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10 Cards in this Set
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What is a systemic vessel? |
Transports blood through most body parts from left ventricle and back to right atrium |
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What is a pulmonary vessel?
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Transports blood from right ventricle through lungs and back to left atrium |
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What do blood vessels and the heart regulate and why? |
Blood pressure, to be sure it's high enough for blood flow to meet metabolic needs of tissues |
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What are the two phases of a heartbeat?
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Systole – contraction of heart muscle Diastole – relaxation of heart muscle |
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What is normal blood pressure? |
120mm Hg/ 80mm Hg |
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How is blood pressure measured? |
With a sphygmomanometer |
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Path of blood to head and arms? |
Heart, aorta, carotid artery, head and arms, jugular vein, supirior venacava heart |
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Path of blood through GI tract |
Heart, aorta, mesenteric arteries, digestive tract, hepatic portal vein, liver, hepatic vein, inferior venacava, heart |
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Path of blood through kidneys |
Heart, aorta, renal artery, kidneys, renal vein, inferior venacava, heart |
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Path of blood through trunk and legs |
Heart, aorta, lilac artery, trunk and legs, lilac vein, inferior venacava, heart |
