs pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called?
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Arteries pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. What role does your brain play in the circulation of blood through the body?
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It signals the heart to beat pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. True/False

The left ventricle pumps blood to the

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False it’s to the right lungs pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. Blood flows from the heart to the body through veins
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False it’s atrteries not veins pg. 73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. The force with which the ___________ regulates the rate at which the heart beats
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Ventricles/heart pg. 68. WKST Then Body Transport System

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  1. The group of cells called the _______ regulates the rate at which the heart beats
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Pacemaker pg. 68. WKST Then Body Transport System

18
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  1. Blood that is rich in oxygen leaves the heart through the blood vessels known as ______
A

Aorta pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

19
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  1. The circulatory system carries the needed materials, oxygen, and ___________ to the body cells?
A

Glucose, nutrients pg.68. WKST Then Body Transport System

20
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  1. Blood is pumped through blood vessels by the action of the organ known as the __________
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Heart pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

21
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  1. Substances are exchanged between the blood and body cells in the blood vessels known as
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Capillaries pg.68. WKST Then Body Transport System

22
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  1. Is the left ventricle high in oxygen or low in oxygen?
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High in oxygen because it has just come from the left atrium which receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. After leaving the right atrium where does blood flow?
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The right ventricle pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. What are the blood vessels called in the left atrium and what level of oxygen does it have?
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It is pulmonary veins and its high in oxygen. Pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

25
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  1. Where does the pathways of blood start?
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The two vena cavaes which are superior and inferior pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. After the pulmonary trunk where does the blood go to and is the blood oxygenated or deoxygenated?
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Pulmonary arteries deoxygenated pg.73. Exterior5FHeart

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  1. After the pulmonary arteries where does the blood flow to and is it oxygenated or deoxygenated?
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The blood flows to right and left pulmonary veins which are deoxygenated pg.73. Exterior5FHeart