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Cardiovascular System with Diagram

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Term
Definition
cardio   heart  
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vascular   vessels  
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valves   prevents blood from flowing backwards; makes sound of the heart  
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arteries   carries blood away from the heart; largest  
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capillaries   smallest vessel; one cell thick  
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veins/afferent vessels   carry blood back to the heart  
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CO2   major waste brought by capillaries  
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systemic   type circulation throughout the body  
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pulmonary   type circulation from lungs to heart and back  
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arthrosclerosis   hardening of the arteries  
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hypertension   high blood pressure  
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stroke   clogged or broken vessel in brain  
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heart attack   clogged or broken vessel in heart  
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heart failure   heart cannot pump enough blood to meet body's needs  
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Systemic circuit   Transport blood to and from the rest of the body  
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Efferent Vessels   Carry blood away from the heart  
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Capillaries are called   exchange vessels because their thin walls permit the exchange of nutrients, dissolved gases, and wastes between the blood and tissue  
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Your heart bumps about how many liters of blood?   8000  
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The heart has how many muscular chambers?   four  
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The right atrium receives blood from the ________   systemic circuit  
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The right atrium passes the systemic circuit to the __________   right ventricle  
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The left atrium pumps blood into the___________   pulmonary circuit  
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The atrium collects blood from the pulmonary circuit and empties it into the _______________   left ventricle  
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The left ventricle pumps blood into the __________    
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Each circuit begins and ends at the heart and contains _________   arteries, capillaries, and veins  
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The heart is a ___________ chambered organ supplied by the ________, that pumps_________ oxygen-poor blood to the ________and _________to the rest of the body   The heart is a four chambered organ supplied by the coronary circulation, that pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs and oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body  
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The heart is located near the _________chest wall, directly _______ to the sternum   The heart is located near the anterior chest wall, directly posterior to the sternum  
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_________and______are connected to the superior end of the heart at it base   veins and arteries  
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The base sits ___________ to the _________ at the level of the third costal cartilage centered ________1.2cm(0.5in) to the left side   posterior to the sternum centered 1.2cm(0.5in)  
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inferior pointed tip of the heart is the ____________   Apex  
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A typical _______ heart measures approximately _________ from the base of the apex   Adult hear measures 12.5cm(5in)  
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The base to the apex reaches the fifth ________ space approximately _______to the left of the midline   intercostal space approximately 7.5cm (3in)  
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