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1
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What is the circulatory system also called

A

Cardiovascular system or vascular system

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What is the circulatory system

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Things in the body that circulate blood around the body by relaxing and contracting

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What are the two functions of the circulatory system

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Transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, hormones, waste products, blood cells to and from the cells

Removes waste products

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4
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What does the circulatory system consist of

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Heart

Blood

Blood vessels

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What does the heart pump around the body

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Blood by contracting and relaxing

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What is a double circulatory system

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The heart will pump around the body and send to the lungs to be oxygenated and then around the body and deoxygenated blood back to the heart

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7
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Why is a double circulatory system beneficial

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More efficient

Oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood can be transported separately

Quicker

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What is the pulmonary (lungs) circuit

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Carries blood to the lungs to be oxygenated and back to the heart

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What is the systematic circuit

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Carries blood around the body to deliver oxygen

returns deoxygenated blood to the heart

Gets rid of oxygen when moves so body can use it for something else

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What is blood vessels

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Blood is pumped around the heart and body via a network of vessels

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What are the three blood vessels

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Arteries

Veins

Capillaries

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What are arteries

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Carry oxygenated blood at high pressures from the heart to the body

Thick elastic tissue walls

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What are veins

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Carry deoxygenated blood at low pressure from the body to the heart

Valves which stop back flow

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What are capillaries

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Allow exchange of compounds such as nutrients, glucose, oxygen and carbon dioxide between blood and tissue

Thin walls

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What are the chambers called in heart for mammals and birds

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Left atrium

Right atrium

Right ventricle

Left ventricle

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Why is having four chambered hearts beneficial

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Efficient

Does not allow oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to mix

17
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What is the aorta

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Largest artery

Thick and elastic to withstand high pressure due to it carrying oxygenated blood away from the heart

18
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What is the vena cava

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Transports deoxygenated blood from the heart

Made up of two sections known as the superior and inferior

Not as thick

19
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What do both atria and ventricles have

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Muscular walls to help them pump blood

20
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What is a difference between ventricles and atria

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Ventricles have thicker muscular walls as blood is forced out of the heart at high pressure around the body

21
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Where does the left side pump blood to

A

Around the body

Oxygenated

22
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Where does the right side pump blood to

A

Lungs

Deoxygenated

23
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Blood flow
What does the aorta and vena cava do

A

Returning

Coming from the body

24
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Blood flow
What does pulmonary do

A

To and from the lungs

25
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What do valves do

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Open and close allowing blood to flow due to pressure changes in the chambers

Important in preventing the back flow of blood

26
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What are the two valves

A

Atrioventricular

Semilunar valves

27
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Where is the atrioventricular valves located and what are the four types

A

Valves between chambers

Tricuspid

Pulmonary

Mitral

Aortic

28
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Where is the semilunar valves located

A

Base of blood vessels

29
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EXAM QUESTION
What did arteries carry

A

Oxygenated blood away from the heart

30
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EXAM QUESTION
Compare the structure of the aorta and vena cava in relation to their function

A

Aorta has thicker and more muscular walls than the vena cava.

The lumen of the vena cava is larger than the lumen of the aorta.

The vena cava have valves and the aorta does not.

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EXAM QUESTION
State the name of the largest artery in the heart

A

Aorta

32
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EXAM QUESTION
State the name of the vein carrying deoxygenated blood

A

Vena cava

33
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EXAM QUESTION
Give the name of the three types of blood vessels

A

Capillaries

Arteries

Veins

34
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EXAM QUESTION
State the three blood vessels connected to the heart

A

Aorta

Vena cava

Pulmonary veins

Pulmonary arteries

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