click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 6
Circulatory System Power point notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The circulatory system consists of what two systems? | -Cardiovascular System -Lymphatic System |
| What makes up the lymphatic system? | -Lymph -Lymph nodes-Lymph vessels |
| What makes up the cardiovascular system? | Heart muscle-Blood-Blood vessels |
| What is the fluid filled sac that surrounds the heart? | Pericardium |
| What is the outside membrane attached to the pericardium? | Epicardium |
| What is the Myocardium? | The middle layer of the heart that is responsible for the contractions of the heart muscle. |
| The inner layer of the heart consisting of epithelial cells is called? | Endocardium |
| What are the upper chambers of the heart called? | Atrium |
| The atrium receive blood into the heart from where? | From Body and From lungs |
| The lower chambers of the heart are called what? | Ventricles |
| Ventricles distribute blood ________ from the heart. | away |
| Atria and ventricles are separated by partitions called? | Septa(Septum) |
| The interarterial septum separates the right and left? | Atria's |
| The right atria receives what from the body through two vessels? | Deoxygenated blood |
| What two vessels carry deoxygenated blood to the atria? | Superior vena cava and Inferior vena cava |
| What receives blood from the right atria and pumps to the lungs? | Right Ventricle |
| Oxygenated blood enters the heart through? | Left Atrium |
| Where is blood distributed to as the left atria contracts? | Left Ventricle |