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12 Cards in this Set
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Heart Valve |
opens or closes incumbent on differential blood pressure on each side. |
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PULSE |
The regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system |
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Blood Vessels |
-A closed network of tubes Arteries Capillaries Veins |
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Arteries |
-Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called arteries. They are the thickest blood vessels and they carry blood high in oxygen known as oxygenated blood |
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Capillaries |
-smallest blood vessels -they connect the arteries and veins.This is where the exchange of nutrients and gases occurs. |
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Veins |
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart |
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Veins |
They have one-way valves which prevent blood from flowing backwards. |
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Veins |
They carry blood that is high in carbon dioxide known as deoxygenated blood (oxygen poor blood). |
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Pulmonary circulation |
The flow of blood between the heart and lungs. |
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Systemic circulation |
The flow of blood between the heart and the cells of the body. |
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Coronary circulation |
– the circulation of blood within the heart. |
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Portal circulation |
- the flow of blood between tow set of capillaries before draining in systemic veins. |
