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8 Cards in this Set
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Where dies exchange of gases, nutrients, and wastes take place?
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Capillaries
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the low-pressure system and is also the smaller of the two circulations is ______
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pulmonary circulation
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What is the function of the right heart?
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-It propels blood through the gas-exchange vessels in the lungs
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What is the function of the left heart?
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it propels blood through the vessels that supply all the other tissues in the body
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What ventricle pumps blood to the lungs?
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Right ventricle
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What would happen if the left heart's output were to fall below that of the right heart?
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blood would accumulate in the pulmonary circulation
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What would happen if the right heart were to pump less effectively than the left?
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blood would accumulate in the systemic circulation
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hemodynamics
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-refers to the principles that govern blood flow in the circulatory system
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