Test- Circulatory System Flashcards
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What type of tissue in the heart pumps blood throughout the body?
Muscle tissues
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What is the main function of platelets?
Helping blood clot
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What is the sequence in which blood flows throughout the body?
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?
Automatic
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In which vessels are materials exchanged?
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?
Valve
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The lower two chamber of the heart are called atria.
False, ventricles
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The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and lymph
False, blood
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The left ventricle pumps blood to the lungs.
False, right
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As blood moves away from the heart, blood pressure increases.
False, decreases
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Blood flows through the heart to the body through veins.
False, arteries
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Blood that is rich in oxygen leaves the heart through the blood vessel known as the..
Aorta
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Blood that returns to the heart from the body through the big blood vessels called
Vena cava
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A spygmometer measures..
Blood pressure
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The circulatory system carries the needed materials oxygen and ………. to the body cells.
Glucose, nutrience
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