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Functional Anatomy
The Circulatory System - 9.8.06
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09/03/2006

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What does the circulatory system use blood for?
Definition
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?
Definition
The blood, veins, arteries, smaller blood vessels, and the heart.
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What is the muscle which pumps blood throughout the body?
Definition
The heart.
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What is the heart made up of?
Definition
Cardiac muscle tissue.
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What are the four chambers of the heart?
Definition
Right and left ventricles, right and left auricles
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What is the septum?
Definition
The wall of tissue which divides the heart in half.
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What is the membrane which surrounds the heart?
Definition
Pericardium
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Blood returns to the heart through the _____.
Definition
veins
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Blood leaves the heart through the ____.
Definition
arteries
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With one exception, the pulmonary vein, the veins contain what?
Definition
Unoxegenated blood
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With one exception, the pulmonary artery, the arteries carry _____.
Definition
oxygenated blood
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Blood enters the heart through the ____.
Definition
vena cava
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Blood leaves the heart through the ____
Definition
aorta
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What are the tricuspid and mitral valves?
Definition
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?
Definition
36 beats/minute
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What is the horses normal pulse rate?
Definition
36 beats/minute
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What is bradycardia?
Definition
An abnormally slow heartbeat.
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What is techycardia?
Definition
Abnormally fast hearbeat.
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What does blood contain?
Definition
plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
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What aids in blood clotting?
Definition
Platelets
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Plasma makes up what percentage of blood?
Definition
40-50%
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Plasma is ___% water, ___% protein, ___% mineral salts
Definition
96, 6, 1
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Red blood cells are also called
Definition
erythrocytes
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Red blood cells contain the pigment ____.
Definition
Hemoglobin
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Red blood cells are the only cells in the body which do not contain a ___.
Definition
Nucleus
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Red blood cells carry ____.
Definition
Oxygen
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White blood cells are also called what?
Definition
leucocytes
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____ blood cells are part of the immune system.
Definition
White
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What do white blood cells do?
Definition
Destroy bateria and other foreign matter in the bloodstream
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What are the 5 types of leucocytes?
Definition
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?
Definition
blood clotting
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What vitamin is necessary for blood clotting?
Definition
Vitamin K
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What happens when a large artery breaks?
Definition
Blood is forced out in spurts and blood pressure prevents a clot from forming unless first aid treatment is applied.
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What does the spleen do?
Definition
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?
Definition
Vena cava - right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary artery - lungs - pulmonary vein - left atrium - left ventricle - aorta - body
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