The Cardiovascular System - Coronary Circulation

Question 1

Capillary Networks

Answer 1

Where oxygen, nutrients, and wastes are exchanged between the blood and the tissues

Question 2

Coronary Circulation

Answer 2

The process by which the heart receives it’s own blood supply

Question 3

The Aorta is the big “pipe” that receives what?

Answer 3

All the oxygenated blood that comes out of the heart, then branches off into smaller vessels that go to different areas of the body

Question 4

Coronary Arteries

Answer 4

The blood vessels that branch off the aorta to take oxygen-rich blood to feed the tissues of the heart

Question 5

Coronary Veins

Answer 5

The veins that bring back stale blood back to the right atrium to be oxygenated

Question 6

Coronary Sinus

Answer 6

Coronary veins that join and form a trough-like structure that opens into the right atrium

Question 7

What do the superior and inferior vena cava do?

Answer 7

Carry blood from the rest of the body to the right atrium