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53 Cards in this Set
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CAPILLARY
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microscopic blood vessel that connects arteries and veins
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ARTERY
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vessel that carries blood away from the heart
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BREATHING
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the process of air entering and exiting the lungs
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VEIN
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vessel that carries blood to the heart
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ASTHMA
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lung disease that results in the swelling of the airways
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VEINS
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capillaries merge into ____ which carry blood back to the heart
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Breathing is the process of what?
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air entering and exiting our lungs
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Air moves through the nose or mouth through the ___, ____ and ___ into the _____.
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pharynx
larynx trachea into the bronchi |
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Air is carried through branched ducts called ______, which end in tiny sacs
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bronchioles
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Oxygen passes over a membrane between what?
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the alveoli and small blood vessels
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What are three problems/things that make it difficult to breahte?
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pheumonia
suffocation asthma |
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what is asthma?
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swelling of the airways that interferes with gas exchange
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How much of blood is plasma?
water? |
55%
90% |
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What is plasma?
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the liquid part of blood
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If you did not have these, you could die from a small cut because your blood would not clot
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platelets
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White blood cells are part of what system to fight infections?
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immune system
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Red blood cells have a protein called _____ that carries oxygen?
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hemoglobin
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What does hemoglobin do?
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carry oxygen
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The heart is the organ that pumps blood through what system?
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circulatory
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what are the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood?
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left and right atrium
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What are the vessels that carry oxygenated blood AWAY from the heart TO the organs in the body?
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Arterties
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What are the smaller vessels called that deliver oxygen and nutrients by DIFFUSION?
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Capillaries
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Blood vessels that carry DEOXYGENATED blood TO the heart are
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Veins
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diseases of the heart and blood are called
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Cardio disease
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what occurs if the coronary arteries cannot supply enought blood to the heart?
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heart attack
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a bloocked or ruptured blood vessel leading to the brain can cause what?
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a stroke
also kills brain tissue |
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What oxygenates the blood?
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the pulmonary system
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What then delivers oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body?
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circulatory system
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Valves in the ____prevent backflow?
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veins/heart
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What contracts and pumps blood into the right ventricle?
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the heart
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Which ventricle pumps blood out of the heart to the lungs?
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LEFT
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Blood leaves the lungs and returns to the ___
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heart
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The left ventricle pumps blood out of the heart to what?
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all of the cells/tissue of the body
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The right atrium contracts and pumps blood into the what?
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right ventricle
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blood is oxygenated in the _____
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alveoli
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After leaving the lungs, blood returns to where?
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the left atrium of the heart
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Which ventricle pumps blood out of the heart to all tissues of the body?
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LEFT ventricle
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Where does DEOXYGENATED blood return to?
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right atrium of the heart
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What acts like doors that open in one directions in your heart?
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valves
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Know the order of how the heart works:
1-5 |
1.RAt pumps blood into RV
2.RV pumps blood out of Heart to lungs 3.blood oxygenated in lungs 4.blood leaves lungs , and returns to LA 5. LV pumps blood out of heart to all body tissue |
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Air passes into these branch like strucutres in the lungs
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bronchioles
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gas exchange occurs with blood in areas of the lungs called what?
how many? |
alveoli
millions |
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blood vessels to the brain that are blocked or broken are called
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stroke
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not enough blood supplied to the heart is called
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heart attack
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____move blood away from the heart, while
______ move blood toward the heart |
arteries (away)
veins (toward) |
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What are the organs of the pulmonary system where gas exchange occurs called
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lungs
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this is an iron containing protein that carries oxygen
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hemoglobin
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these are microscopic sacs in the lung that will with air as we breathe
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alveoli
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white blood cells
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fight infections
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red blood cells
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transport cells
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platelets
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help clot
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LABEL RIGHT ATRIUM
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LABEL LEFT ATRIUM
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LABEL AORTA
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LABEL LEFT VENTRICLE
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