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Applied Human Biology Unit 1
A3 Cardiovascular and respiraroty system
Circulatory and respiratory system structure and function
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Label the heart
.
A) vena cava
B)
aorta
C)
right ventricle
D)
left ventricle
E)
right atrium
F)
left atrium
G)
coronary arteries
H)
pulmonar artery
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What are the two upper chambers called?
The
left
and right atria
What are the
bottom chambers
called?
Left and right
ventricles
What does the
left side
of the heart pump?
oxygenated
blood
What does the
right side
of the heart pump?
Deoxygenated
blood
What is an
atria
?
The
two
top
chambers
of the heart
What is a
ventricles
?
The
two
bottom chambers of the
heart
What is a
red blood cell
?
contains
haemoglobin
which binds
oxygen
which transports it around the body
What is a
white blood cell
?
Some produce
antibodies
(
lymphocytes
) while some engulf and digest foreign material (phagocytes)
What is platelets?
Main function is
blood clotting.
They gather at site of injury and form a
blood clot
What do
arteries
do?
They carry blood
away
from the
ventricles
What are arterioles?
Small blood vessels that connect
arteries
to
capillaries.
What are
venules
?
Small blood vessels that collect
deoxygenated
blood from
capillaries
and carry it back to the
veins.
What is a vein?
They carry
blood
into the
heart
and into the
atria
What is lymph fluid?
Tissue
fluid containing
white blood cells.
What is lymphatic vessels?
Transport
lymph fluid
What is the site of gas exchange?
Alveoli
What is the
pulmonary
circulatory system?
The heart, lungs and all associated blood vessels that
circulate
blood to and from the
lung
What is systemic circulatory system
Blood circulation
around the body
What is the vena cava?
large vein carrying
deoxygenated blood
into the
right atrium
What is the aorta?
large aretery carrying
oxygenated
blood from the
left
ventricle
What is ventilation?
Breathing
in
and
out