Circulatory System Vocabulary Review

Circulatory SystemVocabulary Review

The Living Environment - NYS 1.2 – The student should be able to describe and explain

the structures and functions of the human body at different

organizational levels (for example, systems, tissues,

cells, organelles)

Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up! Can you guess it before it comes up?

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Structures of the Heart

Aorta

Pulmonary Artery

Pulmonary Veins

Left Atrium

Left Ventricle

Vena Cava

Right

Ventricle

Right Atrium

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Oxygenated or Deoxygenated?

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Deoxygenated

Oxygenated

OxygenatedDeoxygenated

Deoxygenated

Oxygenated

Pulmonary Circulation

Circulation of blood through the lungs

Systemic Circulation

Pathway in which the heart pumps blood to all of the body except the lungs

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Coronary Circulation

Movement of blood through the blood vessels serving the heart muscle

Arteries

Large vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the tissues of the body

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Veins

Blood vessels that return blood to the heart

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Capillaries

Microscopic blood vessels that bring nutrients and oxygen to tissues and absorbs carbon

dioxide and waste products

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Which statement best describes a change that usually takes place in the human body when the heart rate increases as the result of exercise?

1) More oxygen is delivered to muscle cells

2) Blood cells are excreted at a faster rate

3) The rate of digestion increases

4) No hormones are produced

NYS Regents June ‘07

An increase in heart rate will most likely result in?

1) A decrease in metabolic rate

2) An increase in pulse rate

3) An increase in cell division

4) A decrease in body temperature

NYS Regents Jan ‘05

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