Tye Circulatory System Flashcards
What are the 3 main components of the circulatory system?
Heart
Blood vessels
Blood
What do you call the artery that brings blood to the liver
Hepatic artery
What do you call the artery that brings blood to the kidneys?
Renal artery
What do you call the vein that links the stomach and intestines with the liver?
Hepatic portal vein.
What do you call the vein that takes de-oxygenated blood away from the liver
Hepatic vein
What do you call the vein that takes deoxygenated blood away from the kidneys?
Renal vein
What do the artery’s do?
Carry blood away from heart
What do the veins do?
Carry blood towards heart.
Why do veins have valves?
To stop blood flowing back down to the bottom of the body due to gravity
What do the capillaries do?
Carry blood through organs and tissue
What is the shape of a red blood cell?
Biconcave
What is blood made up of and percentages of the components
44% red blood cell
0.5% white blood cell
0.5% platelets
55% plasma
What are the two types of white blood cell?
Phagocytes and Lymphocytes
What does a phagocyte do?
Destroy and engulf bacteria which cause disease
What do lymphocyte do?
Use antibodies to stick the harmful bacteria together so easier for phagocytes
What do you call the artery that brings blood to the lungs?
Pulmonary artery
What do you call the vein that brings blood form the lungs blood to the heart.
Pulmonary vein
What to you call the artery that brings blood to the body?
Aorta
What do you call the vein that brings the de oxygen gated blood back to the heat form the body?
Vena cava
What do you call the double circulation circles?
Pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation.
What are the top chambers in the heart called?
Right and left Atria
What are the bottom 2 chambers in the heart called?
Right and left ventricle
What artery and vein go into the head and brain
The carotid artery jugular vein
What brings blood to lower body
Iliac vein and artery.
What do you call the vein and artery that link the head and brain to the circulatory system?
Carotid artery and Jugular vein
What do you call the artery that brings blood to stomach?
Gastric artery
What do you call the artery that brings blood to the small intestine?
Mesenteric Artery
