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Cardiovascular System CP

Cardiovascular System Basics: Chambers and Circulation Flow

1. Starting with the superior vena cava/inferior vena cava, describe the path a blood cell would take travelling through the body ending back in the superior vena cava. (do not include the names of tendons...tendineae...or muscles)
2. How many chambers does the heart have?
3. What are the top chambers called?
4. What are the bottom chambers called?
5. Typically arteries carry oxygen rich blood and veins carry oxygen poor blood. List the names of the exceptions.
6. Why do the exceptions from #5 exist?
7. Name the two separate loops of circulation. Describe the job of each.
8.  Why is capillary blood colored purple on our sheet and not blue or red?
9. Name the four valves of the heart and describe their locations.
10. Which 2 main vessels collect all the oxygen poor blood and return it to the right atrium?
11. Which 3 main vessels carry oxygen rich blood out to the body from the left ventricle?
12. Name the vessel(s) that carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs to become oxygenated.
13. Name the vessel(s) that brings the oxygenated blood back to the heart from the lungs.