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Question 1

What are the two circuits of the cardiovascular system?

Answer 1

Pulmonary and Systemic Circuits

Question 2

What does the pulmonary circuit do?

Answer 2

Circulates blood through the lungs

Question 3

What does the systemic circuit do?

Answer 3

Circulates blood through body tissues

Question 4

What is the order of blood flow in the pulmonary circuit starting from the right atrium?

Answer 4

Right atrium → Right ventricle → Pulmonary trunk → Pulmonary arteries → Arterioles of the lungs → Pulmonary capillaries

Question 5

What happens in the pulmonary capillaries?

Answer 5

CO2 and O2 are exchanged

Question 6

Where does oxygenated blood go after the pulmonary capillaries?

Answer 6

Enters pulmonary venules, then pulmonary veins, and finally back to the left atrium

Question 7

True or False: In the pulmonary circuit, veins carry carbon dioxide and arteries carry oxygen.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the starting point of the systemic circuit?

Answer 8

Left ventricle

Question 9

What does the systemic circuit include?

Answer 9

All blood vessels except those in the Pulmonary Circuit

Question 10

Fill in the blank: The heart can be viewed as two separate _______.

Answer 10

pumps

Question 11

What is the role of the pulmonary arteries?

Answer 11

Divide into arterioles of the lungs