Test- Circulatory System Flashcards

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What type of tissue in the heart pumps blood throughout the body?

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Muscle tissues

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What is the main function of platelets?

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Helping blood clot

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What is the sequence in which blood flows throughout the body?

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The atria begins to fill with blood,,
The valve between the ventricles and atria close,,
Blood is pushed out of our heart
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What word best describes the beating of the heart and the circulation of blood?

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Automatic

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In which vessels are materials exchanged?

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Capillaries

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Which of the heart structures separates the right side of the heart from the left side of the heart and prevents blood from mixing?

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Valve

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The lower two chamber of the heart are called atria.

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False, ventricles

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The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and lymph

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False, blood

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The left ventricle pumps blood to the lungs.

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False, right

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As blood moves away from the heart, blood pressure increases.

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False, decreases

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Blood flows through the heart to the body through veins.

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False, arteries

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Blood that is rich in oxygen leaves the heart through the blood vessel known as the..

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Aorta

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Blood that returns to the heart from the body through the big blood vessels called

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Vena cava

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A spygmometer measures..

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Blood pressure

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The circulatory system carries the needed materials oxygen and ………. to the body cells.

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Glucose, nutrience

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Substances that are exchanged between the blood and body cells in the blood vessels known as

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Capillaries

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What are the blood vessels that lead into the left atrium?

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Polmonary veins which are high in oxygen.

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Which numbers indicate artia?

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1 and 10

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