Cardiovascular System

Superior Vena Cava

• delivers deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium

• transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium

• carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

• supplies oxygenated blood to the lower body

Right atrium

• Pumps deoxygenated blood to the right ventricle

• Pumps oxygenated blood to the left ventricle

• Receives deoxygenated blood from the lungs

• Pumps blood to the aorta

Tricuspid Valve

• Opens to pass blood from the right atrium to the right ventricle

• Closes to prevent backflow of blood into the right atrium

• Regulates blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle

• Allows blood to flow from the right ventricle to the lungs

What is the function of veins?

• carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body

• carry deoxygenated blood BACK TO the heart from the body cells

• transport nutrients to the body cells

• filter waste products from the blood

What does blood remove from each cell?

• Oxygen

• Nutrients

• Waste, like Carbon Dioxide

• Hormones

What is the function of capillaries?

• They are large blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.

• They are tiny blood vessels that connect arteries and veins at the body cells.

• They are responsible for the production of red blood cells in the bone marrow.

• They are the main vessels that transport lymph throughout the body.

What kind of muscle makes up the heart?

• Skeletal Muscle

• Smooth Muscle

• Cardiac Muscle

• Striated Muscle

Pulmonary Viens

• Carry deoxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium

• Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium

• Carry oxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium

• Carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the left atrium

The prefix cardio means

• Lung

• Heart

• Liver

• Kidney

left ventricle

• pumps oxygenated blood to the entire body.

• pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs.

• is the smallest chamber of the heart.

• is responsible for receiving blood from the body.