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What does the circulatory system use blood for? |
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To carry oxygen, food, and water to cells throughout the body, as well as to transport waste materials and hormones. The circulation of blood also aids in the regulation of body temperature. |
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What does the circulatory system consist of? |
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The blood, veins, arteries, smaller blood vessels, and the heart. |
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What is the muscle which pumps blood throughout the body? |
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What is the heart made up of? |
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What are the four chambers of the heart? |
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Right and left ventricles, right and left auricles |
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The wall of tissue which divides the heart in half. |
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What is the membrane which surrounds the heart? |
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Blood returns to the heart through the _____. |
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Blood leaves the heart through the ____. |
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With one exception, the pulmonary vein, the veins contain what? |
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With one exception, the pulmonary artery, the arteries carry _____. |
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Blood enters the heart through the ____. |
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Blood leaves the heart through the ____ |
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What are the tricuspid and mitral valves? |
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Tricuspid valve = seperates the right atrium/right ventircle
Mitral valve = seperates the left atrium/left ventricle |
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What is the horses normal pulse rate? |
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What is the horses normal pulse rate? |
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An abnormally slow heartbeat. |
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Abnormally fast hearbeat. |
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plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets |
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What aids in blood clotting? |
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Plasma makes up what percentage of blood? |
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Plasma is ___% water, ___% protein, ___% mineral salts |
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Red blood cells are also called |
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Red blood cells contain the pigment ____. |
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Red blood cells are the only cells in the body which do not contain a ___. |
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Red blood cells carry ____. |
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White blood cells are also called what? |
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____ blood cells are part of the immune system. |
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What do white blood cells do? |
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Destroy bateria and other foreign matter in the bloodstream |
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What are the 5 types of leucocytes? |
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Lymphocytes (non-granular); Monocytes (non-granular); Esinophils (granular acidic); Basophils (granular alkaline); neutrophils (granular neutral) |
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What stops blood loss when a blood vessel is damaged? |
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What vitamin is necessary for blood clotting? |
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What happens when a large artery breaks? |
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Blood is forced out in spurts and blood pressure prevents a clot from forming unless first aid treatment is applied. |
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Destroys old blood cells and stores new ones for release when they are needed. |
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What is the blood's path through the heart? |
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Vena cava - right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary artery - lungs - pulmonary vein - left atrium - left ventricle - aorta - body |
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