lindsey_ridge test: circulatory system. Flashcards
0
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- What blood vessel allows diffusion to occur.
A
Capillaries
1
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- What is the function of lymph nodes
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Trap disease causing bacteria
2
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- When blood flows into the left atrium from the body it contains
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A lot of oxygen and a little carbon dioxide
3
Q
- Blood flows through the heart through________
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Arteries
4
Q
- The force with which the _____________ contract causes blood pressure
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Ventricles
5
Q
- Substances are exchanged between the blood and the body cells in the blood vessels known as ___________
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capillaries
6
Q
- Blood returns to the heart from the body through the blood vessel called __________
A
Vena cava
7
Q
- Blood that is rich in oxygen leave the heart through the blood vessel known as the _____________
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Aorta.
8
Q
A flap of tissue that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle is a ___________________
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Valve
9
Q
- Blood is pumped through blood vessels by the action of the organ known as the ______________
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Heart
10
Q
- What blood vessel leads blood to the left atrium
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Pulmonary vein
11
Q
- What does the jugular vein do?
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Carries blood to the superior vena cava
12
Q
- Where does the inferior vena cava lead to
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Most of the body below the vena cava
13
Q
- What do pulmonary arteries and veins do
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Give and receive blood
14
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- Pathways
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Superior vena cava, inferior vena cava Right atrium Right ventricle RPA, LPA RPV, LPV Left ventricle Aorta
