Cardiovascular System

Question 1

Function

Answer 1

Carry nutrients such as amino acids, glucose, fatty acids and O2 to the tissues. Carry waste from the tissues for disposal

Question 2

Arteri-

Answer 2

Artery

Question 3

Cardi

Answer 3

Heart

Question 4

-Emia

Answer 4

Blood

Question 5

erythro-

Answer 5

red

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hemo-

Answer 6

blood

Question 7

leuko-

Answer 7

white

Question 8

vaso-

Answer 8

vessel

Question 9

Arteries

Answer 9

Carry blood away from the heart. There are 3 layers. Are white and thicker in appearance

Question 10

Tunica Intima

Answer 10

Innermost layer. Lines the lumen and made up of endothelial cells

Question 11

Tunica Media

Answer 11

Middle layer that contains smooth muscle. Usually the thickest layer

Question 12

Tunica Adventitia

Answer 12

Outermost layer. containing elastin and collagen

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Types of Arteries:

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Elastic (large): Thick walled and near the heart.
Muscular (Distributing): Deliver blood to specific organs
Arteioles: smallest one

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Veins

Answer 14

Take blood back to the heart. Have same layers but have little smooth muscle or elastin and are thinner walls. Have one way valves

Question 15

Types of Veins

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Venules: like capillaries but largers
Veins: Smooth muscle circularly arranged, more collagen

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Capillaries

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Exchange materials between the blood and the tissues

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Types of capillaries

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Continuous: Held together by tight junctions found in most tissues.
Fenestrated: has numerous holes that allow for rapid absorption and filtration. found in kidneys and intestines.

Question 18

Lymph Ducts

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Lymph is extracellular fluid that is returned to the heart via the lymphatic system. It is immediately mixed with blood upon returning to the vena cava.

Question 19

Vena Cava

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Largest vein in the body divided into superior and inferior vena cava. Transports blood from the body to right atrium

Question 20

Aorta

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Largest artery. Pumps blood from the heart to the rest of the body

Question 21

Coronary arteries

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Supplies nutrients and oxygen to the heart muscles

Question 22

Pulmonary artery

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Carries low oxygenated blood to the lungs

Question 23

Pulmonary veins

Answer 23

Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart

Question 24

Atrioventricular valves

Answer 24

between the atrium and the ventricles that prevent blood from flowing back into the atrium when the ventricle contracts. Look like strings

Question 25

Semilunar Valves

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Are located where blood leaves the body so aortic and pulmonary semilunar valves. Prevent blood from coming back into the heart look like flaps

Question 26

Pulmonary Circulation

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Blood goes from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart

Question 27

Systemic Circulation

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Blood goes from the heart to an organ and back to the heart

Question 28

Portal systems

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Blood goes from one organ to another that isn't the heart

Question 29

Hepatic Portal System

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Blood goes from the digestive system to the liver and then to the heart

Question 30

Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal portal system

Answer 30

Blood goes from the hypothalamus to the hypophysis or pituitary before going back to the heart

Question 31

Typical Blood pattern

Answer 31

Vena cava to the right atrium to the right atrioventricular valve to the right ventricle to the pulmonary semilunar valve to the pulmonary artery to the lungs to the pulmonary veins to the left atrium to the left atrioventricular valve to the left ventricle to the aortic semilunar valve to the aorta to the rest of the body