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Circulatory system
The Circulatory system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many chambers does the human heart have? | 4 |
| Do mammals, birds, and crocodilians have 4 heart chambers? | yes |
| How many chambers do reptiles and amphibians have? | 3 |
| The upper chambers are called? | atria |
| The lower chambers are called? | Ventricles |
| Does the right side of the heart receive oxygenated or deoxygenated blood? | deoxygenated blood |
| Does the left side of the heart receive oxygenated blood? | yes |
| What does ANATOMICAL POSITION mean? | It means when you are facing someone your right arm is on their left side |
| Do arteries take blood to the heart? | no they take it away from the Heart |
| Every artery takes blood away from the heart and takes oxygenated blood except for the ______________ artery. | pulmonary artery. |
| Do the veins take blood to the heart? | yes |
| All veins take blood to the heart and carry deoxygenated blood except for the | Pulmonary vein |
| The arterioles are smaller _________ and divide into __________. | Arteries and divide into capillaries |
| How big or small are capillaries? | Very tiny |
| What are capillaries? | Where food and oxygen enter cells and where waste exits |
| The venules are what? | Small veins |
| What do the venules do? | They join together to make veins. |