Heraty Stuff Flashcards
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Left atrium
Receives oxygenated blood to aorta which pumps to body
Right atrium
Receives oxygen poor blood from superior and inferior vena cavae.
Right ventricle
Pumps deoxygenated blood out of left pulmonary artery to left lung
Left ventricle
Pumps oxygenated blood to aorta which pumps to body.
Group of nerve cells adjusts heart rate
Pacemaker
Organ that pumps blood through body
Heart
Made of heart, blood, blood vessels
Circulatory system
Flap of tissue prevents blood flowing backwards
Valve
Largest artery
Aorta
Largest
Inferior/superior vena cavae
Substances exchanged between blood and body cell
Capillaries
Vessels that supply heart blood
Coronary
Chemical weaves net of fibers across wound
Fibrin
Iron containing protein that binds oxygen molecules
Hemoglobin
After blood leaves heart what vessels does it go through in order
- Veins
- Arteries
- Capillaries
Which vessel has most blood pressure
Arterys
Type of blood vessel allows diffusion through walls
Capillaries
2 factors help blood through veins
Valves & smooth muscle
Plasma
Description- liquid dissolved protein
Function- transports stuff
Red blood cell
Description- Hemoglobin, disk shaped, no nucleus
Function- carry oxygen
White blood cell
Description- Larger that red cell, has nucleus
Function- disease fighters
Platelet
Description- white blood cell fragments
Function- clots blood
B blood can get
B & o blood
Atherosclerosis
Artery walls thicken, fatty stuff builds up