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Science Part 2: The Circulatory System Flashcards

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What controls the circulation of blood and lymph through the body?

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Circulatory (Vascular) System

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What are the 2 parts of the circulatory (vascular) system?

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  1. Cardiovascular or Blood-Vascular System
  2. Lymph-Vascular or Lymphatic System
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Heart facts:

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Cone-shaped muscular organ located in the chest. Encased in the pericardium membrane. Contracts and relaxed to move blood. Consists of 4 chambers. Beats 60-100 times per minute

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What is blood?

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The sticky, salty fluid that circulates through the body, bringing nourishment and oxygen to all body parts and carrying toxins and waste products to the liver and kidneys to be eliminated. Average adult supply is 8-10 pints.

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What is the function of blood?

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Transport oxygen, waste, nutrients, and hormones. Protect the body from threat of infections and disease-causing bacteria. Regulate the temperature, pH balance, and blood pressure of the body.

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What are red blood cells?

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Erythrocytes or Red Corpusles. Carry oxygen and contain hemoglobin, oxygen-poor blood is deep scarlet red, oxygen- rich blood is bright red

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What are white blood cells?

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Leukocytes or White Corpuscles. Fight bacteria and other foreign substances.

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What does blood consist of?

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Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, and Plasma

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What are Blood Platelets responsible for, and what is another name for them>

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Thrombocytes. Responsible for the clotting of the blood

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What is Plasma?

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The fluid part of the blood. About 90% water. Carries RBCs, WBCs, and blood platelets

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Tubular, elastic, thick-walled, carries blood from the heart, carries pure blood all describe what type of blood vessels?

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Arteries

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Tubular, elastic, thin-walled, carries blood to the heart, carries impure blood, has valves to prevent backflow, closer to the surface describe what type of blood vessels?

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Veins

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What type of blood vessel takes nutrients and oxygen from ateries to cells? They take waste from cells to veins.

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Capillaries

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Describe the blood flow through the heart?

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  1. Systemic (general) circulation to the heart
  2. Pulmonary circulation to the lungs
  3. Systemic (general) circulation back to the heart, to the body
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What/where is the Common Carotid Artery (CCA)?

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Supplies blood to head, face, and neck; split into the internal and external carotid arteries

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What/where is the Internal Carotid Artery (ICA)?

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Supplies blood to brain, eyes, and forehead; branches into supraorbital that supplies blood to parts of the forehead and eyes

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What/where is the Supraorbital artery?

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Branch of the internal carotid artery; supplies blood to parts of the forehead and eyes

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What/where is the Infraorbital artery?

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Branch of internal carotid artery; supplies blood to muscle of the eye region

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What/where is the External Carotid Artery (ECA)?

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Supplies blood to skin and muscle of the head; splits into the occipital, posterior auricular, and superficial temporal

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What/where is the Internal Jugular Vein (IJV)?

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Returns all blood from the head, face, and neck to the heart

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What/where is the External Jugular Vein (EJV)?

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Returns all blood from the head, face, and neck to the heart

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What/where is the Occipital Artery?

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Branch of the external carotid artery; supplies blood to the back of the head, up to the crown

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What/where is the Posterior Auricular Artery?

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Branch of the external carotid artery; supplies blood to scalp above and behind the ears

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What/where is the Superficial Temporal Artery?

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Branch of the external carotid artery; supplies blood to sides and top of the head; branches into smaller arteries

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What/where is the External Maxillary Artery?

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Also known as the facial artery. Supplies blood to lower portion of the face, including the mouth and nose; branches into smaller arteries

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Frontal, parietal, middle temporal, transverse, and anterior auricular and smaller branches of which artery?

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Superficial Temporal Artery

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Where does the Frontal artery supply blood to?

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supplies blood to the forehead

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Where does the Parietal artery supply blood to?

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Supplies blood to the forehead

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Where does the Middle Temporal artery supply blood?

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supplies blood to the temples

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Where does the Transverse supply blood?

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Supplies blood to the masseter muscle

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Where does the Anterior Auricular supply blood?

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Supplies blood to the anterior part of the ear

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What/where is the External Maxillary aka Facial Artery?

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Breaks into smaller branches; supplies blood to lower portion of the face, including the mouth and nose

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What/where is the Submental?

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Branch of the external maxillary artery, supplies blood to chin and lower lip

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What/where is the Inferior Labia?

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Branch of the external maxillary artery; supplies blood to lower lip

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What/where is the Superior Labial?

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Branch of external maxillary artery; supplies blood to upper lip and septum

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What Where is the Ulnar Artery?

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Supplies blood to the little -finger side of the forearm and the smaller arteries of the hand

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What/where is the Radial Artery?

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Supplies blood to the thumb side of the arm and hand

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What/where is the Popliteal Artery?

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Supplies blood to the knee joint and muscles in thigh and calf

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What/where is the Tibial Artery?

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Supplies blood just below the knee and passes down between the tibia and fibula to branch off into smaller arteries into the skin and the muscles in the lower leg

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What/where is the Posterior Tibial Artery?

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Supplies blood beneath the calf muscle to the skin, muscles, and other tissues of the lower leg

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What/where is the Dorsalis Pedis?

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Supplies blood to the upper surface of the foot

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What/where is the Saphenous Vein?

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Transports blood from veins in the foot to the femoral artery.

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What/where is the femoral Vein?

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Transports blood to the heart and lungs for oxygenation

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What is the Lymph-Vascular System?

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The second subsection of the circulatory system and is responsible for picking up and returning leaked tissue fluid and plasma proteins to the cardiovascular system. Distributes germ-fighting white blood cells to helo develop immunity

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What is Lymph?

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A colorless liquid that travels through the lymph vessels. Byproduct of plasma passing nourishment to capillaries and cells

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What are Lymph Nodes

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Filter foreign particles from the lymph vessels. Swollen or tender lymph nodes indicate infection.

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