Circulatory Final
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- What is the most common cuae of heart attacks in the US
- High blood pressure
- High blood pressure is often called the "silent killer" because
- There are no obvious symptoms
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The main job of the circulatory system is
a. movement
b. transport
c. reponse
d. support - Transport
- Which type of blood bessel allows food and oxygen to pass through its walls
- Capillaries
- The wall of tissue that separates the heart into a right and left side is the
- Septum
- The general pathway of blood in the body is
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Heart -> Lungs -> Heart ->
Body - Which blood vessel carries blood back to the heart
- Veins
- Which chamber of the heart gives blood the most powerful push?
- Left ventricle
- Flaps of tissue that control the movement of blood in veins are called
- Valves
- Oxygen-poor blood carries the waste product
- Carbon dioxide
- The heart chamber that pumps blood to all parts of the body is the
- Left Ventricle
- The largest blood vessel in the body is the
- Aorta
- Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the
- Arteries
- Theliquid portion of the blood is called
- Plasma
- What are the four main components of blood
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WBC
RBC
Platelets
Plasma - The heart's rhythm is controlled by the
- Pacemaker
- The circulatory system is like a maze that starts in the heart and leads back to the place where it began. Which part of the heart does the maze begin?
- Right atrium
- What is a collecting chamber for blood returning to the heart from the lungs?
- Left atrium
- Which substance stops bleeding by trapping blood cells and plasma?
- Fibrin
- The iron-containing protein found in red blood cells is called?
- Hemoglobin
- The right ventricle pumps blood to the?
- Lungs