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Respir/Circulat
Respiratory and Circulatory System Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four parts to the circulatory system? | heart, arteries, veins and capillaries |
| What are examples of respiratory diseases? | asthma, emphysema, SARS, flu, bronchitis |
| What are example of blood vessels? | Arteries, veins and capillaries |
| What are the two types of circulation of blood in the body? | pulmonary and systemic |
| What are examples of cardiovascular problems? | stroke, hypertension, heart attack and atherosclerosis |
| What is the main functions of blood? | carry oxygen, nutrients and wastes; fight disease and regulate temperature |
| What are the four blood types? | A, B, AB and O |
| How does inhaling happen? | the diaphragm and rib muscles contract, and air enters the space inside your chest cavity. |
| What two systems work together during the process of respiration? | respiratory and cardiovascular |
| What is the function of the heart? | pump blood |
| What are the main components of blood? | plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets |
| What are the parts of the respiratory system? | trachea, larynx, bronchi and bronchioles, pharynx, alveoli, lungs |
| Where is oxygen is passed from the lungs into the blood? | alveoli |
| What is the diaphragm? | a muscle that contracts to begin the process of inhaling |
| What happens if you don’t get the right blood type during a transfusion? | it can be fatal |
| The pharynx is also called the _______ | throat |
| What are alveoli? | tiny air sacs in the lungs |
| What is the trachea? | also called the windpipe and is the passageway from the mouth to the larynx |
| What are the upper chambers of the heart? | atria (or atrium) |
| What happens for oxygen enters the blood? | there is an exchange of gases between alveoli and capillaries |
| What are the lower chambers of the heart called? | ventricles |
| Why do arteries have very thick walls? | because the blood is pumped through them at a high pressure. |
| Why do capillaries have very thin walls? | because they exchange nutrients, oxygen, wastes and carbon dioxide |
| Why do veins have valves? | it keeps blood from flowing backwards because they sometimes have to go in an upward direction to get blood back to the heart |
| What carries blood away from the heart? | Arteries |
| What carries blood to the heart? | veins |
| What causes a heartbeat? | the valves open and closing |
| What are very tiny blood vessels that allow stuff to pass between the blood and cells? | Capillaries |
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