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Circulatory Word
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heart | A hollow musclar sytsem located in chest between lungs. It works as an affective pump and provides power to transport blood to the pulmonary and systematic circulatory system. |
| Artery | Sends blood AWAY from the heart and transports blood to all body tissues. |
| Capillarie | connection between arterys and veins and exchanges oxygen & carbon dioxide w/ cell tissue and nutrients & waste product with cells. |
| Vein | Receves blood from all body tissues and waste products from body tissue. It also transports blood back to the heart |
| Oxygenated Blood | Blood with oxygen |
| Deoxygenated Blood | Blood without oxygen |
| Pericardium | Double wall membrane sac that encloses the heart. |
| Pericardial Fluid | Prevents friction when heart beats (lubricating fluid) and is found in the pericardium. |
| Epicardium | External layer of the heart, also inner layer of the pericardial sac. |
| Myocardium | Middle and thickest layer of the heart, consists of the cardiac muscle. |
| Endocardium | Lining of the heart that forms the inner surface, it has direct contact with blood pumping through the heart. |
| Atria | Two upper chambers of the heart, it recieves blood from all parts of body. All blood vessels enter heart through the atria. (deoxyginated blood) |
| Ventricle | two lower chambers of the heart, the vessels leaving the heart emerge from them. The walls are thicker that atrial walls. |
| Septum | |
| Apex | |
| Superior vena cava | |
| Aorta | |
| Inferior vena cava | |
| Pulmonary Artery | |
| Pulmonary Vein |
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