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  • The small blood vessels that connect arteries and veins.
    Capillary
  • The organ responsible for moving blood throughout the body.
    heart
  • What part of the heart does blood exit the heart to flow through the rest of the body?
    Aorta
  • What is pulmonary circulation?
    Sends blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart.
  • What organ is where wastes like carbon dioxide are released from the blood?
    Lungs
  • Very tiny blood vessels that deliver oxygen to the cells in the body
    Capillaries
  • What is systemic circulation?
    Sends blood to the rest of the body and back to the heart
  • The blood vessels that carry blood with carbon dioxide to the heart.
    veins
  • What is B on the heart diagram?
    Aorta
  • The name of the vein that returns blood to the heart from the upper body.
    Superior Vena Cava
  • What is D on the heart diagram?
    Right Atrium
  • The air sac in the lungs where carbon dioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen.
    alveoli
  • On the diagram, what brings blood to the heart from the lungs?
    c
  • The organ that exchanges oxygen for carbon dioxide during respiration.
    lungs
  • This blood pressure measurement represents when the heart contracts
    Systololic pressure
  • The name of the vein that returns blood from the lower body.
    Inferior Vena Cava
  • Controls the flow of blood through the heart by opening and closing.
    heart valves
  • What does a prolapsed valve cause?
    backward flow of blood
  • This blood pressure measurement represents when the heart relaxes
    Diastolic pressure
  • What materials do the blood vessles deliver to all of the cells?
    Oxygen and nutrients
  • What materials do the blood vessels carry to the lungs?
    Carbon Dioxide & Wastes
  • What is F on the heart diagram?
    Mitral Valve
  • The blood vessels that bring blood with oxygen away from the heart.
    Artery
  • How does blood get from the heart to the lungs?
    Pulmonary Veins
  • A myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, occurs when ____________.
    there is a blockage of blood flow.
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