tracing a drop of blood

Question 1

what direction does the heart go in

Answer 1

a circle

Question 2

how many quartz of blood does our body make

Answer 2

6,000 quarts

Question 3

pulmonary circuit

Answer 3

involves the right side of the heart and the blood going to the lungs

Question 4

what does pulmonary mean

Answer 4

heart and lungs

Question 5

what does the right side of our heart contain

Answer 5

deoxygenated blood

Question 6

the right side of your heart is higher in _____

Answer 6

CO2

Question 7

where does the deoxygenated blood return to after going through the pulmonary circuit

Answer 7

to the right atrium from the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava

Question 8

where does the blood from the superior vena cava come from

Answer 8

waist up

Question 9

where does the blood from the inferior vena cava come from

Answer 9

waist down

Question 10

what are the superior and inferior vena cava

Answer 10

2 largest veins in the body

Question 11

after the superior and inferior vena cava, where does the deoxygenated blood go

Answer 11

from right atrium to right ventricle through the tricuspid valve

Question 12

after the right ventricle, where does the deoxygenated blood go

Answer 12

through semi lunar valve into the pulmonary artery and travels to the lungs

Question 13

what happens to the pulmonary artery because the deoxygenated blood need to come through

Answer 13

it branches into mini arteries called arterioles and connects to the capillaries

Question 14

what are capillaries

Answer 14

thin walls, bigger tubes of blood under the skin

Question 15

what does the deoxygenated blood do when it gets to the capillaries

Answer 15

O2 and CO2 are exchanged at air sacs in lungs (alvioli)

diffusion

Question 16

after diffusion where does the oxygenated blood goes

Answer 16

through the venules into the pulmonary vein, to the left atrium

Question 17

where does the oxygenated blood go after the left atrium

Answer 17

to the left ventricle through the bicuspid valve

Question 18

after getting to the left ventricle where does the oxygenated blood goes

Answer 18

goes through the semilunar valve to the Aorta and then the rest of the body

Question 19

systemic circuit

Answer 19

involves the left side of the heart and blood coming back from the lungs for the entire body

Question 20

what does the left side of the heart contain

Answer 20

oxygenated blood high in O2

Question 21

what does the right atrium contain

Answer 21

pacemaker (nervous tissue)

Question 22

other names for a pace maker

Answer 22

S-A node

Purkinje Fibers

Question 23

Tachycardia

Answer 23

greater than 100 beats per minute

Question 24

Brady Cardia

Answer 24

less than 60 beats per minute

Question 25

what is the job of a pace maker

Answer 25

to regulate beat

Question 26

what are the two types of blood pressure

Answer 26

systole and diastole

Question 27

hypertension

Answer 27

high blood pressure

Question 28

hypotension

Answer 28

low blood pressure

Question 29

systole

Answer 29

systolic pressure, top #

Question 30

diastole

Answer 30

diastolic pressure, bottom #

Question 31

what does the top number of a blood pressure mean

Answer 31

pressure of ventricles pumping (atria relaxing)

Question 32

what does the bottom number of blood pressure mean

Answer 32

pressure of atria pumping (ventricles relaxing)

Question 33

what can affect blood pressure

Answer 33

salt, weight, smoking, lack of excercise, genetics

Question 34

what is the danger of a high blood pressure

Answer 34

stroke

Question 35

indications of a low blood pressure

Answer 35

tired, feint