3/4/24 Cardiovascular System

What do arteries carry?

• Blood lacking oxygen

• Blood filled with oxygen

• White blood cells

What do veins carry?

• Blood filled with oxygen

• Blood lacking oxygen

• White blood cells

How long does it take for blood to travel through the entire body and back to the heart?

• 2 minutes

• less than 1 minute

• more than 1 minute

When blood flows through the pulmonary artery, where is it traveling to?

• Lungs

• Heart

• Brain

What gas is collected by the blood in the lungs?

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

• Oxygen (O2)

• Hydrogen (H)

Where can one's pulse be felt?

• Wrist

• Head

• Finger

What happens in the capillaries?

• Exchange of gases

• Production of red blood cells

• Production of white blood cells

Match each part of the heart with one of the blanks on the diagram.

a

b

c

Right Atrium

Right Ventricle

Left Ventricle