The Heart Flashcards
The circulatory system consists of what
The heart, blood, and the blood vessels
The lungs are
A vital organ that is not a muscle
The heart is
A muscle as big as your fist
Viens carry blood _____ the heart
Toward
Arteries carry blood _____ from the heart
Away
The pulmonary vein is
The only vein in the body that carries oxygenated blood
Deoxygenated blood goes to the heart via the ______
Viens
Deoxygenated blood from the upper body enters through the
superior venacava
Once the deoxygenated blood from the upper body enters through the superior venacava the blood is then dumped into where?
Right atrium
What side takes in the blood from the body
Right side
What side takes in blood from the lungs
The left side
The inferior venacava is
The lower half body
The superior venacava is
Upper half body
Once deoxygenated blood is dumped into the right atrium the blood then goes to where?
Right ventricle
After deoxygenated blood travels to the right ventricle, where does the blood go via what
To the lungs via pulmonary artery
Once blood is in the lungs it combines with what
Hemoglobin
After the blood combines with hemoglobin it returns to the what via what
Left atrium via pulmonary vein
After the blood returns to the hearts left atrium, it then goes where
Left ventricle
After the blood goes through the left ventricle the travels through what to the body via what
Thru AORTA
via arteries
When the blood travels through the aorta to the body, via the arteries, the blood then travels to the body tissue and the _______ dumps waste
Capillaries
After the blood travels to the body tissues and the capillaries dump waste the veins then do what
Return the blood to the heart
What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
What does the aorta do?
Blood goes to the body
