4.1.2. Blood Flow
left ventricle
After passing through the mitral valve, blood enters the ___________ ______________
arteries
Arterioles are tiny ____________
pulmonary veins
Blood flows from the lungs to the heart through the __________ _____________ (plural)
mitral valve
Blood flows out of the left atrium through the _____________ _________ (use the one that starts with m)
tricuspid valve
Blood flows out of the right atrium through the ______________ ____________
pulmonary valve
Blood flows out of the right ventricle through the ______________ ____________
aortic valve
Blood leaving the left ventricle passes through the _________ __________
purple
Blood that is picking up or dropping off oxygen is illustrated in this color on diagrams
red
If blood HAS oxygen it is illustrated using the color
blue
If blood lacks oxygen it is illustrated using the color
ventricle
It means "belly"
cardiovascular
Literally means "heart and small vessels"
atrium
Means entrance hall (singular)
vena cavas
Once blood has dropped off oxygen at all the body systems, it heads back to the heart through the _________ _________ (plural)
lungs
Pulmonary means __________ (plural)
runs to the heart
Something is a vein if it (lacks oxygen, runs to the heart, runs from the heart, is small)
runs from the heart
Something is an artery if it (has oxygen, runs to the heart, runs from the heart, is small)
septum
This literally means "wall" and separates the left and right side of the heart
4
The # of chambers of a human heart
4
The # of valves within a human heart
aorta
The aortic valve leads to the ____________
left
The bigger side of the heart
aorta
The biggest blood vessel in the body
vena cava
The heart has a superior and inferior __________ __________
left ventricle
The largest chamber of the heart
left ventricle
The next CHAMBER that blood enters, after the left atrium is the __________ ________
right atrium
The next CHAMBER that blood enters, after the left ventricle is the __________ ________
right ventricle
The next CHAMBER that blood enters, after the right atrium is the __________ ________
left atrium
The next CHAMBER that blood enters, after the right ventricle is the __________ ________
2
The number of pumps in the cardiovascular system
circulatory
The other name for the cardiovascular system
bicuspid valve
The other name for the mitral valve is _____________ _____________.
capillaries
The places where arteries become veins are called ______________
atria
The plural of atrium is
lungs
The pulmonary arteries go to the _________
right
The pulmonary pump is the __________ side
pulmonary arteries
The pulmonary valve leads into the ______________ ____________ (plural)
left atrium
The pulmonary veins feed into the ___________ ___________
right atrium
The smallest chamber of the heart is the __________ __________
left
The systemic pump is the __________ side
capillaries
The tiniest vessels in the body, their name means "hairlike"
right atrium
The vena cavas carry blood to the __________ _________
aorta
The vessel that carries oxygenated blood to all body systems is the _________
vena cavas
The vessel(s) with a function most opposite that of the pulmonary arteries is/are the __________________
aorta
The vessel(s) with a function most opposite that of the pulmonary veins is/are the __________________
capillaries
The vessels in which oxygen exchange happens
superior
The word meaning "above" that is part of the name of a particular vein
inferior
The word meaning "below" that is part of the name of a particular vein
backflow
Valves prevent ___________ of blood
veins
Venules are tiny ____________