lab exam 2 Flashcards
what is the function of circulatory system?
transport oxygen and nutrients to the tissues of the body and carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes from the tissues
what is a 4 chambered heart?
completely seperate right and left atria and ventricles
what are vessels?
veins and arteries, carry blood to and from the heart
what are capillary beds?
very small vessels across the walls of which gas and nutrient exchange takes place in the tissues
what is an artery?
carries blood away from the heart, elastic and muscular
what is a vein?
carries blood towards heart, thin and not as muscular
what are valves?
prevent backflow of blood
what are capillaries/
the smallest blood vessels, beds invade tissues
what are lymphatic vessels?
some tissue fluid and cells return to large veins in a separate set of vessels
what are lymph nodes?
lie along lymphatic vessels, sites of production of some white blood cells
what is the left atria?
receives blood from lungs
what is the right atria?
receives blood from body
what is the right ventricle?
pump blood to the lungs
what is the left ventricle?
pump blood to body
which ventricle is more muscular?
left bc it has to pump to body
what is the precava and postcava?
the vein where the blood enters the heart, forward and behind body
what valve does blood pass through from the right atria to right ventricle?
tricuspid valve
what is the pulmonary trunk?
thick artery that leads from right ventricle to pulmonary arteries in lungs
what valve does blood pass through from the right ventricle to the pulmonary trunk?
pulmonary semilunar valve
what vein does blood pass through to get to the left atrium?
pulmonary veins
what valve does blood pass through from the left atrium to the left ventricle?
bicuspid valve
what valve does blood pass through from the left ventricle to aortic arch?
aortic semilunar aorta
what is the major artery that supplies blood to all organs?
dorsal aorta
what are the coronary aerties?
supply oxygen-rich blood to the entire heart muscle