Circulatory System
Blood vessel with highest pressure
Artery
Carries blood away from the heart
Artery
Carries oxygenated blood
Artery
Thickest of all blood vessels
Artery
Makes up part of the circulatory system
Artery, Capillary, Vein
Transports blood
Artery, capillary, vein
The smallest and most numerous blood vessels in the body are?
Capillaries
Only one cell think
Capillary
Place where exchange of important substances occurs
Capillary
Waste materials such as ____ are carried by the circulatory system
Carbon dioxide
What would most likely occur first if the circulatory system suddenly stopped functioning?
Cells would die from lack of oxygen
T/F: The circulatory system consists of three parts: the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels
False: It consists of 4 parts - the blood, the hearts, the blood vessels, and the lymphatic system
T/F: The circulatory system distributes water throughout the body to help regulate body temperature
False: distributes heat throughout the body
A doctor finds that her patient's white blood cell count is higher than normal. What does this most likely indicate?
Infection
How is the blood located in the pulmonary artery different than the blood in all other arteries of the body?
It is deoxygenated
How is the body located in the pulmonary vein different than the blood in all other veins of the body?
It is oxygenated
Blood returning from the lungs enters the _____ of the heart
Left atrium
The main role of the circulatory system is to deliver needed materials such as ______
Oxygen, nutrients, and hydrogen
Clear, yellowish fluid
Plasma
Transports nutrients and carbon dioxide
Plasma
Cell fragment
Platelet
Helps clot blood
Platelet
Releases chemicals that form fibrin
Platelet
The major function of ______ is to assist in the blood clotting process
Platelets
Von Willebrand disease is a medical condition in which a person's blood clots extremely slowly when a vessel has been damaged. Which of the following blood components is most likely malfunctioning in a person with Von Willebrand Disorder?
Platelets
Carries oxygen
Red Blood Cells
Contains hemoglobin
Red Blood Cells
Resemble pinched-in discs
Red Blood Cells
Produced in bone marrow
Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets
What are the functions of the circulatory system?
Transport materials to fight infections
Red blood cells _______
Transport respiratory gases
T/F: The circulatory system transports oxygen and nutrients to cells and removes wastes from body cells
True
Caries blood to the heart
Vein
Carries deoxygenated blood
Vein
Contains many one-way valves
Vein
If a blood vessel has valves, it is probably a(n)
Vein
Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart are called?
Veins
Defending the body against bacterial infection and invasion by foreign substances is the function of
White Blood Cells
Fights infection
White Blood Cells
Irregularly shaped with a nucleus
White Blood Cells
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called ?
arteries
Which type of blood vessel is both strong and elastic?
artery
Blood entering the right atrium is
deoxygenated
The ventricle are
lower chambers of the heart that pump blood to lungs and body
The ______ valve prevents blood from going from the left ventricle to the left atrium
mitral (bicuspid)
Blood entering the left atrium is
oxygenated
The heart chamber that receives blood from the venae cavae is the
right atrium
Blood going to the lungs leaves from the ________ of the heart
right ventricle
Blood flows from the right atrium tot he right ventricle through the
tricuspid valve
