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system responsible for blood movement
circulatory system
the heart serves as a
pump
arteries and veins are the
highways
capillaries are the
side streets
relate the circulatory to vehicular travel
it is like a highway where cars drive on and the blood is the cars
refers to lung circuit
pulmonary
refers to the rest of the body
systemic
carry blood away from the heart
arteries
carry blood to the heart
veins
how many chambers does the heart have
4
2 chambers that receive incoming blood
atria
2 chambers that pump outgoing blood
ventricles
protective sack around the heart
pericardium
muscular wall of the heart
myocardium
muscular wall that separates the sides of the heart and prevents oxygen-rich blood from mixing with oxygen-poor blood
septum
carries oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle to the body
aorda
brings oxygen-poor from the upper right body to the right atrium
Superior Vena cavity
accepts oxygen -poor blood from from the body
right atrium
pumps oxygen-poor blood into the lungs
right ventricle
brings oxygen-poor blood from the lower body to the right atrium
inferior vena cavity