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yelverton_kay - Test - Circulatory Flashcards

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  1. What is the function of the group of cells in the heart called the pacemaker?
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Sending out signals to make the heart muscles contract

  1. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
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  1. Blood types are determined by what?
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Marker molecules on red blood cells

  1. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
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  1. When blood flows into the right atrium from the body, it contains
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Little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. Needed substances are carried to the body cells by what
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Blood

  1. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
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  1. What role does your brain play in the circulation of blood through the the body
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It signals the heart to beat

  1. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
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  1. What chamber of the heart pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs
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Right ventricle

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. What would happen if your circulatory system did not deliver oxygen to your body cells
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Your body’s cells would die

  1. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
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  1. Which component of blood is 90 percent water
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Plasma

  1. WKST - Blood and Lymph
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  1. What are the functions of the circulatory system
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Carrying oxygen, glucose, and other needed materials to cells, carrying waste products away from cells, transporting cells that attack disease-causing microorganisms

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  1. What chamber of the heart pumps blood to the lungs.
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Right ventricle

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. As blood moves away from the heart, does blood pressure decrease or increase?
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Decreases

  1. WKST - Blood and Lymph
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  1. What is a pacemaker
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A group of cells that regulates the rate at which the heart beats.

  1. WKST - Blood and Lymph
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  1. Blood that is rich in oxygen leaves the heart through the blood vessel known as what
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Aorta

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. Substances are exchanged between the blood and body cells in the blood vessels known as
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Capillaries

  1. WKST - The Body’s Transport System
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  1. What is the Septem
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The muscle tissue that separates the left side of the heart and the right side of the heart

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. What is the aorta?
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Largest blood vessel in the body and carries blood from heart to body

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. What is the jugular vein
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Drains blood from brain and carries to superior vena cave

  1. CLF - cardiovascular overview
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  1. Why is the aorta important
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Supplies most if the body with blood

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. What are the blood vessels coming out of the pulmonary trunk
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Pulmonary veins and pulmonary arteries and are located at the top of the heart

  1. CLF - Exterior of the Heart
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  1. What is the function of a femoral vein
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Brings blood to the inferior vena cava

  1. Cardiovascular Overview

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