Circulatory Flashcards
(44 cards)
Circuit in the body, Carrie’s oxygen rich blood from the left ventricle through body and back to right atrium
Systematic circulation
Oxygen poor blood from right ventricle through lungs to left atrium
Pulmonary circulation
Specialized muscle tissue
Cardiac muscle or myocardium
Biggest artery
Aorta
Supply heart with oxygenated bloody
Coronary arteries
Brings deoxygenated blood to heart
Superior and inferior venae cavae
Brings oxygenated blood to left atrium
Pulmonary veins
Amount of blood moved in one beat
Stroke volume
Amount of blood in 1 min
Cardiac output
Carries blood from the heart
Arteries
Artery Carrie’s deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Pulmonary artery
Smallest branch of an artery
Artérioles
Upper portion of neck
Carotid artery
Groin artery
Femoral artery
At the wrist at the base of the thumb
Radial artery
On the medial aspect of the arm, between elbow and shoulder
Brachial
Posterior to the medial malléoles
Tibial artery
On top of foot
Dorsal artery
Contact between blood and the cells of the tissues
Capillary vessels
Carey blood to heart
Veins
Returns blood from head neck shoulders and upper extremities
Superior vena cava
Carries blood from abdomen pelvis and lower extremities
Inferior vena cava
How dilated or constricted blood vessels are
Systemic vascular resistance
Constricted blood vessel
Decreased size of container increased pressure