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PE Chapter 7 > The Heart > Flashcards

The Heart Flashcards

1
Q

The circulatory system consists of what

A

The heart, blood, and the blood vessels

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2
Q

The lungs are

A

A vital organ that is not a muscle

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3
Q

The heart is

A

A muscle as big as your fist

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4
Q

Viens carry blood _____ the heart

A

Toward

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5
Q

Arteries carry blood _____ from the heart

A

Away

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6
Q

The pulmonary vein is

A

The only vein in the body that carries oxygenated blood

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7
Q

Deoxygenated blood goes to the heart via the ______

A

Viens

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8
Q

Deoxygenated blood from the upper body enters through the

A

superior venacava

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9
Q

Once the deoxygenated blood from the upper body enters through the superior venacava the blood is then dumped into where?

A

Right atrium

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10
Q

What side takes in the blood from the body

A

Right side

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11
Q

What side takes in blood from the lungs

A

The left side

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12
Q

The inferior venacava is

A

The lower half body

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13
Q

The superior venacava is

A

Upper half body

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14
Q

Once deoxygenated blood is dumped into the right atrium the blood then goes to where?

A

Right ventricle

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15
Q

After deoxygenated blood travels to the right ventricle, where does the blood go via what

A

To the lungs via pulmonary artery

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16
Q

Once blood is in the lungs it combines with what

A

Hemoglobin

17
Q

After the blood combines with hemoglobin it returns to the what via what

A

Left atrium via pulmonary vein

18
Q

After the blood returns to the hearts left atrium, it then goes where

A

Left ventricle

19
Q

After the blood goes through the left ventricle the travels through what to the body via what

A

Thru AORTA
via arteries

20
Q

When the blood travels through the aorta to the body, via the arteries, the blood then travels to the body tissue and the _______ dumps waste

A

Capillaries

21
Q

After the blood travels to the body tissues and the capillaries dump waste the veins then do what

A

Return the blood to the heart

22
Q

What are the 4 chambers of the heart?

A

Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle

23
Q

What does the aorta do?

A

Blood goes to the body

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