Test - Circulatory System Flashcards
1
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- When blood flows into the right atrium from the body, it contains,
A
Little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide
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2
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- When blood flows into the left atrium from the body, it contains
A
A lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide
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3
Q
- Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen - poor blood to the lungs?
A
Right ventricle
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4
Q
- Where in your body can you find blood vessels?
A
Virtually anywhere
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5
Q
- In which vessels are materials exchanged between the blood and the body cells?
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Capillaries
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6
Q
- What is the main function of the platelets?
A
Helping your blood clots
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7
Q
- Which of these is NOT a function of the cardiovascular system?
A
Producing blood cells
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8
Q
41.as blood moves away from the heart blood pressure increases.
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False: decreases
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9
Q
- Blood flows from the heart to the body through veins?
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False: arteries
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10
Q
- The force with which the __________ contract causes blood pressure.
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Ventricles/ heart
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11
Q
- Fibrin is produced when the blood components called ____________ starts a chain reaction that produces a blood clot.
A
Platelets
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12
Q
- Blood returns to the heart from the body through the big blood vessels is known as____________.
A
Heart
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13
Q
- The pathway of blood.
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- Superior vena cava: oxygenated
- Right atrium: deoxygenated
- Right ventricle: deoxygenated
- Pulmonary trunk: deoxygenated
- Right pulmonary artery, 11 left pulmonary artery: deoxygenated
Lungs - Right pulmonary vein, 12. Left pulmonary vein: oxygenated
- Left atrium: oxygenated
- Left ventricle: oxygenated
- Aorta: oxygenated
9.Aorta, oxygenated
Body
14
Q
- Identify structure E. What would happen to a person who had a hole in this structure?
A
Structure E is the septum. A hole in the septum would allow deoxygenated blood to mix with oxygenated this would cause less oxygen to go to the body’s cells.
15
Q
- Through which type of circulation does blood flow to from your heart to your lungs and back?
A
Pulmonary
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