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20 Cards in this Set
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What does the pulmonary system consist of?
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Chambers on right side of heart (right atrium and ventricle), pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins
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What are the chambers in the right side of the heart called?
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right atrium and right ventricle
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What conveys poorly oxygentated blood to the lungs to eliminate carbon dioxide and to replenish O2?
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Pulmonary arteries
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What do the pulmonary arteries do?
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Carry blood away from the heart (poorly oxygenated) to lungs to eliminate carbon dioxide and to replenish O2
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What do the pulmonary veins do?
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Convey blood containing relatively low amounts of carbon dioxide and high amounts of O2 from the lungs to the left side of the heart for pumping to the systemic circulation
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What convey blood from the lungs to the left side of the heart?
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pulmonary veins
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The oxygenated blood from the lungs that is heading back to the heart through veins is then headed where?
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systemic circulation
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What does the systemic circulation consist of?
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Chambers on the left side of the heart (left atrium and ventricle), aorta, capillaries, superior and inferior vena cava
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Blood that is high in O2 from the left side of the heart is pumped into what structure?
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aorta
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What is the largest systemic artery in the body?
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aorta
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What type of circulation is the aorta part of?
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Systemic
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Where does gas exchange in tissues occur from?
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capillaries
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What are the body's smallest vessels?
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capillaries
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Systemic veins carry what type of blood?
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deoxygenated and high in carbon dioxide and waste products
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most veins in the systemic circulation merge into what structures of the heart?
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superior or inferior vena cava
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Where do the vena cava of the left side of the heart drain blood into?
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Right atrium
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Where is the heart located?
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In the mediastinum
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The heart is rotated how in the body?
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Right side anterior, left side posterior
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Where is the base of the heart found?
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posteriorsuperior surface formed primarily by the left atrium
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The inferior, conical end of the heart is called what, and what angle does it project?
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apex, slightly anteroinferiorly toward the left side of the body
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