Systemic Circulatory Systemic

Question 1

What is the primary function of the systemic circulatory system?

Answer 1

Blood flows from the heart to the rest of the body and back.

Question 2

Where does oxygenated blood leave the heart?

Answer 2

Through the aorta.

Question 3

What are the smallest blood vessels where the exchange of substances occurs?

Answer 3

Capillaries.

Question 4

What substances are exchanged between the blood in the capillaries and tissue cells?

Answer 4

O2, CO2, nutrients and wastes.

Question 5

What do capillaries join to form?

Answer 5

Venules and veins.

Question 6

Where does deoxygenated blood flow after the capillaries?

Answer 6

To the right atrium through the superior and inferior venae cavae.

Question 7

What is the largest artery in the body?

Answer 7

Aorta.

Question 8

Fill in the blank: Deoxygenated blood flows through the _______ to the right atrium.

Answer 8

superior and inferior venae cavae.

Question 9

True or False: The hepatic portal vein carries blood from the digestive tract to the liver.

Answer 9

True.

Question 10

List the major veins that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart.

Answer 10

• Superior vena cava
• Inferior vena cava
• Hepatic vein
• Renal vein
• Iliac vein.

Question 11

What types of arteries branch from the aorta?

Answer 11

• Carotid artery
• Subclavian artery
• Hepatic artery
• Renal artery
• Iliac artery.