Circulatory system

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    • Name the 3 components/parts of the circulatory system?
      Heart, blood vessels and blood
    • What is the atrium and the ventricle seperated by?
      A valve. Which prevents the blood from flowing backwards
    • The ___ ventricle has thicker walls because it has to pump blood all around the body
      Left
    • Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs?
      Pulmonary Artery
    • Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body?
      Aorta
    • Pacemaker cells are found in which chamber of the heart?
      Right atrium
    • The coronary arteries supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients.
    • What are the nutrients that are exchanged between the blood in the capillaries and the body tissues?
      Glucose and amino acids
    • What are waste products that are exchanged between the blood in the capillaries, and the body tissues?
      Urea and carbon dioxide
    • Which of the following substances are exchanged between the blood in the capillaries, and the body tissues?
      Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, Glucose and Urea
    • In which order does blood flow through the three types of blood vessels?
      Heartarteriescapillariesveinsheart
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