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Heart Parts / Labling
knowing the parts of the heart
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Science
7th Grade
03/13/2012

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Left atruim
Definition
Where does blood go after pulmonary veins?
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Aorta
Definition
Where does the blood go after the left ventricle?
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Pulmonary artery
Definition
Where does the blood go after the right ventricle?
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Atrio-ventricular valve
Definition
What valve is between the right atrium and the right ventricle?
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Pulmonary veins
Definition
Where does the blood go after the lungs?
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Right ventricle
Definition
Where does the blood go after the right atrium?
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Arterioles
Definition
Where does the blood go after arteries?
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Arteries
Definition
Where does the blood go after the aorta?
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Left ventricle
Definition
Where does the blood go after the left atrium?
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Venules
Definition
Where does the blood go after the capillaries?
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Veins
Definition
Where does the blood go after the venules?
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Capillaries
Definition
Where does the blood go after the arterioles?
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Vena cava
Definition
Where does the blood go after the veins?
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Systemic circulation
Definition
What is the transfer of blood from the arteries --> arterioles --> capillaries --> venules --> veins --> vena cava?
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Arteries
Definition
Which blood vessel has the largest part of smooth muscle?
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Capillaries
Definition
Which blood vessel only consists of the endothelium?
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Veins
Definition
Which blood vessel has valves?
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Superior vena cava
Definition
Which vena cava is oxygen poor?
Term
Left
Definition
On which side atrium and ventricle is the blood oxygenated?
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Oxygen rich
Definition
Are the pulmonary veins oxygen rich or poor?
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Oxygen poor
Definition
Are the pulmonary arteries oxygen rich or poor?
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WBCs
Definition
Which type of blood cells (RBCs or WBCs) have nuclei at maturity?
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Oxygen rich
Definition
Are the systemic circulation blood vessels oxygen rich or poor?
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artieries
Definition
carries blood away from heart
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capillaries
Definition
small blood vessel that allows materials to diffuse between blood and tissue
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Veins
Definition
Carries blood from every part of the body back to the heart
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arterioles
Definition
arteries branch into smaller vessels called
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capillaries
Definition
arterioles branch into smaller vessels called
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poor
Definition
Veins carry oxygen _____ blood
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rich
Definition
arteries carry oxygen ____blood
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venules
Definition
Capillaries move into the smallest vessels called
plasma
Term
plasma
Definition
fluid portion of blood that makes up 55%
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Red Blood Cells or Erythrocytes
Definition
most numerous, biconcave, no nucleus, filled with hemoglobin
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White Blood Cells or Leukocytes
Definition
outnumbered by RBCs, larger than RBCs, protects body against invasions
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platelets
Definition
not cells but fragments, formed by pieces of cytoplasm, starts blood clotting, has clotting factors
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