Circulatory System Quiz 3.1

What is pulmonary circulation?

• Blood travelling to and from the lungs

• Blood travelling to and from the body

• A blood clot in the lungs

• The vessel that brings blood to the lungs

Carry oxygenated blood, away from heart

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

What are the functions of the circulatory system?

Select ALL that apply.

• carries oxygen and nutrients to cells

• carries waste away from cells

• maintaining body temperature

• removes CO2 and H2O when you exhale

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Arteries

• flexible, blood vessels that carry blood to the heart

• not flexible, carry blood away from the heart

• flexible, blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Red Blood Cells

• carry oxygen

• carry carbon dioxide

• carry proteins

Tiny blood vessels with very thin walls through oxygen, wastes, and nutrients pass are called

• Capillaries
• Veins
• Arteries
• Heart cells

Hypertension

• High Blood Pressure

• sprain ankle

• heart failure

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Atherosclerosis is an condition where?

• Fatty deposits build up on the artery walls

• always cause hypertension

• only happens on fridays

• blockages in the veins

Oxygen-rich blood that moves to all of your organs and body tissues, EXCEPT the heart and lungs?

• Systemic circulation

• coronary circulation

• Pulmonary Circulation

Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries