Blood Flow Flashcards
Veins are blood vessels that?
Contain blood flowing to the heart
Arteries are blood vessels ?
Containing blood flowing from the heart
Veins carry ?
Arteries carry ?
Deoxygenated blood
Oxygenated blood
Super vena cava gets blood from?
Head neck upper limbs & chest
Inferior vena cava gets blood from where?
Trunk
Versa
Lower limbs
Super vena cava and inferior vena cave go into what?
Right atrium
How many chambers are in the heart?
4
How many valves does the heart have?
4
What is the purpose of the valves?
To keep blood moving in the right direction & not flow backwards
The pulmonary artery is the only artery in the body that?
Deoxygenated blood
The pulmonary vein is the only vein that ?
oxygenated blood
What happened in the lungs?
Gas exchange
Aorta is the largest what?
And helps the supply what?
Artery
The body with oxygenated blood
What is the blood flow of the heart ?
(12)
Right ( deoxygenated )
Body tissues
1. SVC/IVC
2. Right atrium
3. Tricuspid valve
4. Right ventricle
5. Pulmonary valve
6. Pulmonary artery
Right body to lungs
Left ( oxygen )
Lungs
1. Pulmonary vein
2. Left atrium
3. Mitral valve
4. Left ventricle
5. Aortic valve
6. Aorta
What are the AV valves?
Tricuspid
Bicuspid
