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11 Cards in this Set
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Veins carry blood in which direction? |
Toward the heart. |
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Arteries carry blood in which direction? |
Away from the heart. |
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Blue does not mean______. Blue means______. |
1. Vein 2. Oxygen poor |
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Red does not mean _____. Red means ______. |
1. Artery 2. Oxygen rich |
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Veins are ____ than arteries. |
Smaller. |
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Arteries ______ their shape after being cut and veins ______ after being cut. |
1. Maintain 2. Flatten. |
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As blood leaves the heart it travels through these arteries: |
Pulmonary trunk, aorta, pulmonary arteries, common carotid arteries, subclavian arteries, and common iliac arteries. |
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Blood returns to the heart from the lower extremities via the ________ to the _______. |
1. Inferior vena cava 2. Right atrium |
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Blood returns to the heart from the lower extremities via the ________ to the _______. |
1. Inferior vena cava 2. Right atrium |
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Blood returns to the heart from the upper extremities via the _______ to the _____ atrium. |
1. Superior vena cava 2. Right |
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Blood returns to the heart from the lungs via the ________ veins to the _____ atrium. |
1. Pulmonary 2. Left atrium |
1. the _______ circuit goes to and from the lungs. |
