Test- Circulatory System Flashcards
- What is the type of tissue that pumps blood through your body?
Muscle Tissue.
Pg. 45- Muscle Study guide
- Through what type of circulation does your blood flow from the heart, to lungs, and back?
Pulmonary
Pg. 67- study guide
- When blood flows from the right atrium from the body it contains
Little oxygen and and a lot of carbon dioxide
pg. 73 & 67
- Through what type of circulation does blood flow through your hands and feet?
Systematic
Pg. 67
- What are three functions of the cardiovascular system?
Transporting cells that attack disease causing micronisms
Carrying oxygen, glucose, and other needed materials to cels, carrying waste products away from cells
Pg. 67
- What causes blood pressure?
The force with which ventricles contract
Pg. 68
What word best describes the berating of heart?
Automatic
Pg. 67
- How does pulmonary circulation differ from systematic circulation?
Systematic circulation occurs throughout the body, pulmonary in the heat and lungs.
Pg. 67
- When blood flows into the left atrium from the body it contains
A lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide
- What happens after old blood, which has already circulated throughout the body do when it moves into the heart
Travels through the lungs for more oxygen
Pg. 67
- The LEFT ventricle pumps blood to the lungs
RIGHT
Pg. 73
- Blood that is rich in oxygen leaves the heat through the blood vessel known as the _________.
Aorta
Pg. 73
- Blood leaves the heart through the ___________.
Vena Cava
Pg. 73
- Fibrin is produced when blood components called ________ start a chain reaction that makes a blood clot.
Platelets
Pg. 67
- What is the right atrium. Where does the blood go after leaving here?
The right atrium receives blood. It flows into the right ventricle next.
Pg. 73