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HESI: Circulatory

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Term
Definition
Circuit   RaTVaRVen, PaLLa, PVLV, AAo  
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carries blood away from heart   Artery  
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Capillaries   sites of gas exchange btw blood & tissues  
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______ branch into smaller vessels, ultimately becoming capillaries   Arteries  
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Capillaries merge into larger vessels called _____   Veins  
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Veins   return blood to the heart  
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largest artery in body   Aorta  
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largest vein in the body   SVC & IVC  
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ascends from RIGHT ATRIUM connects to head & neck   Superior Vena Cava  
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descends from RIGHT ATRIUM connects to lower trunk   Inferior Vena Cava  
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smallest blood vessels & most populous in body   Capillaries  
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cardiac muscles contracting, moving blood from a chamber   SYSTOLE  
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SA NODE   heart's pacemaker  
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cardiac muscles are relaxing, chamber is expanding to fill with blood   Diastole  
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AV valve   prevents blood from going back to Atria from Ventricles  
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another name for Bicuspid Valve   Mitral Valve  
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another name for AV VALVE   Tricuspid Valve  
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sac enclosing heart   Pericardium  
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receiving chambers   Atria  
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sending chambers   Ventricles  
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