TOPIC 5

Question 1

is responsible for
transporting materials throughout the
entire body

Answer 1

Circulatory System

Question 2

circulated through the blood
vessels by the heart to deliver oxygen and
nutrients to the cells and transport waste
products to the organs that remove them
from the body

Answer 2

Blood

Question 3

Components OF CS

Answer 3

HEART
BLOOD
BLOOD VESSELS

Question 4

Carry blood away
from the heart

Answer 4

Arteries

Question 5

Links atrioles to the veins

Answer 5

Capillaries

Question 6

Carry blood towards the heart

Answer 6

Veins

Question 7

Large vessels

Answer 7

Arteries

Question 8

Carry blood from heart to tissues of body.
● Carry oxygen rich blood, with the exception of pulmonary arteries

Answer 8

Arteries

Question 9

Thick walls-need to withstand pressure produced when heart pushes blood
into them.

Answer 9

Arteries

Question 10

Smallest blood vessels

Answer 10

Capillaries

Question 11

Walls are only one cell thick and very narrow

Answer 11

Capillaries

Question 12

Important for bringing nutrients and oxygen to tissues and absorbing CO2
and other waste products.

Answer 12

Capillaries

Question 13

Once blood has passed through the capillary systems it must be returned to
the heart. Done by veins

Answer 13

Veins

Question 14

Walls contains connective tissue and smooth muscle

Answer 14

Veins

Question 15

Largest veins contain one way valves that keep blood flowing toward heart.

Answer 15

Veins

Question 16

It is the first choice for venipuncture

Answer 16

Median

Question 17

It is well anchored, tends to be less painful to puncture, and is not as close to major nerves or arteries as the others, making it generally the safest one
to use.

Answer 17

Median

Question 18

it is the second-choice vein for venipuncture

Answer 18

Cephalic

Question 19

It is often harder to palpate than the median cubital vein but is fairly well anchored and often the
only vein that can be palpated in obese patients.

Answer 19

Cephalic

Question 20

it is the last-choice vein for venipuncture in either venous distribution pattern.

Answer 20

Basilic

Question 21

force of blood on the wall of the arteries is known as

Answer 21

Blood pressure

Question 22

the first number taken, is the force felt in
the arteries when the ventricles contract.

Answer 22

Systolic

Question 23

the second number taken, is the force of
the blood on the arteries when the ventricles relax.

Answer 23

Dystolic

Question 24

What percent of your body is blood

Answer 24

8%

Question 25

How much blood do we contain?

Answer 25

4-6 litter

Question 26

What percent of your blood is plasma?

Answer 26

55%

Question 27

What percent of your blood is cellular

Answer 27

45%

Question 27

Straw colored
● 90% water
● 10% dissolved gases, salts, nutrients, enzymes, hormones, wastes, and prot

Answer 27

Plasma

Question 28

Plasma proteins
❏ 3 Types

Answer 28

Albumins, globulins, fibrinogen

Question 29

transport substances such as fatty acids,
hormones and vitamins

Answer 29

Albumins, globulins

Question 30

Responsible for blood’s ability to clot

Answer 30

Fibrinogen

Question 31

Types of Cells are:

Answer 31

Rbc
Wbc
Platelets

Question 32

Most numerous type
● Transport oxygen
● Get color from hemoglobin

Answer 32

Rbc

Question 33

Disc-shaped
● Made in red bone marrow
● Circulate for 120 days

Answer 33

Rbc

Question 34

Guard against infection, fight parasites, and attack bacteria
● Number of WBC’s increases when body is fighting

Answer 34

Wbc

Question 35

produce antibodies which fight pathogens and
remember them

Answer 35

Lymphocytes

Question 36

Aid the body in clotting
● Small fragments

Answer 36

Fibrinogen

Question 37

Blood has Three Functions:

Answer 37

● Transport
● Protection
● Temperature Regulation