Chapter 14

Question 1

Red Blood Cells (erythrocytes)

Answer 1

move oxygen and other substances place to place

Question 2

White Blood Cells (leukocytes)

Answer 2

main function is body defense

Question 3

Platelets (thrombocytes)

Answer 3

first responders to a wall injury help plug leaks and start the blood clotting process. They are small pieces of cytoplasm that break off cells in bone marrow to enter the blood.

Question 4

Arteries

Answer 4

carry blood away from the heart

Question 5

Veins

Answer 5

carry blood toward the heart

Question 6

Capillaries

Answer 6

form the transition between arteries and veins fine

Question 7

What part of the heart delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Answer 7

pulmonary artery

Question 8

What part of the heart delivers richly oxygenated blood to the body?

Answer 8

Aorta

Question 9

On the right side of the heart, blood flows from the right ventricle to the ?

Answer 9

pulmonatic valve to the pulmonary artery

Question 10

how many chambers are in the heart?

Answer 10

4

Question 11

What part of the heart delivers oxygenated blood to the heart?

Answer 11

pulmonary vein

Question 12

The blood enters on the left side of the heart through the _____ and enters the left atrium. It then passes through the _____to enter the left ventricle

Answer 12

pulmonary vein & Bicuspid vein

Question 13

What part of the heart delivers unoxygenated blood to the lungs?

Answer 13

pulmonary artery

Question 14

pulmonary veins take unoxygenated blood away from the heart. True or False

Answer 14

false

Question 15

the artiums are located below the ventricles. True or False

Answer 15

False

Question 16

The bicuspid valve is located on the left side of the heart. True or False

Answer 16

True

Question 17

___ Takes place when oxygen-rich blood travels to all body tissues except the lungs

Answer 17

systemic circulation

Question 18

the particular blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the right atrium

Answer 18

super vena cava

Question 19

___is a group of organs and tissues that act as transfer stations carrying needed materials and cells and removing their waste products.

Answer 19

circulatory system

Question 20

__takes place when blood travels from the heart, through the lungs and back to the heart

Answer 20

pulmonary circulation

Question 21

these are tiny blood vessels that carry blood to and from almost all body calls and connect arteries and veins

Answer 21

capillaries

Question 22

which part of the heart is the largest and the strongest

Answer 22

the left ventricle

Question 23

the pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood back to the

Answer 23

left atrium

Question 24

the particular blood vessel comes deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body to the right atrium

Answer 24

inferior vena cava

Question 25

the particular blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to the heart coming from the lungs

Answer 25

pulmonary vein

Question 26

after blood leaves the left atrium it enters the __

Answer 26

left ventricle

Question 27

this particular blood vessel carries deoxygnated blood away from the heart to the lungs

Answer 27

pulmonary artery

Question 28

both the superior & inferior vena cava carry blood into the

Answer 28

right atrium

Question 29

the heart pumps blood around the body through a network of blood vessels that is over ___ miles

Answer 29

80,000

Question 30

after blood leaves the right atrium it enters the

Answer 30

right ventricle

Question 31

after the blood leaves the left ventricle it enters the

Answer 31

aorta

Question 32

The cardiovascular system is divided into what two parts?

Answer 32

pulmonary circulation & systemic circulation

Question 33

Where is the heart located ?

Answer 33

The thoracic cavity. in the space between the two longs

Question 34

the fibrous sac the heart is contained in

Answer 34

pericardium

Question 35

The middle and thickest layer the muscular layer of the heart wall

Answer 35

myocardium

Question 36

the outermost layer of the heart wall

Answer 36

epicardium

Question 37

the membrane of the heart wall that lies on the internal surface of the myocaridum. composed of thin flat epithelium and forms the lining if the heart chambers

Answer 37

endocardium

Question 38

the left and right atrium are separated by the

Answer 38

interatial septum

Question 39

blind pouches that come off the main part of the atria and look like earflaps

Answer 39

auricles

Question 40

these valves are located between the atria and the ventricles

Answer 40

atrioventricular valves or AV valves

Question 41

what controls the blood flow out of the ventricles and into the arteries?

Answer 41

semilunar valves

Question 42

responsible for bringing in nourishment and oxygen and taking away waste products

Answer 42

coronary arteries and veins